Lok Sabha Question No. 1922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Assessment of Power Load
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami, Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1922

## ANSWERED ON 28.07.2022

## ASSESSMENT OF POWER LOAD

†1922. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  demand  of  electricity  in  Bihar  and Jharkhand  after  the  completion  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Sahaj  Bijli  Har  Ghar  YojanaSaubhagya;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  estimated power load at the time of peak power demand in the said States;
- (c) whether the grid capacity is likely to be sufficient to meet the estimated power load;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) if not, whether the Government has made any plans to increase power generation and grid capacity accordingly; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : The Central Government had launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar  Yojana-Saubhagya  in  October,2017  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal household electrification for providing electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country identified  before  31.03.2019.  As  on  31.03.2021,  all  the  States  including  Bihar  and Jharkhand have reported 100% electrification of all the willing un-electrified households,  identified  before  31.03.2019.  The  Saubhagya  scheme  has  been  closed  in March, 2021.

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) conducts Electric Power Survey (EPS) of the  country  every  five  years  for  estimating  the  electricity  demand  of  the  country  on medium  and  long  term  basis  as  obligated  under  Section  73(a)  of  the  Electricity  Act2003.  The  19 th   EPS  report,  published  in  January  2017,  covers  electricity  demand projection  for  the  years  upto  2026-27  as  well  as  perspective  electricity  demand projection for the year 2031-32 and 2036-37 for each State/UTs with the consideration of impact of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - Saubhagya Scheme.

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The  details  of  Estimated  Peak  Demand  for  the  States  of  Bihar  and Jharkhand for the years 2022-23 to 2026-27 and for perspective years 2031-32 & 203637 are given at Annexure.

(c) to (f) : India  has  robust  transmission  Grid  capacity.  Power  can  be  transmitted from one State to another State through Regional Grids. India has five Regional Grids and  all  the  five  grids  are  now  interconnected  through  synchronous  links  forming  One Nation - One Grid - One Frequency system, thereby enabling smooth flow of power from surplus regions to deficit regions. The cumulative inter regional transmission capacity of the National Grid as on 30.06.2022 is 1,12,250 MW, which is likely to get enhanced to 1,18,050 MW by the end of the year 2023.

There is adequate installed capacity for generation in the country. As on 30.06.2022, the installed generation capacity of India is 403.76 Giga Watt (GW) which is sufficient to meet the Peak Power Demand of the country of around 215.89 Giga Watt (GW) which had occurred in the month of April, 2022 during the current year 2022-23 (period April, 2022 to June, 2022).

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1922 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2022 **************

The details of Estimated Peak Demand for the states of Bihar and Jharkhand for the years 2022-23 to 2026-27 and for perspective years 2031-32 & 2036-37.

Peak Electricity Demand (in MW) (Ex Bus)

| State/UTs   |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   2025-26 |   2026-27 |   2031-32 |   2036-37 |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Bihar       |      7054 |      7521 |      8003 |      8681 |      9308 |     11944 |     14495 |
| Jharkhand   |      5450 |      5733 |      6013 |      6326 |      6626 |      8155 |      9913 |

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