Crisis of Power in India and Renewable sources
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The shortage of power in India is really a big issue. Most of the states in our country are suffering
from power crisis. In recent times Maharashtra has been experiencing a severe power crisis. Most of
the parts of Maharashtra are facing power cut situation for nearly six hours a day (average), because
there is no addition of any power plant for so many years. After a long time 1700 MW Enron–Dhabol
project was in the hands of Maharashtra government after nearly a decade. Even the Dhabol plant
returns to its operation but the distress in this state will not completely disappear. Actually changes
in the power sector industry took place in 1990s and it was suggested by the central government
to have future growth of power generation with private sector funding. After that most of the
projects took place in generation, transmission and distribution through centrally owned companies
such as Power Grid Corporation, National Thermal Power Corporation, National Hydro Power
Corporation etc. and state electricity boards. In 1990s, there was a boom of symposia and seminars
by the Independent Power Producers Association (IPPA) to educate government about how the
structure must be changed to make it IPP-friendly. We all know that the growth in power sector
generation over the past decade is very less and the starting of the private sector Enron project, has
been proved as a real disaster for the country. Most of the power professionals warned the country
about the glaring infirmities in the project, but politicians sold the project to country.