With a view to ensure uniform power supply to all and to reduce transmission loss as well as maintenance cost, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inaugurated 50 sub-stations across the State, set up at a cost of Rs. 509.88 crore, through video conferencing facility at her camp office at Kodanadu in Nilgiris district.
Jayalalithaa also launched the distribution of 14.62 lakh CFL lamps that consume less power to hutment dwellers, instead of incandescent bulbs.
The 50 sub-stations include a 33 KW facility at Mahatma Gandhi Nagar in Madurai, as well as two each of 230 KW capacity, 29 each of 110 KW capacity and 18 each of 33 KW capacity across the State.
The Chief Minister had unveiled the Solar Energy Policy 2012 with a thrust on tapping the abundant natural resources in the State since it is environment friendly.
Jayalalithaa also inaugurated a 60 KV solar energy panel on the rooftop of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation office in Chennai, set up at a cost of `55.80 lakh. This could generate one lakh units of power per year to meet a substantial quantum of electricity required for running the office. Besides, on holidays, this solar panel would be connected to the grid.
To encourage power saving and considering the market price of CFL lamps, the government has decided to provide them to 14.62 lakh hutment dwellers at a cost of `8.77 crore. In the first phase, 7 lakh lamps would be distributed. The Chief Minister gave away 9 watt CFL bulbs to seven beneficiaries. With this scheme, the State could save 40 MW of power.
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