Lok Sabha Question No. 819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Rural Demand of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.819 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## RURAL DEMAND OF POWER

819.   SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  demand  and  consumption  of power in urban and rural areas during March-September, 2020;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether rural demand of power has overpowered the urban demand in the recent past;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(e) the extent to which the migration of labourers in agricultural sector has been the factor of increased power demand in rural areas;

(f) whether the dip in power demand in industrial units, railways tourism and aviation sector are responsible for low power demand in urban areas and if so, the details thereof; and

(g) whether there is any sign in increase of power demand in urban areas during the last two months and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (c) : The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had assessed the State wise and month wise overall demand and supply as per the information received from the  States  and  published  the  Load  Generation  Balance  Report  (LGBR)  for  the financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21, which includes the months of March 2020 to September 2020. Government of India or any of its organisations do not bifurcate the demand into rural and urban areas.

……….2.

(d) : The  requirement  for  power  depends  upon  many  factors  including weather and the extent of economic activity. Migration also has an impact on the consumption pattern of electricity.

(e) to (g) : The details of month wise demand and supply of electricity in terms of peak power and energy are furnished at annexure. The peak demand and the energy requirement had dropped by around 23-24% in the month of April 2020 w.r.t. April  2019 due to the effect of the covid pandemic. The peak demand and the energy requirement are increasing on a month to month basis since May 2020. There  is  a  marginal  increase  in  peak  demand  and  energy  requirement  in  the current  month  of  September  2020  (up  to  14 th   September  2020)  vis  a  vis  the corresponding period last year.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) TO (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  819 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020. *************** Details of month wise demand and supply of power during March, 2020 to September, 2020 (Up to 14th

September 2020)

| Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   | Growth in Peak Demand and Peak Met (At All India Level)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Month                                                     | March 2020 - September 2020                               | March 2020 - September 2020                               | March 2020 - September 2020                               | March 2020 - September 2020                               | March 2019 - September 2019                               | March 2019 - September 2019                               | March 2019 - September 2019                               | March 2019 - September 2019                               | Growth                                                    | Growth                                                    |
| Month                                                     | Peak Demand                                               | Peak Met                                                  | Surplus / Deficit (-)                                     | Surplus / Deficit (-)                                     | Peak Demand                                               | Peak Met                                                  | Surplus / Deficit (-)                                     | Surplus / Deficit (-)                                     | Growth in Peak Demand                                     | Growth in Peak Met                                        |
| Month                                                     | MW                                                        | MW                                                        | MW                                                        | %                                                         | MW                                                        | MW                                                        | MW                                                        | %                                                         | %                                                         | %                                                         |
| March 2020                                                | 1,70,749                                                  | 1,70,165                                                  | -584                                                      | -0.3                                                      | 1,69,315                                                  | 1,68,745                                                  | -570                                                      | -0.3                                                      | 0.8%                                                      | 0.8%                                                      |
| April 2020                                                | 1,33,200                                                  | 1,32,733                                                  | -467                                                      | -0.4                                                      | 1,77,424                                                  | 1,76,810                                                  | -613                                                      | -0.3                                                      | -24.9%                                                    | -24.9%                                                    |
| May-2020                                                  | 1,66,890                                                  | 1,66,225                                                  | -664                                                      | -0.4                                                      | 1,83,547                                                  | 1,82,533                                                  | -1,014                                                    | -0.6                                                      | -9.1%                                                     | -8.9%                                                     |
| June-2020                                                 | 1,66,686                                                  | 1,64,982                                                  | -1,705                                                    | -1.0                                                      | 1,83,804                                                  | 1,82,454                                                  | -1,350                                                    | -0.7                                                      | -9.3%                                                     | -9.6%                                                     |
| July-2020                                                 | 1,71,510                                                  | 1,70,408                                                  | -1,101                                                    | -0.6                                                      | 1,77,130                                                  | 1,75,124                                                  | -2,006                                                    | -1.1                                                      | -3.2%                                                     | -2.7%                                                     |
| August-2020                                               | 1,67,535                                                  | 1,67,499                                                  | -36                                                       | 0.0                                                       | 1,79,159                                                  | 1,77,525                                                  | -1,634                                                    | -0.9                                                      | -6.5%                                                     | -5.6%                                                     |
| Sep. 2020 (Till 14-Sep)                                   | 1,75,021                                                  | 1,74,331                                                  | -690                                                      | -0.4                                                      | 1,74,999                                                  | 1,73,158                                                  | -1,841                                                    | -1.1                                                      | 0.0%                                                      | 0.7%                                                      |

| Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   | Growth in Energy Requirement and Availability (At All India Level)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Month                                                                | March 2020 - September 2020                                          | March 2020 - September 2020                                          | March 2020 - September 2020                                          | March 2020 - September 2020                                          | March 2019 - September 2019                                          | March 2019 - September 2019                                          | March 2019 - September 2019                                          | March 2019 - September 2019                                          | Growth                                                               | Growth                                                               |
| Month                                                                | Energy Requirement                                                   | Energy Availability                                                  | Energy Surplus / Deficit (-)                                         | Energy Surplus / Deficit (-)                                         | Energy Requirement                                                   | Energy Availability                                                  | Energy Surplus / Deficit (- )                                        | Energy Surplus / Deficit (- )                                        | Growth in Energy Requirement                                         | Growth in Energy Availability                                        |
| Month                                                                | MU                                                                   | MU                                                                   | MU                                                                   | %                                                                    | MU                                                                   | MU                                                                   | MU                                                                   | %                                                                    | %                                                                    | %                                                                    |
| March-2020                                                           | 99,382                                                               | 98,952                                                               | -430                                                                 | -0.4                                                                 | 1,08,508                                                             | 1,08,355                                                             | -153                                                                 | -0.1                                                                 | -8.4%                                                                | -8.7%                                                                |
| April-2020                                                           | 85,030                                                               | 84,550                                                               | -480                                                                 | -0.6                                                                 | 1,10,567                                                             | 1,10,112                                                             | -455                                                                 | -0.4                                                                 | -23.1%                                                               | -23.2%                                                               |
| May-2020                                                             | 1,02,651                                                             | 1,02,089                                                             | -562                                                                 | -0.5                                                                 | 1,20,659                                                             | 1,20,020                                                             | -639                                                                 | -0.5                                                                 | -14.9%                                                               | -14.9%                                                               |
| June-2020                                                            | 1,05,556                                                             | 1,05,086                                                             | -471                                                                 | -0.4                                                                 | 1,18,573                                                             | 1,17,988                                                             | -585                                                                 | -0.5                                                                 | -11.0%                                                               | -10.9%                                                               |
| July-2020                                                            | 1,12,341                                                             | 1,12,147                                                             | -194                                                                 | -0.2                                                                 | 1,17,226                                                             | 1,16,485                                                             | -741                                                                 | -0.6                                                                 | -4.2%                                                                | -3.7%                                                                |
| August- 2020                                                         | 1,09,833                                                             | 1,09,657                                                             | -177                                                                 | -0.2                                                                 | 1,12,119                                                             | 1,11,521                                                             | -598                                                                 | -0.5                                                                 | -2.0%                                                                | -1.7%                                                                |
| Sep. 2020 (Till 14- Sep)                                             | 53,192                                                               | 53,170                                                               | -22                                                                  | 0.0                                                                  | 52,954                                                               | 52,685                                                               | -269                                                                 | -0.5                                                                 | 0.4%                                                                 | 0.9%                                                                 |

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