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The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>news\u00a0<\/span>item\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>published\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>newspaper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>September\u00a0<\/span>12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>news\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>factually\u00a0<\/span><\/span>false\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>consulted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>news\u00a0<\/span>item\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>published.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hydropower\u00a0<\/span>projects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sectors,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT-owned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>18%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span>amount\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>JKPDD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communiqu\u00e9.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(70%)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comes\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Generating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Stations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CGS),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(12%)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Exchange\/Private\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sector.The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Baglihar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hydro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Electric\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Project\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BHEP),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>900\u00a0<\/span><\/span>megawatts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MW)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power,\u00a0<\/span>accounts\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electricity\u00a0<\/span>generation,\u00a0<\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>communique.\u00a0<\/span>Other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locally\u00a0<\/span>owned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power\u00a0<\/span>generation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plants,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Upper\u00a0<\/span>Sindh,\u00a0<\/span>Lower\u00a0<\/span>Jhelum,\u00a0<\/span>Chenani,\u00a0<\/span>etc.,\u00a0<\/span>collectively\u00a0<\/span>generate\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>200\u2013250\u00a0<\/span>MW.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0article,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generating\u00a0<\/span>plants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>produce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1100\u20131140\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MWs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0power\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>average.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>winter,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>river\u00a0<\/span>discharge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low,\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span>drops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>200\u00a0<\/span>MWs.<\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>states\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Generating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Stations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CGS)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>inside\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0outside\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>J&K’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>remaining\u00a0<\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>winter.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PDD,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1140\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MW\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>installed\u00a0<\/span>capacity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sector,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1030\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MW\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(88%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0total\u00a0<\/span>capacity)\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>J&K,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>remaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>150\u00a0<\/span>MW\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>sold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outside\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0uphold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>agreements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>entities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>entered\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>2009.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0communiqu\u00e9\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0preceding\u00a0<\/span>four\u00a0years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span>did\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0add\u00a0<\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>PPAs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>selling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outside\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instead,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amount\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>retained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PPAs.<\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0states\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0new\u00a0<\/span>PPAs\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0been\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0double\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>capacity\/availability\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0power\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>upcoming\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tune\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2845\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MW,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>various\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>houses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(hydro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>solar)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>developed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CPSUs\/JV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>&\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NHPC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nominal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>price,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0<\/span>provides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lowest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tariff\u00a0<\/span>prices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0its\u00a0<\/span>consumers\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>categories,\u00a0<\/span>emphasising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0dedication\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>offering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0citizens\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reasonably\u00a0<\/span>priced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>continues.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0communique\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0states\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0falsely\u00a0<\/span>believed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0consumers\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inflated\u00a0<\/span>bills\u00a0<\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>smart\u00a0<\/span>metres\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>installed;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>however,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>smart\u00a0<\/span>metres\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0known\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>precise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span>measurement,\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0been\u00a0<\/span>shown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>proven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consumer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>premises\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>locations.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Smart\u00a0metres\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>customers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>real-time\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span>usage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(daily,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monthly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hourly),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insights\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>average\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span>consumption,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>detailed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>billing\u00a0information,\u00a0<\/span>applied\u00a0<\/span>tariff\u00a0rates,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0other\u00a0<\/span>pertinent\u00a0<\/span>information.\u00a0<\/span>All\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>features\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>designed\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>customers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0information\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0make\u00a0<\/span>educated\u00a0<\/span>decisions\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0energy\u00a0use,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>communique.<\/span> 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SRINAGAR: The\u00a0J&K\u00a0Power\u00a0Development\u00a0department\u00a0responds\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0news\u00a0item\u00a0that\u00a0was\u00a0published\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0local\u00a0newspaper\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0on\u00a0September\u00a012\u00a0by\u00a0claiming\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0news\u00a0report\u00a0is\u00a0factually\u00a0false\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0department\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0consulted\u00a0before\u00a0the\u00a0news\u00a0item\u00a0was\u00a0published. The\u00a0hydropower\u00a0projects\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0established\u00a0in\u00a0both\u00a0the\u00a0state\u00a0and\u00a0federal\u00a0sectors,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0UT-owned\u00a0plants\u00a0supply\u00a018%\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0total\u00a0amount\u00a0of\u00a0energy\u00a0needed,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0JKPDD\u00a0communiqu\u00e9. It\u00a0continues\u00a0by\u00a0saying\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0majority\u00a0(70%)\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0power\u00a0supply\u00a0comes\u00a0from\u00a0Central\u00a0Generating\u00a0Stations\u00a0(CGS),\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0remaining\u00a0(12%)\u00a0coming\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Power\u00a0Exchange\/Private\u00a0Sector.The\u00a0Baglihar\u00a0Hydro\u00a0Electric\u00a0Project\u00a0(BHEP),\u00a0which\u00a0generates\u00a0approximately\u00a0900\u00a0megawatts\u00a0(MW)\u00a0of\u00a0power,\u00a0accounts\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0majority\u00a0of\u00a0J&K’s\u00a0own\u00a0electricity\u00a0generation,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0communique.\u00a0Other\u00a0locally\u00a0owned\u00a0power\u00a0generation\u00a0plants,\u00a0such\u00a0as\u00a0Upper\u00a0Sindh,\u00a0Lower\u00a0Jhelum,\u00a0Chenani,\u00a0etc.,\u00a0collectively\u00a0generate\u00a0only\u00a0200\u2013250\u00a0MW. 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