PANAJI
Demand for power in Goa is expected to grow by nearly 50 per cent by 2030, according to the five year business-plan presented by the Goa Electricity Department (GED) as part of its tariff petition filed before the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) where it has proposed a tariff hike.
From 6,523.71 million units which it says is the requirement in the current financial year, the GED business plan pegs the requirement in 2029-30 at 10,132.35 million units. This projects the rise of power demand in the State over the next five years at 3,608.64 million units.
The total power the GED intends to purchase in the current financial year according to its business plan is 6,523.71 million units of which it says it will lose 12.20% (763.03 million units) to transmission losses, both at the inter-state and intra-state grids combined.
Next year (2026-27), the GED said it will require to purchase a total of 7,206.36 million units, again expecting to lose 828.45 million units of these (12.06%) to T&D losses. Again in 2027-28, the GED projects it will lose 908.48 million units (11.94%) of the 8,001.48 million units it says it will need to purchase.
The demand in 2028-29 is projected to be 8,952.97 million units and a year later in 2029-30 the demand for power will jump to 10,132.35 million units, according to the GED business plan.
All these projections are expected to be scrutinized in detail at the public hearing which the JERC has fixed on May 9 at the Institute Menezes Braganza in Panaji at 10 am.
The petition can be accessed on the JERC website and it has also been uploaded on the GED's website and can also be inspected (physical copy) at the Vidyuth Bhavan, the department's head office in Panaji during office hours.
