POSOCO: No Covid hit on management room capabilities

National grid operator POSOCO has mentioned “the Covid pandemic is being handled very carefully” and that there has not been “an effect on the control room functions”.
It additionally mentioned “sufficient employees” are on reserves.
“Adequate arrangements have been made to carry out the control room duties even if there is a Covid breakout. All the five Regional Load Despatch Centres and National Load Despatch Centre are working on a 24×7 basis. The grid operators are taking all the precautions which have been directed by the Ministry of Power and are safely conducting the operations. There is no need to create any panic as we have sufficient employees on reserves as well,” it mentioned in a press release.
This comes within the wake of issues raised about manpower shortages at key infrastructure sector management rooms.
At final rely, almost one in each 5 air site visitors controllers at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport — the nation’s largest — was out of motion, both straight or not directly affected by Covid-19, The Indian Express had reported on May 3.

Official sources additionally indicated that issues concerning a scarcity of operators within the energy sector, together with these manning management rooms, has been flagged.