Lok Sabha Question No. 2909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Production of Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2909 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY

2909. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the production of electricity is sufficient to meet the demand  of the nation;
- (b) If so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government  to increase the production of electricity;
- (d) the share of renewable energy compared to the total demand; and
- (e) the details of steps taken by the Government to improve the production of green energy?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : As on 31.10.2019, the installed generation capacity in the country has been around 3,64,960 Mega Watt (MW), which is sufficient to meet the electricity demand in the country. The details of actual power supply position in terms of energy and peak of the country during the current year i.e. 2019-20 (upto October, 2019) is given at Annexure. It may be seen that the gap between demand and supply  of  power  during  the  current  year  2019-20  (upto  October,  2019)  both  in terms of Energy and Peak is less than 1%. This gap is generally on account of factors,  other  than  of  power  availability  in  the  country  e.g.  constraints  in  subtransmission  and  distribution  network,  financial  constraints  of  State  Power Utilities to purchase power etc. Apart from long term Power Purchase Agreements power can be purchased at any time from power exchanges.

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(c) : Generation of electricity is a delicensed activity as per the Electricity Act,2003,  except  for  the  concurrence  of  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA)  for hydro generating stations with estimated scheme cost exceeding the sum fixed by the Central Government from time to time. As per the information available with CEA, conventional power generation capacity totalling to 59,615.65 MW is at various  stages  of  construction  in  the  country,  which  includes  42281.15  MW Thermal  (Coal),  406.15  MW  Thermal  (Gas),  12,034.5  MW  Hydro  and  5,300  MW Nuclear. Govt. of India has set a target of 175,000 MW installed capacity from renewable  energy  sources  by  the  end  of  2021-22  which  includes  1,00,000  MW from Solar, 60,000 MW from Wind, 10,000 MW from Biomass and 5000 MW from Small Hydro. Against this target, the renewable capacity of 83,379 MW already stands commissioned as on 31.10.2019.

(d) : The share of generation from renewable energy sources in the total generation  from  conventional  and  renewable  sources  in  the  country  has  been 9.21%  and  10.13  %  during  the  year  2018-19  and  2019-20  (upto  October,2019) respectively.

(e) : The steps taken by the Government to incentivize renewable energy sector  and  improve  the  production  of  green  energy  in  the  country  inter-alia, include the following:

- (i) Announcement  of  a  target  of  installing  175  GW  of  renewable  energy capacity by the year, 2022;
- (ii) Permitting  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  up  to  100  percent  under  the automatic   route;
- (iii) Waiver of  Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS)  charges  and  losses  for inter-state  sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned up to December, 2022;
- (iv) Notification  of  standard  bidding  guidelines  to  enable  distribution  licensee to procure   solar  and  wind  power  at  competitive  rates  in  cost  effective manner;
- (v) Declaration  of  trajectory  for  Renewable  Purchase  Obligation  (RPO)  up  to the year 2022;
- (vi) Implementation of Green Energy Corridor project to facilitate grid integration of large scale renewable energy capacity addition; and,
- (vii) Launching  of  New  Schemes,  such  as,  PM-KUSUM,  solar  rooftop  phase  II, 12000 MW CPSU scheme Phase II.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2909 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.12.2019.

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Details of actual power supply position in terms of energy and peak of the country during the current year i.e. 2019-20 (upto October, 2019)

|                    | ENERGY             | ENERGY          | ENERGY              | ENERGY              | PEAK        | PEAK     | PEAK           | PEAK           |
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|----------|----------------|----------------|
| Year               | Energy Requirement | Energy Supplied | Energy not supplied | Energy not supplied | Peak Demand | Peak Met | Demand Not Met | Demand Not Met |
|                    | (MU)               | (MU)            | (MU)                | (%)                 | (MW)        | (MW)     | (MW)           | (%)            |
| 2019-20 (upto Oct, | 785,488            | 781,228         | 4,259               | 0.5                 | 183,804     | 182,533  | 1,271          | 0.7            |

*Provisional

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