Lok Sabha Question No. 887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Meeting with MoS
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.887 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## MEETING WITH MOS

887.   SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government recently held a meeting with all the States Power Ministers; and
- (b) if so, the details of issues discussed and outcome thereof particularly related to Andhra Pradesh State?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b) : The last Conference of Power and Renewable Energy Ministers of  States  and  Union  Territories  was  held  on  3rd  July,  2018  at  Shimla, Himachal  Pradesh.  The  issues  discussed  therein,  inter-alia,  included, Saubhagya  household electrification, implementation of Integrated Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  performance  under  Ujwal  DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), 24X7 power for all, flexibility  in  utilization  of coal, charging infrastructure for E-vehicles, energy conservation, compliance  of  renewable  purchase  obligations  (RPOs),  and  bidding  for solar and wind capacity etc.  The decisions / recommendation arising out of Power Ministers Conference, including those related to Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  887 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 07.02.2019. ***************

Gist of important decisions / recommendations arising out of Power Ministers' Conference held on 3rd  July, 2018 in Shimla, including those related to Andhra Pradesh, is as under:

1. Achievement of 100% household electrification by 31st December 2018.
2. State Government were requested to give comments on proposed amendments in the Electricity Act and Tariff Act.
3. The States were requested to increase the pace of implementation of IPDS scheme so as to complete the works by March 2019.
4. The States having more than15% AT&C losses were requested to submit action plan/road map for loss reduction.
5. All subsidies have to be provided by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) which need to be released in time.
6. There shall be a provision for penalty for unscheduled load shedding  with effect from 1.4.2019.
7. Thrust has to be given to use of electric energy instead of fossil-fuel energy.
8. A target was set to achieve 30% of vehicles being manufactured to be electrical vehicle by 2020.
9. Setting up of charging stations for electrical vehicles through out the country in a gradual manner.
10. States and UTs will prepare month-wise plans for bidding of Solar and Wind power capacity in order to achieve 175 GW renewable energy target by 2022.
11. The  RPO  compliance  should  be  ensured  by  State/UT  strictly  and  RPO  trajectory should be aligned as per long term trajectory upto 2022, as notified by Ministry of Power.
12. Promotion of Solar based cooking.
13. Solarization of agricultural pumps.
14. States/UTs were requested to submit proposals  for Solar parks  under additional 20,000 MW capacity  allocation.
15. Disposal of Bio-mass in an environmentally friendly manner and conversion of biomass into small briquettes so as to use the same in Thermal Power Plants.
16. An R&D Mission shall be formulated to encourage development of new technology in renewable energy sector.

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