Lok Sabha Question No. 170 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Shortage of Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.170 ANSWERED ON28.07.2022

SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICITY

*170.  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the country is going through an acute shortage of electricity;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to restore normalcy of demand and supply of electricity; and

(c) the details of the strategy adopted by the Government to eliminate the gap between the unit cost of power supply and price realization?

A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  170 ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2022 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICITY

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(a) & (b) : At present 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).  The details of All India Power Supply Position for the months of April, 2022 to June, 2022 as compared to the corresponding months of 2021, are given at Annexure.

- (c) : The Central Government had launched Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana  (UDAY)  in  November,  2015  with  the  objective  of  financial  and operational  turnaround  of  the  State  owned  Power  Distribution  Companies (DISCOMs),  wherein  one  of  the  operational  parameters  to  be  targeted  was reduction in gap between Average Cost of Supply (ACS) & Average Revenue Realised (ARR) to zero.

UDAY completed its  term  in  2019.  As  per  the  Report  of  Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Performance of Power Utilities 2019-20, the All India Gap of ACS(Rs./kWh) and ARR (Rs./kWh) during 2015-16 was 0.48 when the UDAY was launched vis-à-vis during 2019-20 was Rs.0.30/kWh

Also, to bring reforms in Distribution Sector, the Central Government has launched a new Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) in July 2021 with the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient Distribution Sector in the country.   The  scheme inter alia  aims to reduce the pan-India level of ACSARR  gap  to  zero  by  2024-25.  The  scheme  focuses  on  comprehensive metering  based  on  smart  meters  systems  in  order  to  improve  billing  and collection  efficiency.  Funds  are  available  for  undertaking  loss  reduction measures  on  priority.  The  scheme  also  has  mandatory  pre-qualifications relating  to  timely  payment  of  due  amounts  from  the  State  Government regularly.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 170 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2022

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The details of All India Power Supply Position for the months of April, 2022 to June, 2022 as compared to the corresponding months of 2021.

|          | 2022-23            | 2022-23          | 2022-23             | 2022-23             | 2021-22            | 2021-22          | 2021-22             | 2021-22             | %Change              | %Change          |
|----------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| Month    | Energy Requirement | Energy Supplie d | Energy not Supplied | Energy not Supplied | Energy Requirement | Energy Supplie d | Energy not Supplied | Energy not Supplied | Energy Require- ment | Energy Supplie d |
|          | ( MU )             | ( MU )           | ( MU )              | ( %)                | ( MU )             | ( MU )           | ( MU )              | ( %)                | ( %)                 | ( %)             |
| April    | 134,781            | 132,02 8         | 2,752               | 2.0                 | 117,496            | 117,08 0         | 417                 | 0.4                 | 14.7                 | 12.8             |
| May      | 135,765            | 135,15 6         | 609                 | 0.4                 | 109,085            | 108,80 9         | 276                 | 0.3                 | 24.5                 | 24.2             |
| June (*) | 134,215            | 133,47 0         | 746                 | 0.6                 | 114,837            | 114,48 3         | 353                 | 0.3                 | 16.9                 | 16.6             |

(*)- Provisional data for 2022-23

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