TSNPDCL Asked Farmers To Replace Auto Starters With Capacitors To Reduce Power Bill

Hyderabad, Feb 18 (Maxim News): The state government headed by Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao has realized after eight and a half years that the State government purchasing power at a higher rate, and if the farmers run the motors continuously the power consumption would increase and there would be a heavy financial burden on the government, the Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) Gopal Rao has asked the farmers to replace automatic pump set starters with good quality capacitors which would improve the voltage and reduce the power bill.

In a statement issued today, Gopal Rao now said that the automatic pump set starters were causing damage to transformers. He asked farmers to replace automatic pump set starters with capacitors, which would help in maintaining proper voltage and reduce pressure on transformers.

Gopal Rao further stated that the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) had instructed the TSNPDCL to take steps to immediately remove the automatic starters installed by the farmers at the agricultural pump sets. He alleged that as the farmers have installed automatic starters, motors were running continuously and putting pressure on transformers, following which they were getting damaged frequently, he said. (Maxim News)

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