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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Summer showers a boon to KSEB

T’PURAM: The heavy summer showers have come as a surprise gift to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) which had been struggling to meet the spiralling electricity till a few days ago. The electricity demand has nosedived to 2,908MW on Wednesday against the over 4,000MW demand a week ago.

The unavailability of coal and the resulting slump in power generation across the country was troubling the board till a few days ago. The board had even decided to procure electricity at a rate up to Rs 20 per unit to circumvent power shortages.

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