The Andhra Pradesh energy department is planning to set uppumped hydro storagepower projects in various districts with a total capacity of 33.24 gigawatt.
The government has identified 1.45 lakh acres in Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur districts for these proposed parks.
These will enable the consumers to get quality power. It will also help promote industrialisation. Andhra Pradesh has also initiated go electric campaign to promote electric vehicles in the state. Thenon-conventional energydevelopment corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) has already established 109 charging stations. It will set up another 400 chargers across the state and along the national highways at every 25 kilometre distance.
The power utilities have taken up special measures to reduce interruptions in power supply and provide quality power to consumers. As a result, the interruptions reduced to 1.77 lakh in 2020-21 from three lakh in 2019-20. Similarly, the Average cost of service reduced to Rs 7.18 per unit in 2020-21 against Rs 7.23 in 2019-20.