Overview
- APGENCO and APPDCL generated 6,160 MW on March 11, with 5,730 MW ex-bus, which the chief minister noted equals about 93.19% of the 6,610 MW installed capacity.
- Energy Minister G. Ravi Kumar said utilities must stay fully prepared for the summer season to ensure uninterrupted supply to households and businesses.
- Officials reported meeting recent peak demand while maintaining stable transmission and highlighted ongoing work to add substations for reliability.
- Kumar criticized the previous YSRCP government, alleging repeated tariff hikes and costly private power purchases that he said burdened consumers by roughly Rs 32,000 crore.
- The minister said the current coalition has approved a 13-paise true-down to ease consumer electricity costs.