i) Southern regional grid is an electrical system comprising of
6,51,000 Sq. KM of area with
4 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamilnadu, Union Territory of Pondicherry, Generating Stations at Central
and State Sector, Independent Power producing stations, State DISCOMS and
STUs etc.
ii) The Southern region has an installed capacity of 38,605 MW as on
31/03/2008
with 29055MW in State Sector and 9550 MW in Central Sector.
iii) The States are inter connected with each other through 400 kV/220 kV network. Southern Region is connected to Western
region through HVDC Back-to-back link at Bhadrawathi
in WR and to Eastern regions through HVDC back-to-back link at
Gazuwaka in SR and ±500kV,
HVDC link from Talcher in ER to Kolar in SR to facilitate exchange of power from
surplus to deficit region / State as well as wheeling of power.
Southern Region has catered
a maximum peak demand of 25061 MW
on
11th March, 2008
with an average daily energy consumption of 488.0MU during the year 2007-08.
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