Hyderabad, March 9 Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy urged Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday to take steps to sign Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with NTPC's power plant at Ramagundam in the Peddapalli district to meet the state's power requirements.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, Kishan Reddy said that the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is ready to meet the state's needs by producing power at a lower cost.
He said that other southern states are signing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with NTPC as the PSU is generating thermal power at a competitive cost using modern technology.
Speaking about Telangana's electricity requirements, he pointed out that the state witnessed an unprecedented power demand of 18,139 MW on March 3.
Kishan Reddy recalled state Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka's comments in the past that Telangana would need one lakh MW of power by 2047.