1. 1 ABOUT 7000 MW OF CAPACITY IS BELOW 100 Ps ABOUT14200 MW OF CAPACITY IS BELOW 200 Ps ABOUT 16000 MW OF CAPACITY IS BELOW 300 Ps CUM. INS. CAP.

2. 2 49.72 HZ

3. 3 MERIT ORDER : UNITS BOXED UP POWER STATIONSTATE CAPACITY(MW) FUEL VARIABLE COST TATA DIESELKARNATAKA 79 DIESEL308 RAYALSEEMA DGPPKARNATAKA 27 DIESEL360 YELEHANKA DIESELKARNATAKA 128 DIESEL314 THANRBHAVIKARNATAKA 220 NAPTHA325 SUB-TOTAL 454 BRAHAMPURAM DPPKERALA 107 DIESEL275 BSESKERALA 157 NAPTHA308 KASARGODE PCLKERALA 22 NAPTHA298 KAYAMKULAMKERALA 360 NAPTHA322 SUB-TOTAL 646 BASIN BRIDGETAMIL NADU 120 NAPTHA584 P.P.NALLURTAMIL NADU 330 NAPTHA415 SUB-TOTAL 450 TOTAL 1550 ESC TO EXIT

4. 4 KADAMPARAI PUMP OPERATION GENERATOR MODE PUMP SAVINGS OF RS 40 LAKHS EVERY DAY INVESTMENT OF 1600 CRORES SAVED

5. 5 OPPORTUNISTIC UI TRADE POWER EXPORT TO WR ON UI BASIS DURING LOAD CRASH FREQ

6. 6 OPERATION ON 31/08/03 (Ganesh Chathurthi) AMOUNT SAVED FOR SR CONSTITUENTS = 107 LAKHS 50 NOS HVDC SETPOINT CHANGES DONE TO ACHIEVE THIS!!!!!

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9. 9 FREE GOVERNOR MODE OF OPERATION ON 12-DEC-04 SHARAVATHI -1 FREQ DROP FROM 49.72 HZ TO 49.27 HZ i.e. ~ 0.45HZ

10. 10 OPTIMAL RESERVOIR UTILISATION SHARAVATHY IN KARNATAKA THE COST OF GENERATION AT SHARAVATHY IS LESS THAN 20 Ps /UNIT AVERAGE SELLING UI RATE OF KARNATAKA IS 372 Ps/UNIT PLANT OPERATORS AT SHARAVATHY THINK OF THE RESERVOIR LEVEL IN RUPEES RATHER THAN IN FEET!!! Rs.

11. 11 DEEP VALLEY SHARP PEAK ESC TO EXIT

12. 12 RTU SUB LDC SLDC ERLDC WRLDCNRLDCSRLDCNERLDC NLDC 32 Nos. 51 Nos. 1160 Nos. Unified Grid Operation 5 Nos. National Level Regional Level State HQ Level Group / Distt Level Plant / Sub- Station Level

13. 13 RLDC,Bangalore KalamasseryHyderabad Bangalore Chennai Cuddapah Warangal Vijayawada Kalam’erry Kannur Trivandrum Chennai Erode Madurai Bangalore Lingusugur Hubli CPCC SCC, Pondy Hyderabad Hierarchy of The ULDC Scheme in Southern Region Andhra KeralaTamilnaduKarnataka

14. 14 Annual Inter-Regional Energy Transfer ≈10,000MU Transformation Capacity ≈ 45000 MVA Transformers (220kV and above) 480 nos. Installed Capacity ≈31870 MW Integrated Opn of Ten Power Utilities Dynamic Grid Conditions Southern Region Grid Complexities in Monitoring & Control Generators –Hydro, Thermal,Gas/IPP 422 nos. Transmission Network 400/220kV ≈ 37500 Ckm 40,000 POINTS Active Power, Reactive Power, Voltage, Frequency, Transformer Tap Position, Circuit Breaker Position, Isolator Position etc. ESC TO EXIT

15. 15 Kolar Chintamani Cudappah Hoody Hosur Salem Udumalpet Madras B’lore +/- 500 KV DC line 1370 KM Electrode Station Electrode Station TALCHER 400kv System 220kv system KOLAR TALCHER KOLAR SCHEMATIC ESC TO EXIT