Lok Sabha Question No. 965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Demand and Supply of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: ANJU BALA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.965 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018

## DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF POWER

965.  SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is mismatch in demand and supply of power in various States of our country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether several states are suffering from power shortage especially in villages, remote and tribal areas and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto, State/UT-wise;

- (c) whether Uttar Pradesh has a peak demand-supply gap of 4.1% which is more than the all-India average of 0.9%, the highest in the country after two-three small States and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to address the above issue;
- (d) whether Government is planning to amend the Electricity Act to levy hefty  penalties  on  power  distribution  companies  for  load  shedding  and make provisions for direct subsidy transfers by States to power consumers and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to provide 'power for all' in the country?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : The details of demand and supply of power in various States of our  country,  in  terms  of  electrical  energy  and  peak  demand  during  the current year 2017-18 (up to Dec, 2017)  is at Annex.

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(b) : There  are  some  states  in  the  country  where  demand-supply gap is higher than the average all India demand-supply gap. However, this gap is generally on account of factors, other than inadequacy of power in the country.

(c) : Uttar Pradesh had a peak demand-supply gap of 4.1% against all India average of 0.9% during the period April to July, 2017. However, as per  latest  power  supply  position  (April-  Dec,2017),  Uttar  Pradesh  has  a peak demand-supply gap of 10.9% against all India average of 2.0%.

Making  arrangement  of  appropriate  quantum  of  power  from various sources to meet the demand of electricity consumers within the state  is  in  the  purview  of  the  concerned  State  Distribution  Companies. Government of India supplements the efforts of the State Governments by establishing power plants in Central Sector through Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and allocating power from them to the States / UTs. Enough  power  is  available  in  the  country  and  the  State  can  purchase power through various market mechanisms including Power Exchanges to meet the shortage.

(d) : Proposal to provide for penalties on power distribution companies for gratuitous load shedding and making provisions for direct subsidy transfers  by  States  to  power  consumers  are  issues  under discussion for finalisation of Amendments to the Electricity Act.

(e) : Government  of  India  has  taken  up  a  joint  initiative  with  all States/UTs  for ensuring  24x7  power  supply  to  all  consumers.  This initiative  aims  at  ensuring  uninterrupted  supply  of  quality  power  to existing consumers and providing access to electricity to all unconnected consumers in a phased manner by 2019.

Government of India is supplementing efforts of State Government  through  works  sanctioned  under  various  ongoing  Central Government  schemes  viz.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gramin  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), Pradhan Mantri Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  Yojana  (SAUBHAGYA),  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance Yojana (UDAY) etc. These schemes involve Rural Electrification, strengthening  &  augmentation  of  transmission  and  distribution  system, and performance improvement of DISCOMs, etc.

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## ANNEX

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 965 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2018.

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## Power Supply Position for 2017-18 (Provisional)

