Nagaland an extremely power deficit state

Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 20

Nagaland is an extremely power deficit state. This was stated in Annual Administrative Report 2024-25 of the Power Department tabled in the recently concluded 6th session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

Of the state’s 193MW peak demand, it relies 95% of its requirement on import during lean season and 90% during monsoon, the report stated. The State government has decided to make power generation development a high priority area to achieve energy self-sufficiency, the report stated.

The state’s power requirement is projected to reach 360 MW by 2030. With negligible internal power generation own, the state depends mostly on the central sector allocation of about 202 MW installed capacity and the rest from energy market which is expensive, the report informed.

So far, the state has been able to develop only one major project, which is the Likimro HEP with 24 MW capacity. The projects which have been successfully commissioned and in operation are: 24 MW Likimro HEP in Kiphire District, 1 MW Lang HEP in Noklak District, 1 MW Tehok HEP in Mon District.

The total energy generated by these projects from April 2024- January 2025 is 72.24 MU, according to the report.