AP Gencoincreased generation from all its power stations by 12 per cent during May, when summer heat was at its peak. The additional generation from government-owned power stations helped ease the burden on discoms. The increase in production also accounted for nearly 45% of total energy demand of the state. In the corresponding period last year, theGencocould supplement only about 33% of the total power demand in the state.
Energy demand in May 2022 was registered at 5947.39 million units from which AP Genco could supply around 1,989.37 million units. The demand surpassed all previous records during May 2023 when it reported nearly 6430.72 million units. We anticipated the growing demand through analysis and stepped up efforts to increase generation from our own power stations. Genco stations produced around 2,917.99 million units of power in May which is a record. This is nearly 45% of the total demand, said AP Genco managing director KVN Chakradhar Babu.