Lok Sabha Question No. 3711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Transmission and Distribution Loss of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3711 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2021

## TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LOSS OF POWER

3711.   DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of financial burden faced by States and consumers due to Transmission and Distribution (T&D) loss of power by the power companies, State-wise; (b) the details of the transmission loss expected to be incurred as per the norms of power generation; the extent of transmission loss incurred by the power companies during the last three
- (c) years and the current year; and
- (d) the policy formulated by the Government to reduce the transmission losses?

## 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) : The  losses  in  Distribution  sector  are  measured  in  the  form  of  Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses. As per the 'Report on Performance of State Power Utilities' published by Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Ltd. for the year 2018-19, the annual AT&C loss for the country was 22.03 %. State wise details are given at Annexure.

As per calculations, 1% AT&C losses contribute to a value loss of        Rs. 6959 Crore annually at the national level. Our goal is to bring down these losses to less than 15% by year 2025.

(b) to (d) : Transmission Losses are caused by Ohmic losses in transmission elements due to  their  inherent  design.  Transmission  losses  in  the  country  in  lnter-State  Transmission System (ISTS) are in the range of 2.5%-3%.

For  further  reduction  in  transmission  losses,  transmission  systems  in  the country are planned with Extra High Voltage transmission Iines. At present, India has adopted transmission voltage upto 765 kV for AC and +/-800 kV for DC system to reduce transmission losses.  Further,  energy  efficient  equipment  like  transformers,  reactors  etc.  have  been installed to maintain ISTS losses at a minimum level.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3711 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2021 ***************

| Sl. No.   | State/UT               | AT&C Loss (%) in FY 2018- 19   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         | 25.67                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 55.50                          |
| 3         | Assam                  | 19.87                          |
| 4         | Bihar                  | 30.94                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh           | 27.33                          |
| 6         | Delhi                  | 9.07                           |
| 7         | Goa                    | 15.69                          |
| 8         | Gujarat                | 13.98                          |
| 9         | Haryana                | 18.08                          |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh 11.39 |                                |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir 49.94  |                                |
| 12        | Jharkhand              | 28.60                          |
| 13        | Karnataka              | 19.82                          |
| 14        | Kerala                 | 9.10                           |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh 36.01   |                                |
| 16        | Maharashtra            | 14.73                          |
| 17        | Manipur                | 29.79                          |
| 18        | Meghalaya              | 35.22                          |
| 19        | Mizoram                | 16.20                          |
| 20        | Nagaland               | 40.06                          |
| 21        | Odisha                 | 29.17                          |
| 22        | Puducherry             | 22.24                          |
| 23        | Punjab                 | 11.28                          |
| 24        | Rajasthan              | 28.26                          |
| 25        | Sikkim                 | 31.83                          |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu             | 17.47                          |
| 27        | Telangana              | 19.99                          |
| 28        | Tripura                | 35.48                          |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh          | 33.15                          |
| 30        | Uttarakhand            | 16.20                          |
| 31        | West Bengal            | 23.00                          |
|           | Grand Total            | 22.03                          |

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