Lok Sabha Question No. 1569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Pilot study on Distribution and Commercial Losses
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1569 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## PILOT STUDY ON DISTRIBUTION AND COMMERCIAL LOSSES

1569.  DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry conducted any pilot study to separate data for Technical and Distribution Losses from commercial losses;
- (b) if so, the details of the pilot study and the data received during the same and the percentage of Technical and Distribution Losses in total (AT&C);
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor for delay in conducting the pilot study; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Union Government to minimise the losses to the maximum possible extent?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a) : Yes,  Madam.  Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC),  the  nodal  agency  for operationalizing Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), has conducted a pilot study  for  segregation  of  commercial  losses  from  overall  Aggregate  Technical  and Commercial Losses (AT&C).
- (b) & (c) : The study was conducted in ten towns namely Shimla (HP), Bhopal (MP), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh), Kolkata UA(WB), Panchkula (Haryana), Hyderabad UA (Telangana), Visakhapatnam (AP), Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)  and  Ahmadabad  (Gujarat)  from  November  2015  to  February  2016.  To minimize  the  effect  of  seasonal  variations,  cumulative  AT&C  losses  figures  for  the past 12 months were taken. The details of study results are given at Annex.
- (d)  : The responsibility of reduction of AT&C losses in the Distribution network is  primarily  with  the  Discoms  and  power  departments/utilities.  However,  to  facilitate the reduction of AT&C  losses  and  to improve power  distribution system, the Government  has  launched  various  programmes/schemes  such  as  Integrated  Power Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY), National Electricity Fund (NEF) and Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). Emphasis has  also  been  given  for  porting  urban  and  rural  feeder  energy  data  on  an  online platform so that loss pockets can be identified easily.

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ANNEX ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

NO. 1569 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.11.2016.

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Study Results to separate data for Technical and Distribution losses from  Commercial losses

| Town          | Estimated Commercial losses(Approx)   | Estimated Technical losses(Approx)   | AT&C losses (Nov'14-Oct'15)   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad     | 1.14%                                 | 3.80%                                | 4.94%                         |
| Navi Mumbai   | 1.16%                                 | 4.05%                                | 5.21%                         |
| Visakhapatnam | 4.56%                                 | 4.15%                                | 8.71%                         |
| Panchkula     | 12.09%                                | 6.27%                                | 18.36%                        |
| Hyderabad     | 12.16%                                | 5.75%                                | 17.91%                        |
| Kolkata       | 15.90%                                | 2.62%                                | 18.52%                        |
| Dehradun      | 23.01%                                | 6.70%                                | 29.71%                        |
| Bhopal        | 30.50%                                | 7.71%                                | 38.21%                        |
| Shimla        | 36.91%                                | 3.16%                                | 40.07%                        |
| Bhatapara     | 26.38%                                | 2.68%                                | 29.06%                        |

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