Overview
- Himachal Pradesh agreed on October 1 to supply Kerala between 600 and 900 megawatts of emergency power to help meet peak demand.
- KSEB has also arranged additional short‑term purchases of roughly 450–500 MW plus smaller imports from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to fill the remaining gap.
- The emergency buys follow a roughly 900 MW shortfall and night‑time curbs at the end of September when peak demand hit 5,459 MW.
- Low hydropower output driven by a weak June–September southwest monsoon left reservoir storage at about 61% on September 30 and reduced Kerala’s domestic generation capacity.
- KSEB is negotiating extensions of northern supplies for November–December while politicians face voter anger over outages and households remain at risk if rains or demand patterns do not improve.