Overdrawing by 5 states raises grid-outage fears

NEW DELHI: National grid operator POSOCO (Power System Operation Corporation) has red flagged overdrawing of electricity by five northern states, a practice that had precipitated the world’s largest blackout in history by affecting half of India’s population for almost 48 hours in 2012. In separate letters to UP, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and J&K, POSOCO has…Continue Reading