Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Growing Power Demand
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Navneet Ravi Rana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## GROWING POWER DEMAND

*203.   SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Power  sector  has  not  been  able  to  induce  and  sustain  the required  capacity  addition  matching  the  ever  growing  power  demand  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any action plan in view of the fact that  increasing  power  generation  costs  due  to  limited  fuel  availability,  poor financial health of State Discoms and high Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C)  losses  have  contributed  in  suppressed  demand  projections  by  State Discoms;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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 (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.203  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  05.03.2020 REGARDING GROWING POWER DEMAND.

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- (a) & (b) : The growth in generation capacity has not only kept pace with but also  surpassed  the  growth  in  demand.    The  growth  in  installed  generation capacity had been around 11% during 2014 to 2016 whereas the growth of energy requirement during this period was around 5%.  As on 31.01.2020, the installed generation capacity is around 368 GW, which is sufficient to meet the electricity demand in the country. The maximum peak demand occurred during the current year was around 183 GW. The details of growth in installed generation capacity, the energy availability and energy deficit is given at Annexure.

(c) to (e) : Due  to  close  co-ordination  with  Ministry  of  Coal  and  Railways,  the coal supply to power plants have improved and as on 1.3.2020, the coal stock is around 37.5 million tons which is sufficient to run the plants for 21 days.

As a part of power sector reforms, Government of India has taken the following  measures  to  improve  the  financial  health  of  DISCOMs  and  facilitate reduction of AT&C losses in the distribution network:

- (i) UDAY (Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana)  with  the  objective  of  improving the  operational  and  financial  efficiency  of  the  State  DISCOMs,  27  States  and  5 UTs had signed MoU and joined UDAY Scheme.
- (ii) Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  and  Deendayal  Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti  Yojana  (DDUGJY)  were  launched  to  enable  States  to  improve  their Distribution  infrastructure  systems  and  management  of  Discoms  so  that  AT&C losses  are  reduced.  Projects  under  IPDS/DDUGJY  schemes  envisage  creation /augmentation  of  sub-transmission  &  distribution  infrastructure,  metering  of distribution transformers/feeders/ consumers, underground (UG) and aerial bunched (AB) cables  including  IT  enablement  of  distribution  infrastructures  for reduction of AT&C losses.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 203 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.03.2020 REGARDING GROWING POWER DEMAND.

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Growth in Installed Generation Capacity vis-à-vis Energy Availability

| Installed Generation Capacity   | Installed Generation Capacity   | Installed Generation Capacity            | Energy Details         | Energy Details     | Energy Details      | Energy Details   | Energy Details   | Energy Details                | Energy Details                 |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| As on                           | Installed Generation Capacity   | %Growth in Installed Generation Capacity | Period                 | Energy Requirement | Energy Availability | Energy Deficit   | Energy Deficit   | %Growth in Energy Requirement | %Growth in Energy Availability |
|                                 | (MW)                            |                                          |                        | (MU)               | (MU)                | (MU)             | (%)              |                               |                                |
| 31-3-2014                       | 248,554                         | 11.3                                     | 2013-14                | 1,002,257          | 959,829             | -42,428          | -4.2             | 0.7                           | 5.6                            |
| 31-3-2015                       | 274,904                         | 10.6                                     | 2014-15                | 1,068,923          | 1,030,785           | -38,138          | -3.6             | 6.7                           | 7.4                            |
| 31-3-2016                       | 305,162                         | 11.0                                     | 2015-16                | 1,114,408          | 1,090,850           | -23,558          | -2.1             | 4.3                           | 5.8                            |
| 31-3-2017                       | 326,833                         | 7.1                                      | 2016-17                | 1,142,928          | 1,135,334           | -7,595           | -0.7             | 2.6                           | 4.1                            |
| 31-3-2018                       | 344,002                         | 5.3                                      | 2017-18                | 1,213,326          | 1,204,697           | -8,629           | -0.7             | 6.2                           | 6.1                            |
| 31-3-2019                       | 356,100                         | 3.5                                      | 2018-19                | 1,274,595          | 1,267,526           | -7,070           | -0.6             | 5.0                           | 5.2                            |
| 31-1-2020                       | 368,690                         | 5.6                                      | 2019-20 (Upto January) | 1,087,253          | 1,081,677           | -5,576           | -0.5             | 1.4                           | 1.4                            |

*Note:  There  is  sufficient  power  generation  capacity  available  in  the  electricity  grid. Thus, there is no supply side constraint.  The energy deficit indicated above is mainly on account of the constraints in the distribution network and the financial constraints of the Distribution licensee.

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