Officials are mulling a morning peak hour cut between 6.30 am and 9 am and the second one sometime during the day, before 6 pm. (Photo: DC/File)

Hyderabad: The Telangana government will take a decision on power cuts after February 21 and officials of the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSSPDCL) say that most probably the four-hour power cut will be divided in two sessions of two hours each.

Officials are mulling a morning peak hour cut between 6.30 am and 9 am and the second one sometime during the day, before 6 pm. There will not be any cuts after 6 pm in the city though there might be load-shedding in municipalities and other cities of the state, said a senior official. “Agricultural pumpsets across the state will be supplied power after 6 pm till late at night,” he said.

At present, the two discoms in the state are using 5,209 MW daily (3,679 MW in southern and 1,530 in northern) and this will go up once the temperatures incr-ease.

“As of now, we are using full power that is generated from all sources. In the city alone, we are consuming 3,600 MW daily. This will go up to 4,200 MW a day during the months of March and April and there will naturally be a shortfall.

The government is doing its best and the entire Transco team has been on the job of getting power from outside. Power will be purchased and we shall see that the cuts are minimised during the summer,” said senior official Pravin Kumar Reddy.

Meanwhile, d espite Transco doing its best to overcome the shortfall of power in the state, occasional technical snags continue to hit generation. On Wednesday, a 250 MW unit at Kottagudem developed a snag and tripped. To compensate, officials increased hydel production at Srisailam.

“In all there will be a requirement of nearly 1,200 MW to 1,400 MW additionally out of which more than 700 MW would go to the city and the surrounding areas. We expected 1,000 MW of Dabhol power by now, but as AP too has sought for it, the NTPC will give only 500 MW, as we understand. There is no corridor available right now and I can’t exactly say when it will be available,” said J. Srinivasa Reddy, the director of operations.

The state is hoping to get at least 300 MW to 350 MW of power generated from the naphtha-run gas units located in Andhra Pradesh. “We are expecting our rightful share of 53.89 per cent of power generated there,” Mr Reddy added.

The Chief Minister had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking intervention in allocation of power from the Central pool which might materialise, officials hoped.