Lok Sabha Question No. 548 (STARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Use of Diesel Gensets for Power Generation
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.548 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## USE OF DIESEL GENSETS FOR POWER GENERATION

*548.   DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  huge  diesel  gensets  are  used  by  the  Industrial  units  to generate the power required by them;

- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  quantum  of  such  power  used  by heavy,  medium and small industries during the last  three  years  and  the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether  this  has  resulted  in  wastage  or  more  usage  of  diesel  for various purposes and if so, the loss incurred due to such usage during the above period;
- (d) whether  the  use  of  diesel  genset  is  increasing  the  input  cost  of products and if so, the details thereof along with the increase in input cost in terms of percentage; and

(e) the corrective measures being taken by the Government to increase the supply of power along with the target year fixed for electricity to all?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(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.548 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2018 REGARDING USE OF DIESEL GENSETS FOR POWER GENERATION.

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(a)  to  (d)  :    The  State-wise  quantum  of  power  used  by  Industries  from diesel  gensets  during  the  last  three  years  are  given  at  Annex.  The electricity  consumption  by  industries  from  diesel  gensets  have  reduced from 8868 Million Units (MUs) (0.8% of total generation) during 2014-15 to 8315 MUs (0.67% of total generation) during 2016-17. This shows that the increase in electricity demand of industries during last three years have been  met  from  National  electricity  grids  and  dependence  on  diesel  is reducing.

In  general,  use  of  diesel  for  power  generation  results  in increase in input cost of power in the industry.

At present, there is sufficient power available in the National Electricity grid. Discoms can buy more power to give 24x7 reliable power supply  to  the  industries.  Even  industries  can  also  buy  power  in  open Access.

(e) : To increase the supply of power and  to meet the future power requirement,  generation  capacity  from  conventional  sources  of  around 58,384  MW is  under  construction.    Government  of  India  have  also  set  a target of 175 GW capacity to be achieved from renewable energy sources by the year 2022.

Government  has  also  requested  all  States  to  ensure  24x7 power for all consumers from the year 2019.

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ANNEX REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE STATEMENT LAID IN REPLY TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  548  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 05.04.2018 REGARDING USE OF DIESEL GENSETS FOR POWER GENERATION.

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| STATE-WISE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIES HAVING CAPTIVE POWER PLANTS BASED ON DIESEL WITH DEMAND OF 1 MW & ABOVE   | STATE-WISE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIES HAVING CAPTIVE POWER PLANTS BASED ON DIESEL WITH DEMAND OF 1 MW & ABOVE   | STATE-WISE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIES HAVING CAPTIVE POWER PLANTS BASED ON DIESEL WITH DEMAND OF 1 MW & ABOVE   | STATE-WISE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIES HAVING CAPTIVE POWER PLANTS BASED ON DIESEL WITH DEMAND OF 1 MW & ABOVE   |
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| State/Uts.                                                                                                                 | 2014-15                                                                                                                    | 2015-16                                                                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                                                                    |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                 | 1.68                                                                                                                       | 1.22                                                                                                                       | 2.18                                                                                                                       |
| Delhi                                                                                                                      | 1.33                                                                                                                       | 1.54                                                                                                                       | 2.17                                                                                                                       |
| Haryana                                                                                                                    | 362.86                                                                                                                     | 318.69                                                                                                                     | 382.84                                                                                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                           | 95.95                                                                                                                      | 91.52                                                                                                                      | 42.54                                                                                                                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                            | 3.50                                                                                                                       | 3.50                                                                                                                       | 2.25                                                                                                                       |
| Punjab                                                                                                                     | 335.04                                                                                                                     | 310.19                                                                                                                     | 369.45                                                                                                                     |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                  | 558.46                                                                                                                     | 575.73                                                                                                                     | 677.61                                                                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                              | 744.01                                                                                                                     | 561.18                                                                                                                     | 536.75                                                                                                                     |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                | 206.26                                                                                                                     | 227.18                                                                                                                     | 169.67                                                                                                                     |
| Sub-Total(NR)                                                                                                              | 2309.09                                                                                                                    | 2090.75                                                                                                                    | 2185.46                                                                                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                               | 3.70                                                                                                                       | 136.65                                                                                                                     | 522.36                                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                    | 1454.53                                                                                                                    | 1587.91                                                                                                                    | 1562.40                                                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                             | 129.92                                                                                                                     | 205.01                                                                                                                     | 251.79                                                                                                                     |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                | 776.38                                                                                                                     | 987.60                                                                                                                     | 1528.78                                                                                                                    |
| Daman & Diu                                                                                                                | 0.80                                                                                                                       | 0.80                                                                                                                       | 1.92                                                                                                                       |
| D & N Haveli                                                                                                               | 2.28                                                                                                                       | 2.28                                                                                                                       | 2.65                                                                                                                       |
| Goa                                                                                                                        | 70.91                                                                                                                      | 67.18                                                                                                                      | 94.75                                                                                                                      |
| Sub-Total(WR)                                                                                                              | 2438.52                                                                                                                    | 2987.44                                                                                                                    | 3964.65                                                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                             | 67.40                                                                                                                      | 74.31                                                                                                                      | 59.08                                                                                                                      |
| Telangana                                                                                                                  | 134.95                                                                                                                     | 98.79                                                                                                                      | 104.13                                                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                  | 1206.94                                                                                                                    | 1344.46                                                                                                                    | 843.57                                                                                                                     |
| Kerala                                                                                                                     | 155.71                                                                                                                     | 21.18                                                                                                                      | 7.78                                                                                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                 | 2028.20                                                                                                                    | 541.71                                                                                                                     | 540.68                                                                                                                     |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                 | 21.11                                                                                                                      | 8.45                                                                                                                       | 9.24                                                                                                                       |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Sub-Total(SR)                                                                                                              | 3614.31                                                                                                                    | 2088.90                                                                                                                    | 1564.48                                                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                                                                      | 1.25                                                                                                                       | 1.19                                                                                                                       | 1.23                                                                                                                       |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                  | 6.20                                                                                                                       | 9.26                                                                                                                       | 5.80                                                                                                                       |
| Odisha                                                                                                                     | 456.12                                                                                                                     | 476.56                                                                                                                     | 463.45                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                | 17.37                                                                                                                      | 8.65                                                                                                                       | 106.96                                                                                                                     |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Sub-Total(ER)                                                                                                              | 480.94                                                                                                                     | 495.67                                                                                                                     | 577.44                                                                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Assam                                                                                                                      | 5.97                                                                                                                       | 5.73                                                                                                                       | 5.75                                                                                                                       |
| Manipur                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                  | 18.92                                                                                                                      | 19.39                                                                                                                      | 17.59                                                                                                                      |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Tripura                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                       |
| Sub-Total(NER)                                                                                                             | 24.90                                                                                                                      | 25.12                                                                                                                      | 23.34                                                                                                                      |
| Total (All India)                                                                                                          | 8867.76                                                                                                                    | 7687.87                                                                                                                    | 8315.36                                                                                                                    |

* Provisional

* Data  in  respect  of  electricity  generation  from  captive  power  plants  is  furnished annually  by  industries  and  data  for  the  current  year  2017-18  would  be  furnished  by industries after 31 st  March, 2018.

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