Srinagar, Mar 18 (KNO): Jammu and Kashmir is likely to face a four percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) increase in electricity requirement and six percent increase in peak electricity demand for the period of 2025-26 to 2035-36.
The official documents available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reveal that it has considered electrical energy requirement projections as per J&K State Load Despatch Center (SLDC).
The documents reveal that the SLDC has projected that the annual electrical energy requirement of the UT is likely to grow at a CAGR of 4 percent while the peak electricity demand for the utility is likely to grow at a CAGR of 6 percent for the period of 2025-26 to 2035-36.
About the day-wise surplus coal capacity, the documents said that the surplus capacity is available with the Union Territory due to RE availability, demand variation etcetera..
“The UT has likely surplus capacity of around 700-900 MW during May to June months and 500 MW from July to September in 2028-29 which can be shared with other states and Discoms,” it reads.
It also said that this capacity can be shared with other states and Discoms and reduce the fixed cost burden on the utility resulting in reduction in the cost to consumer.
Earlier in previous week KNO reported that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are likely to depend on nearly 30 percent of coal based energy by the year 2030.
The official documents available in this regard reveal that the likely total projected contracted capacity for the year 2035-36 is around 11,001 Megawatts (MW).
“The projected contracted capacity consists of 3239 MW from coal, 129 MW from gas, 68 MW from nuclear, 3666 MW from hydro, 2040 MW from solar, 598 MW from Distributed Renewal Energy (DRE) and 1261 MW from MTOA or STOA,” it reads.
The documents further reveal that the capacity shall be able to meet the projected demand with prescribed reliability criteria.
It also said that any deviations in the commissioning schedule of the planned capacity could result in a situation where the UT is unable to meet the projected peak demand and energy requirements identified with the available resources—(KNO)