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NEW DELHI: India could have over estimated electricity demand for five years starting April next year and, after interactions with states, has realised that the requirement is lower by over 15 per cent. A senior power ministry official said with surplus installed generation capacity and low demand, the domestic power plants are expected to operate at low capacity of 55-60 per cent in that period, which is the international average. The 18th Electric Power Survey (EPS), an exe ..   Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/51972471.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

NEW DELHI: India could have over estimated electricity demand for five years starting April next year and, after interactions with states, has realised that the requirement is lower by over 15 per cent. A senior power ministry official said with surplus installed generation capacity and low demand, the domestic power plants are expected to operate at low capacity of 55-60 per cent in that period, which is the international average. The 18th Electric Po