Poor inflows or flood from upstream States, not the rainfall within the State, into major reservoirs in Telangana during 2023-24 has resulted in very low hydro-electric generation reducing it to the lowest since 2016-17, forcing the power utilities (distribution companies) to spend huge amounts to buy energy even during the flood season.
From April 2023 to March 2024, the hydel stations of the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TS Genco) have generated only 1,257.819 million units, including 1,168.044 MU at the projects in the Krishna Basin and the remaining 89.775 MU at the projects in the Godavari Basin.
Of the total installed hydel capacity of 2,441.76 megawatts, Krishna Basin projects have 2,369.6 MW (97%) capacity and Godavari Basin 72.16 MW.