Lok Sabha Question No. 2686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Shortage of Electricity Supply in Odisha
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2686 ANSWERED ON 22.12.2022

## SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN ODISHA

†2686. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has carried out any inspection to meet the shortage of supply of electricity in Odisha;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  supply  electricity  in Odisha; and
- (d) the details of the current power projects carried out by the Government in Odisha, district-wise?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : The Central Electricity Authority prepares the Power Supply position for the States  and  as  per  the  Power  Supply  Position  of  Odisha  for  the  last  three  years  and current year given at Annexure-I, the overall power supply position in the State of Odisha is comfortable.

(c) & (d) : Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity in a State/UT including Odisha is within the purview of the respective State Government/Power  Utility.  Making  arrangement  of  appropriate  quantum  of  power  from various  sources  to  meet  the  demand  of  various  type  of  electricity  consumers  in  any State/UT  is  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  concerned  State  Government/Power  Utilities.  The Central  Government  supports  the  State  Governments  by  establishing  power  plants  in Central Sector through Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and allocating power from them to the various States / UTs.

Further, the Central Government also supplements the efforts of the States through  its  various  schemes  including  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana  (UDAY)  to  help  them  to  achieve  the  objective  of  providing  power  supply  to  all households.

The details of under-construction thermal power project in Odisha are given at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2686 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.12.2022 **************

The details of Actual Power Supply Position of Odisha for the last three years i.e. from 2019-20 to 2021-22 and current year i.e. 2022-23 (upto November, 2022)

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| Year                          | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   | Energy [in Million Units (MU)]   |
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                               | Energy Requirement               | Energy Supplied                  | Energy not Supplied              |
|                               | (MU)                             | (MU)                             | (%)                              |
| 2019-20                       | 29,692                           | 29,692                           | 0.0                              |
| 2020-21                       | 29,848                           | 29,848                           | 0.0                              |
| 2021-22                       | 38,339                           | 38,332                           | 0.0                              |
| 2022-23 (up to November 2022) | 30,091                           | 30,046                           | 0.1                              |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2686 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.12.2022 **************

The details of under-construction thermal power project in Odisha

| Sl. No.   | Name of Project     | District      | Developer   | Unit No.    | Capacity (MW)   |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Talcher TPS, St-III | Angul, Odisha | NTPC        | U-1 U-2     | 660 660         |
|           | Grand Total         | Grand Total   | Grand Total | Grand Total | 1320            |

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