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Goa to face power crisis, says chamber Our Regional Bureau / Panaji January 17, 2006 The Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has indicated in its report that the state will face a grim power situation in the coming years and has suggested adopting back-up power policy to overcome the situation. The report covering infrastructure such as road and water and power, will be released soon. The GCCI's sub-committee on infrastructure headed by Mark Rodrigues is preparing the study report. GCCI President Nitin Kunkolienkar said the power situation was expected to be critical like other states in the country in the coming years owing to increasing demands of power in Goa. "The state government should promote captive power plants and wind mills to improve the power situation," Kunkolienkar added. The power department officials said there was a shortage of power during peak hours between 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm. "Goa needs 360-370 mw of power during peak hours but owing to reduction of 50 mw from the western grid, the load shedding has became necessary. The state receives 270 mw from the national grid and draws 16 mw from Reliance at present," said Nirmal Braganza, chief electrical engineer. It would start receiving the 50 mw of power once the Korba plant overhaul is completed in February, he added. However, he said the domestic power consumers were not affected owing to this reduction as load shedding had been imposed on the high tension consumers especially the steel units. The industries' department officials said the heavy industries were directed for load shedding owing to power shortage during the peak time. Experts claim that the power consumption in Goa is increasing owing to the changing lifestyle and installation of air-conditioners and geysers in the flats. Though the geysers are normally used in houses during morning hours, thPune's kids to have five star schooling -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
