AP to invest Rs 14,000 crore in T&D

Hyderabad : The Andhra Pradesh government has earmarked Rs 14,000-crore investments in the next four years for strengthening the transmission and distribution infrastructure, according to Dinesh Kumar, principal secretary (energy department). Of this, Rs 6,000 would be invested in transmission and Rs 8,000 crore in distribution.

“The southern power grid is secure against any collapse in view of efficient implementation of the Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC). All out and coordinated efforts of AP power utilities such as effective fault analysis, 24x7 monitoring of the grid and automatic disturbance control mechanisms had fully insulated the southern grid against any major blackouts like total grid collapse in the last 10 years," he said during an interaction with top officials of power utilities on safety and security of power grid and its impact on reliable power supply on Sunday.

The concerted efforts of the employees and engineers of the energy department had helped in maintaining stability of the southern grid and averted any major disturbance since 2001, which helped the power utilities to give reliable power supply to crores of consumers in the state, he said in a release.