Lok Sabha Question No. 325 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Power Projects
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.325 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## POWER PROJECTS

*325.   SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of thermal and hydro power projects in the country and quantum of power produced during the last three years and the current year, source-wise;
- (b) the details of power projects in the pipeline and quantum of power likely to be produced by them;
- (c) the quantum  of domestic and imported coal used for  power production in the country during the above period;
- (d) whether any assessment has been made of the quantum of imported or  domestic coal likely  to  be  used  for  power  production during  the  next three years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken to augment power availability at household level?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO.325 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2016 REGARDING POWER PROJECTS.

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- (a) : As  on  31st   October,  2016,  there  are  261  Thermal  and  177 Hydro  Power  projects  in  the  country.  The  source-wise  details  of  power produced by these plants during the last three years and the current year is given at Annex-I.
- (b) : At  present,  143  Thermal  units  having  a  capacity  of  73728.4 MW are in the pipeline and the quantum of power to be produced by these power plants in a year at National Average Plant Load Factor of 59.17% (from April to October 2016) will be 387 BU approximately.  The details of the same are given at Annex-II.

At  present,  there  are  44  hydro  units  having  a  capacity  of 13,182  MW  in  the  pipeline.    The  quantum  of  power  to  be  produced  by Hydro projects is dependent on availability of water.  However, the energy potential  of  these  44  hydro  units  is  49.9  BU  as  per  Design  Energy.    The details of the same are given at Annex-III.

- (c) : The  quantum  of  domestic  and  imported  coal  consumed  for power production, as reported by power plants to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) during the last three years and the current year is given at Annex-IV.
- (d) : The  assessment  of  the  quantum  of  domestic  and  imported coal based on the generation target is fixed on an annual basis.  As per the  assessment,  48  MT  of  imported  coal  for  imported  coal  based  power plants  and  552  MT  of  domestic  coal  for  other  power  plants  would  be required to meet the generation target for the year 2016-17.
- (e) : The  following  steps  have  been  taken  to  augment  power availability  in the country including at household level:
- (i) During the 12th Plan period (2012-17), a capacity addition of about 88928.2 MW against the target of 88537 MW from the conventional sources have been achieved till 31st October, 2016 and about 21,128 MW as against the target of 30000 MW from renewable sources have been achieved till 30th  September, 2016.
- (ii) Adequate  supply  of  the  domestic  coal  to  power  plants  has  been ensured.  The  growth  of  domestic  coal  supply  to  power  plants  has been around 6.2% during 2015-16.

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- (iii) During the 12th Plan period (2012-17), 1,00,468 ckm as against the target  of  1,07,440  ckm  of  transmission  lines  and  2,88,458  MVA  as against the target of 2,82,750 MVA of transformation capacity have been completed till 31st  October, 2016.
- (iv) The  Government  of  India  has  taken  an  initiative  to  prepare  State specific  Action  Plans  for  providing  24X7  Power  For  All  (PFA)  in partnership with the States.
- (v) Two new schemes have been launched by the Government of India, namely,  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) for strengthening of sub-transmission  and  distribution  networks  and  for  segregation  of agricultural feeders to give adequate and reliable supply and reduce line losses.
- (vi) The Government of India has taken several steps to promote energy conservation, energy efficiency and other demand side management measures.
- (vii) The  Central  Government  has  notified  Ujjwal  Discom  Assurance Yojana  (UDAY)  scheme  on  20.11.2015  for  Operational  &  Financial Turnaround of   DISCOMs.
- (viii)  Government  of  India  has  taken  steps  for  expeditious  resolution  of issues relating to Environmental and forest clearances for facilitating early completion of generation and transmission projects.
- (ix) The  Government  of  India  has  launched  a  scheme  by  providing support from Power System Development Fund (PSDF) for operationalisation of stranded gas based generation.

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