PANJIM: Goa will explore the possibility of setting up at least one gas-based power station generating 250 MW electricity to match up with the increasing electricity requirement of the state, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said.
Presenting the annual budget on the floor of the House yesterday, Kamat said that the Gas Authority of India Limited's (GAIL) pipeline is proposed to reach Goa by March 2012, which has increased the possibility of having a gas- based power plant.
The Chief Minister said that there was an acute shortage of power when compared to its demand in the state. "At present, there is a shortfall of 100 MW during the peak period," said Kamat, who held the Power portfolio for almost a decade before being elevated to the Chief Minister's post.
He said the power requirement would continue to increase as the state's economy was growing. "A conservative estimate indicates that the peak demand power requirement would be 1,100 MW by the terminal year of the twelfth five-year plan period," Kamat said.
Stressing on the need for a gas-based power plant, he said that the state government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GAIL to get the gas pipeline to the state.
The economic survey (ES) report, tabled on the floor of the House on Wednesday, has predicted that power requirement for Goa will escalate to more than double from the existing 440 MW, in the next six years.
The report said the projected demand for 2010-12 is 721 MW and for 2016-17 is 1,083 MW. he present suppressed maximum demand of Goa is 440 MW, which takes into consideration peak load restriction imposed on bulk industrial consumers, and also the present ban imposed on release of new loads above 150 KVA," it said. – PTI
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