Lok Sabha Question No. 1530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Production and Consumption of Power
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1530

## ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF POWER

1530.  SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  statistics  regarding  total  production  and consumption of power in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the production and consumption of power in the country during the last fifteen months, month-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  the  consumption  of  power  has increased due to increase in electric vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to phase out the use of fuel based vehicles to provide adequate power supply in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) : Yes, Sir. The data regarding production and consumption of power is being maintained  by  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA).  The  details  of  month-wise  total production  and  consumption  of  power  including  the  consumption  of  power  due  to electric vehicles in the country during the last fifteen months (up to October, 2022) are given at Annexure-I.  As per the 20 th  Electric Power Survey of India Report published by Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA),  for  demand  estimation  for  2031-32,  the  energy requirement of 27 BU (Billion Units) for Electric Vehicles (EVs) has been considered.

- (d) & (e) : The  Government  of  India  has  taken  several  initiatives  and  actions  to achieve  mass  Electric  Vehicle  (EV)  adoption  and  accelerated  rollout  of  EV  Charging Infrastructure in the country. Major steps taken in this regard are as under:
- (i) Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries  formulated  a  Scheme  named  'Faster  Adoption  and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India' (FAME India) Scheme in 2015. The  first  phase  of  Fame  India  Scheme  started  in  2015  and  was  functional  till  31 st March 2019.  The second phase of this scheme started in April 2019.

.........2.

- (ii) Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  revised  consolidated  'guidelines  and  standards  for charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV)' on 14.01.2022 and an amendment was  issued  on  07.11.2022.  The  salient  points  of  the  guidelines are given  at Annexure-II.
- (iii) Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  have  made  provisions  for  'Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI)' by making amendments in Model Building Bye Laws  (MBBL),  2016,  and  Urban  and  Regional  Development  Plans  Formulation  and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2014.

Further,  the  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  join  the  Government  of India's initiative on transformative mobility and advice their respective Ministries/Departments  to  shift  their  fleet  of  official  vehicles  from  present  Internal Combustion  Engine  (ICE)/Petrol/Diesel  Vehicles  with  Electric  Vehicles  for  all  official purposes.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION    NO. 1530 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2022 **************

The  details  of  month-wise  total  production  and  consumption  of  power  including  the consumption  of  power  due  to  electric  vehicles  in  the  country  during  the  last  fifteen months (up to October, 2022)

| Month           | Production/Generation (MU)   | Energy Supplied/ Consumption (MU)   |
|-----------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| August, 2021    | 1,37,884                     | 1,27,881                            |
| September, 2021 | 1,22,730                     | 1,12,435                            |
| October, 2021   | 1,22,280                     | 1,12,797                            |
| November, 2021  | 1,08,100                     | 99,324                              |
| December, 2021  | 1,18,747                     | 1,09,177                            |
| January, 2022   | 1,21,039                     | 1,11,808                            |
| February, 2022  | 1,17,542                     | 1,08,032                            |
| March, 2022     | 1,39,567                     | 1,28,478                            |
| April, 2022     | 1,42,138                     | 1,32,028                            |
| May, 2022       | 1,46,102                     | 1,35,156                            |
| June, 2022      | 1,43,919                     | 1,33,263                            |
| July, 2022      | 1,38,078                     | 1,28,255                            |
| August, 2022    | 1,39,769                     | 1,30,390                            |
| September, 2022 | 1,36,939                     | 1,26,914                            |
| October, 2022   | 1,23,740                     | 1,13,944                            |

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  &  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1530 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2022

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Salient  Points  of  revised  consolidated  'Guidelines  and  Standards  for  charging  infrastructure  for Electric  Vehicles'  on  14.01.2022  and  an  amendment  on  07.11.2022  issued  by  Ministry  of  Power (MoP)

The salient points of the 'Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles - the revised consolidated Guidelines and Standards' are as below:

-  Tariff for supply of electricity for Public Charging Station (PCS) shall be a single part tariff and shall not exceed 'Average Cost of Supply' till 31st March, 2025.
-  DISCOMs may leverage on funding from the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) under 'Part A - Distribution Infrastructure' for the general upstream network augmentation necessitated  due  to  the  upcoming  charging  infrastructure  in  various  areas.  The  cost  of such works carried out by the DISCOMs with the financial assistance from Government of India  under  Revamped  Scheme  shall  not  be  charged  from  the  consumers  for  Public Charging Stations for EVs.
-  Housing Societies, Malls, Office Complexes, Restaurants, Hotels, etc. are allowed to install PCS for charging of vehicles including charging of visitor's vehicles permitted to come in its premises.
-  Charging Stations meant for 100% in-house/captive utilization are free to choose charging specifications as per requirement.
-  DISCOMs have been directed to provide electricity connection to Public Charging Stations (PCS) in accordance with the timelines specified in the 'Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules 2020'.
-  The connection for a PCS shall be provided within 7 days in metro cities, 15 days in other municipal areas and 30 days in rural areas. Appropriate Commission may specify a lesser time limit than the aforementioned limit.
-  Any PCS/chain of charging station may also obtain electricity from any generation company through open access. Open access shall be provided within 15 days for this purpose. Only cross  subsidy  charges  (not  more  than  20%  as  per  Tariff  Policy  Guidelines),  transmission charges and wheeling charges shall be applicable.
-  Guidelines also include the details of requirements of Public Charging Infrastructure (PCI), PCI  for  long  range  EVs  and/or  heavy  duty  EVs,  Location  of  PCS,  Database  of  Public  EV charging stations, Tariff for supply of electricity to EV PCS and service charge at PCS.
-  Due to high cost of rent for land and chargers, provisions of land at promotional rates for PCS have been provided in the Guidelines. Land available with Government/Public entities shall be provided to Government/Public entity on a revenue sharing basis at a fixed rate of Rs.1/kWh (used for charging) to be paid to the land owning agency, initially for a period of 10 years.
-  The PCSs shall have the feature of prepaid collection of service charges with the time of the day rates and discount for solar hours.

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