Lok Sabha Question No. 3122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Per Capita Consumption of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Tejpratap Singh,Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3122 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF POWER

## 3122. SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India is 5 th   largest  producer  of  electricity  in  the  world  but  it ranks 150th in terms of per capita consumption;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  demand  and  supply  mismatch  for  electricity  is  growing even as millions have no access to power at all, especially in rural areas;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether reforms in power sector is imperative as estimated financial loss amounts to over 4 per cent of GDP; and
- (f) if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a) & (b) : As  per  information  available  from  International  Energy  Agency (IEA), India was the 3 rd  largest producer of electricity in the world and 105 th  in terms  of  per  capita  consumption  in  2014.  Top  ten  electricity  producing countries in the world as per data by Key World Energy Statistics 2016 (IEA) for  the  year  2014  is  given  at  Annexure-I.  The  per  capita  consumption  of various  countries  as  per  Key  World  Energy  Statistics  2016  (International Energy Agency) for the year 2014 is given at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) : The gap in demand and supply of electricity, in terms of Peak in MW and Energy  in  MU  has  progressively  reduced  despite  increase  in  Peak demand and Energy requirement. The details are given at Annexure-III.
- (e) & (f) : As per the report of PFC, the aggregate losses for utilities selling power  directly  to  consumers  are  having  decreasing  trend.  As  a  reform measure, Ministry of Power has commenced UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana),  [a  Scheme  for  the  Financial turnaround  of  Power  Distribution Companies (DISCOMs)] with a view to improving the operational and financial efficiency of the State DISCOMs.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3122  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017.

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Top ten electricity producing  countries  in  the  world  as  per  data  by  Key World Energy Statistics 2016 (IEA) for the year 2014

|   S. No. | Country                 | Electricity Production (TWh)   |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | People's Rep. of China  | 5666                           |
|        2 | United States           | 4319                           |
|        3 | India                   | 1279*                          |
|        4 | Russian Federation 1062 |                                |
|        5 | Japan                   | 1036                           |
|        6 | Canada                  | 656                            |
|        7 | Germany                 | 622                            |
|        8 | Brazil                  | 591                            |
|        9 | France                  | 557                            |
|       10 | Korea                   | 546                            |

*Figure in respect of India has been calculated by CEA and pertains to the financial year 2014-15

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3122  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017.

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## Per capita consumption of various countries as per Key World Energy Statistics 2016 (International Energy Agency) for the year 2014

|   Sl. No. | Region/Country       |   Electricity per capita consumption (kWh/popl.) |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Iceland              |                                            53896 |
|         2 | Norway               |                                            23001 |
|         3 | Bahrain              |                                            19224 |
|         4 | Qatar                |                                            16736 |
|         5 | Canada               |                                            15544 |
|         6 | Kuwait               |                                            15333 |
|         7 | Finland              |                                            15246 |
|         8 | Luxembourg           |                                            13873 |
|         9 | Sweden               |                                            13480 |
|        10 | United States        |                                            12962 |
|        11 | United Arab Emirates |                                            11245 |
|        12 | Chinese Taipei       |                                            10738 |
|        13 | Korea                |                                            10564 |
|        14 | Brunei Darussalam    |                                            10113 |
|        15 | Australia            |                                            10002 |
|        16 | Saudi Arabia         |                                             9410 |
|        17 | New Zealand          |                                             9131 |
|        18 | Singapore            |                                             8844 |
|        19 | Austria              |                                             8358 |
|        20 | Japan                |                                             7829 |
|        21 | Belgium              |                                             7745 |
|        22 | Switzerland          |                                             7520 |
|        23 | Trinidad and Tobago  |                                             7137 |
|        24 | Germany              |                                             7035 |
|        25 | France               |                                             6955 |
|        26 | Slovenia             |                                             6728 |
|        27 | Estonia              |                                             6725 |
|        28 | Netherlands          |                                             6713 |
|        29 | Israel               |                                             6604 |
|        30 | Russian Federation   |                                             6603 |
|        31 | Czech Republic       |                                             6259 |
|        32 | Oman                 |                                             6128 |
|        33 | Hong Kong, China     |                                             6073 |
|        34 | Denmark              |                                             5859 |
|        35 | Gibraltar            |                                             5818 |
|        36 | Ireland              |                                             5725 |
|        37 | Kazakhstan           |                                             5600 |
|        38 | Spain                |                                             5358 |
|        39 | Slovak Republic      |                                             5137 |
|        40 | United Kingdom       |                                             5131 |
|        41 | Greece               |                                             5047 |
|        42 | Malta                |                                             5012 |
|        43 | Italy                |                                             5002 |
|        44 | Cyprus5              |                                             4868 |
|        45 | Curaçao              |                                             4795 |

