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Move to declare power holiday ‘a step in the right direction’

COIMBATORE: The Southern India Mills’ Association has said the State Government’s decision to announce power holiday during summer is “a step in the right direction” to manage the power crisis in the State.

However, the Government should ensure that the industries received uninterrupted power supply on the other days of the week.

Association chairman K.V. Srinivasan, in a release here on Saturday, said even one minute of unscheduled power cut would affect production in the textile mills by more than 25 minutes, apart from damage to electronic and electrical components.

The proposed power holiday once a week would result in production loss of nearly 20 per cent.

He appealed to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to reduce the demand charges proportionately for the power holiday and to extend the banking facility beyond 31 March for wind power.

This would enable the mills to exhaust the units fully and avoid any lapse in the wind power generated.

Further, the State Government should take steps to restore normal power supply at the earliest, as the units already suffered from recession.

Mr. Srinivasan said the association had suggested to the board running the idle capacity of furnace oil based captive power plants. About 25 textile units in the State had such plants and could generate 100 MW of power.

However, the proposal had not materialised due to technical issues, he said.

Mr. Srinivasan appealed to the board to install necessary meters and harvest 100 MW from these units and another 100 MW from other industries. It would enable the board to meet the power shortage at least partially.

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