With the increasing demand of power, Jammu and Kashmir on contrary reels under persistent low voltage issues, reveals the report.
The report reveals that “Low voltage related issues of J&K and Ladakh (UT) have been regularly shared by NRLDC with CEA and CTUIL in Grid-India’s quarterly operational feedback report as well.”
“The issue has been continuously raised in NRPC as well as OCC meetings, still the issues of low voltage persist in J&K especially Kashmir valley,” it reads.
Besides, the report further states that power is being imported by J&K from 400KV Moga-Kishenpur D/C lines and 400KV Jalandhar-Samba D/C lines.
“It is being noticed that heavy power is being drawn by 400kV lines from Moga to Kishenpur during winter months whereas the power flow on 400kV Jalandhar-Samba is not that high,” it reads.
The Ministry of Power for Government of India (GoI) in the report further said that it has been discussed and suggested on numerous occasions earlier to J&K to plan and expedite commissioning of reactive power devices especially capacitors at lower voltage level to improve the voltage profile in valley area and also avoid large sums payable as reactive energy charges.
“Pattern of MW and MVAR drawl by 400/220KV ICTs at ISTS substations such as Amargarh, Wagoora and New Wanpoh suggest, there is urgent requirement of reactive compensation in intrastate network,” it reads.
It also states that from the plots, it is clear that the reactive drawl is at least half of the MW drawl of 400/220KV ICTs. “This increases the percentage loading of transmission elements and also leads to low voltages in the grid. The power factor at 400/220kV ISTS substations is in the range of 0.8-0.9.”
The report further reads, “Low voltages are also being observed in Ladakh area also during winter months.”—(KNO)