| 46    | Bulgaria                 | 4709      |
|-------|--------------------------|-----------|
| 47    | Portugal                 | 4663      |
| 48    | Malaysia                 | 4646      |
| 49    | Montenegro               | 4611      |
| 50    | Serbia                   | 4273      |
| 51    | South Africa             | 4240      |
| 52    | Hungary                  | 3966      |
| 53    | China (People's Rep. of) | 3927      |
| 54    | Poland                   | 3923      |
| 55    | Chile                    | 3863      |
| 56    | Lithuania                | 3826      |
| 57    | Croatia                  | 3715      |
| 58    | Suriname5                | 3699      |
| 59    | Belarus                  | 3682      |
| 60    | Lebanon                  | 3565      |
| 61    | Latvia5                  | 3514      |
| 62    | FYR of Macedonia         | 3500      |
| 63    | Ukraine                  | 3412      |
| 64    | Bosnia and Herzegovina   | 3144      |
| 65    | Uruguay                  | 3068      |
| 66    | Argentina                | 3052      |
| 67    | Islamic Rep. of Iran     | 2996      |
| 68    | Turkey                   | 2870      |
| 69    | Kosovo                   | 2803      |
| 70    | Turkmenistan             | 2759      |
| 71    | Venezuela                | 2661      |
| 72    | Romania                  | 2584      |
| 73    | Brazil                   | 2578      |
| 74    | Thailand                 | 2566      |
| 75    | Jordan                   | 2517      |
| 76    | Albania                  | 2305      |
| 77    | Georgia                  | 2225      |
| 78    | Azerbaijan               | 2202      |
| 79    | Mauritius                | 2182      |
| 80    | Mexico                   | 2169      |
| 81    | Panama                   | 2082      |
| 82    | Mongolia                 | 2027      |
| 83 84 | Costa Rica Kyrgyzstan    | 1958 1942 |
|       |                          | 1901      |
| 85    | Armenia                  |           |
| 86    | Libya                    | 1841      |
| 87    | Botswana                 | 1708      |
| 88    | Egypt                    | 1699      |
| 89    | Uzbekistan               | 1645      |
| 90    | Dominican Republic       | 1578      |
| 91    | Namibia                  | 1563      |
| 92    | Paraguay                 | 1563      |
| 93    | Tajikistan               | 1492      |
| 94    | Tunisia                  | 1463      |
| 95    | Cuba                     | 1442      |
| 96    | Vietnam Moldova          | 1439 1386 |
| 97 98 | Ecuador                  | 1381      |
| 99    | Algeria                  | 1363      |
| 100   | Iraq                     | 1313      |

| 101     | Peru                   | 1308   |
|---------|------------------------|--------|
| 102     | Gabon                  | 1303   |
| 103     | Colombia               | 1290   |
| 104     | Jamaica                | 1110   |
| 105     | India                  | 1010   |
| 106     | El Salvador            | 966    |
| 107     | Morocco                | 912    |
| 108     | Syrian Arab Republic   | 823    |
| 109     | Indonesia              | 814    |
| 110     | Bolivia                | 753    |
| 111     | Philippines            | 706    |
| 112     | Zambia                 | 703    |
| 113     | Honduras               | 697    |
| 114     | DPR of Korea           | 602    |
| 115     | Nicaragua              | 580    |
| 116     | Guatemala              | 575    |
| 117     | Zimbabwe               | 543    |
| 118     | Sri Lanka              | 535    |
| 119     | Pakistan               | 472    |
| 120     | Mozambique             | 463    |
| 121     | Ghana                  | 357    |
| 122     | Angola                 | 347    |
| 123     | Bangladesh             | 311    |
| 124     | Côte d'Ivoire          | 281    |
| 125     | Cameroon               | 274    |
| 126     | Cambodia               | 270    |
| 127     | Sudan                  | 248    |
| 128     | Senegal                | 222    |
| 129     | Yemen                  | 217    |
| 130     | Republic of Congo      | 213    |
| 131     | Myanmar                | 211    |
| 132     | Kenya                  | 171    |
| 133     | Togo                   | 155    |
| 134     | Nigeria                | 144    |
| 135     | Nepal                  | 140    |
| 136     | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 107    |
| 137     | Tanzania               | 100    |
| 138     | Benin                  | 97     |
| 139     | Ethiopia               | 70     |
| 140     | Eritrea                | 63     |
| 141     | Niger                  | 52     |
| 142 143 | Haiti South Sudan      | 39 39  |

Note:    Figure  in  respect  of  India  has  been  calculated  by  CEA  and  pertains  to  the financial year 2014-15

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ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3122  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.08.2017.

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Year wise Demand and supply of electricity

| FY       | Peak demand (MW)   | Peak Met (MW)   | Gap     | Gap   | Energy requirement (MU)   | Energy supplied (MU)   | Gap      | Gap    |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------|---------|-------|---------------------------|------------------------|----------|--------|
|          |                    |                 | (MW)    | %     |                           |                        | (MU)     | (%)    |
| 2014- 15 | 1,48,166           | 1,41,160        | -7,006, | -4.7% | 10,68,923                 | 10,30,785              | - 38,138 | - 3.6% |
| 2015- 16 | 1,53,366           | 1,48,463        | -4,903, | -3.2% | 11,14,408                 | 10,90,850              | - 23,558 | - 2.1% |
| 2016- 17 | 1,59,542           | 1,56,542        | -991,   | -1.6% | 11,42,928                 | 11,35,332              | -7,596   | - 0.7% |

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