Status of power cuts problem in Tamil Nadu.

Power cuts have become the major problem for the life of people in Chennai. Everyday power cut for 2 hours in peak areas and in major cities in Chennai made a huge problem. Offices and organizations in Chennai suffered a lot due to power cuts. There are many other parts of Tamil Nadu where people are pacing the power cuts for 4 to 7 hours.In some of the cities in Tamil Nadu the power cut problem has brought down and the major cities faces less power cuts. People are happy with no power cuts in their area. Some of the people in Royapettah and Nungambakkam showed their gratitude for no power cuts in their area but in other cities the problem of power cuts have increased to nearly nine hours a day. In several parts of the state it has resulted drastically.Most of the Industries face a major loss in production as they suffer at least eight hours of load-shedding every day, apart from peak-hour restriction for four hours. Power cuts have affected the equipment and the quality of products which are produced in the industries and are also increasing the costs of the products. Recently in Chennai the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) expressed dissatisfaction over Tamil Nadu state discom's failure to stop power cuts. It asked the committee to do an in depth study of MSEDCL's model of reducing losses and doing away with power cuts and prepare a model to replicate it in Tamil Nadu. While MSEDCL has been successful in doing away with power cuts, extremely high power tariff is a major problem for the state.From many years both Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu state has faced power cuts but while Maharashtra has become power surplus now, situation in Tamil Nadu has not changed. In Maharashtra except in the very high loss areas, there is no power cut even in taluka places and other main areas in Maharashtra as distribution loss has reduced, the number of high loss feeders has reduced. But on the other hand, many areas of Chennai face power cuts during summer.Load-shedding remains a major problem for Tamil Nadu. High distribution losses and very poor collection efficiency is also a major problem for the state. Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has told Tamil Nadu's state discom to study the MSEDCL's model of reducing load-shedding. The Commission has decided to set up a committee comprising representatives of “Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporaton” (TANGEDCO), Tamil Nadu state load dispatch centre, TNERC's authorized consumer representatives, Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers' Joint Council and Coimbatore District Small scale Industries Association.