Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has urged the Centre to postpone the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) proposal to tighten the Grid frequency, on the plea that it will affect the state, already facing severe transmission congestion problems.

In a letter to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the Chief Minister said, changes in the operating grid frequency bandwidth at a time when the state is facing a huge power shortage situation, is totally unwarranted. She said, the proposal of the Electricity Regulatory Commission may result in increasing the duration of the enforced load shedding in the state which would affect agricultural and economic growth in the state.

Ms. Jayalalitha sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to
postpone the proposal for further tightening the frequency bandwidth to a future period and said, this could be taken up when the demand-supply situation and inter-state connectivity improves.