|                       | Energy                      | Energy                      | Energy                      | Energy                      | Peak                        | Peak                        | Peak                        | Peak                        |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| State /               | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 | April, 2017 - December,2017 |
| System /              | Energy Requirement          | Energy Supplied             | Energy not Supplied         | Energy not Supplied         | Peak Demand                 | Peak Met                    | Demand not Met              | Demand not Met              |
| Region                | ( MU )                      | ( MU )                      | ( MU )                      | ( %)                        | ( MW )                      | ( MW )                      | ( MW )                      | %)                          |
| Chandigarh            | 1,313                       | 1,304                       | 9                           | 1                           | 363                         | 363                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| Delhi                 | 25,954                      | 25,937                      | 16                          | 0.1                         | 6,553                       | 6,526                       | 27                          | 0.4                         |
| Haryana               | 39,895                      | 39,895                      | 0                           | 0.0                         | 9,671                       | 9,539                       | 132                         | 1.4                         |
| Himachal Pradesh      | 7,058                       | 7,019                       | 39                          | 0.6                         | 1,560                       | 1,560                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir       | 13,807                      | 11,034                      | 2,773                       | 20.1                        | 2,768                       | 2,214                       | 554                         | 20.0                        |
| Punjab                | 44,732                      | 44,732                      | 0                           | 0.0                         | 11,705                      | 11,705                      | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Rajasthan             | 52,745                      | 52,312                      | 433                         | 0.8                         | 11,290                      | 11,290                      | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 93,168                      | 91,726                      | 1,441                       | 1.5                         | 20,274                      | 18,061                      | 2,213                       | 10.9                        |
| Uttarakhand           | 10,160                      | 10,134                      | 27                          | 0.3                         | 2,033                       | 2,033                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Northern Region       | 2,88,832                    | 2,84,093                    | 4,739                       | 1.6                         | 60,749                      | 58,448                      | 2,301                       | 3.8                         |
| Chhattisgarh          | 19,881                      | 19,800                      | 80                          | 0.4                         | 4,169                       | 3,887                       | 282                         | 6.8                         |
| Gujarat               | 82,448                      | 82,437                      | 12                          | 0.0                         | 16,590                      | 16,590                      | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 52,957                      | 52,957                      | 0                           | 0.0                         | 12,338                      | 12,301                      | 37                          | 0.3                         |
| Maharashtra           | 1,11,952                    | 1,11,723                    | 230                         | 0.2                         | 22,542                      | 22,494                      | 48                          | 0.2                         |
| Daman & Diu           | 1,898                       | 1,898                       | 0                           | 0.0                         | 362                         | 362                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli    | 4,606                       | 4,606                       | 0                           | 0.0                         | 790                         | 790                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Goa                   | 3,079                       | 3,079                       | 0                           | 0.0                         | 559                         | 558                         | 1                           | 0.2                         |
| Western Region        | 2,76,821                    | 2,76,499                    | 322                         | 0.1                         | 49,860                      | 49,788                      | 72                          | 0.1                         |
| Andhra Pradesh        | 42,720                      | 42,681                      | 38                          | 0.1                         | 8,364                       | 8,364                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Telangana             | 42,822                      | 42,793                      | 29                          | 0.1                         | 9,522                       | 9,500                       | 22                          | 0.2                         |
| Karnataka             | 48,270                      | 48,175                      | 94                          | 0.2                         | 10,093                      | 10,093                      | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Kerala                | 18,501                      | 18,452                      | 50                          | 0.3                         | 3,889                       | 3,862                       | 27                          | 0.7                         |
| Tamil Nadu            | 79,062                      | 79,004                      | 58                          | 0.1                         | 15,001                      | 14,975                      | 26                          | 0.2                         |
| Puducherry            | 2,013                       | 2,009                       | 4                           | 0.2                         | 390                         | 387                         | 3                           | 0.7                         |
| Lakshadweep#          | 35                          | 35                          | 0                           | 0                           | 9                           | 9                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| Southern Region       | 2,33,387                    | 2,33,114                    | 273                         | 0.1                         | 42,770                      | 42,535                      | 235                         | 0.5                         |
| Bihar DVC             | 20,435                      | 20,069                      | 366 156                     | 1.8 1.0                     | 4,521 2,909                 | 4,515 2,909                 | 6 0                         | 0.1 0.0                     |
| Jharkhand             | 16,108 5,778                | 15,952 5,715                | 64                          | 1.1                         | 1,260                       | 1,260                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Odisha                | 21,728                      | 21,693                      | 35                          | 0.2                         | 4,370                       | 4,370                       | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| West Bengal           | 38,992                      | 38,846                      | 147                         | 0.4                         | 8,137                       | 8,114                       | 23                          | 0.3                         |
| Sikkim                | 347                         | 347                         | 0                           | 0.1                         | 96                          | 96                          | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Andaman- Nicobar#     | 242                         | 218                         | 23                          | 10                          | 58                          | 54                          | 4                           | 7                           |
| Eastern Region        | 1,03,390                    | 1,02,621                    | 768                         | 0.7                         | 20,274                      | 20,208                      | 66                          | 0.3                         |
|                       |                             |                             | 10                          |                             |                             | 145                         | 0                           | 0.3                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 591                         | 581                         |                             | 1.7                         | 145                         |                             |                             |                             |
| Assam Manipur         | 7,235 609                   | 6,936 597                   | 298 12                      | 4.1 2.0                     | 1,822 194                   | 1,745 187                   | 77 7                        | 4.2 3.6                     |
| Meghalaya             | 1,127                       | 1,127                       | 0                           | 0.0                         | 369                         | 368                         | 1                           | 0.3                         |
| Mizoram               | 366                         | 357                         | 9                           | 2.4                         | 104                         | 95                          | 9                           | 8.7                         |
| Nagaland              | 614                         | 596                         | 17                          | 2.8                         | 155                         | 146                         | 9                           | 5.8                         |
| Tripura North-Eastern | 2,151                       | 2,128                       | 23                          | 1.1                         | 342                         | 342                         | 0                           | 0.0                         |
| Region                | 12,693                      | 12,323                      | 370                         | 2.9                         | 2,629                       | 2,520                       | 109 3,314                   | 4.1                         |
| All India             | 9,15,123                    | 9,08,650                    | 6,473                       | 0.7                         | 1,64,066                    | 1,60,75 2                   |                             | 2.0                         |

#  Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are stand- alone systems,  power supply position of these, does  not form part of regional requirement and availability

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