Lok Sabha Question No. 673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: One Pricing Policy
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.673 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## ONE PRICING POLICY

673.   SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the 'one nation, one grid, one frequency, one price' Policy;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  for  receiving  the  views  of  State Governments over this policy;
- (c) whether the Government has identified the States which are facing acute power crisis and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of mechanism to increase power generation to meet the demand of these States; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to implement one pricing policy?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Development  of  National  Grid  has  been  undertaken  on  priority  basis  for optimal utilisation of unevenly distributed resources as well as to facilitate power transfer from  surplus  to  deficit  regions  across  the  country.  In  the  process,  five  regional  grids namely Eastern Region (ER), North Eastern Region (NER), Western Region (WR), Northern Region (NR) and Southern Region (SR) have been integrated through high capacity High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), 765 kV/400 kV inter-regional links. Integration of regional grids  resulted  in  formation  of  One  Nation -One  Grid -One  Frequency.  Inter  regional transfer capacity now stands at 1.05 lakh MW.

Electricity rates for consumers vary in different States as these are decided by  the  respective  State  Commissions  depending  upon  the  various  factors  like  power purchase  cost,  Aggregate  Technical  and  Commercial  (AT&C)  loss,  Operation  and Maintenance (O&M) expense, consumer mix etc., which varies from State to State.

- (c) & (d) : Power Supply position in country during the current year 2021-22 (upto June 2021)  is  given  at  Annexure.  There  is  no  deficit  of  power  generation  capacity  in  the country. The installed generation capacity is around 384 GW whereas the peak demand so far has been about 200 GW.

Electricity is a concurrent subject. Supply and distribution of electricity to various categories of consumers  in a State, is done by the concerned State Government/Power Utility. The Central Government supplements the efforts of 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 to meet their respective energy requirement and constructing Inter State Transmission lines to transfer power from one part of the country to another.

(e) : The  Tariff  Policy  notified  by  the  Central  Government  lays  down  general principles for tariff determination by the Central Commission and the State Commissions. Further, Section 61 of the Electricity Act, 2003 inter-alia lays down that the Appropriate Commission shall be guided by the principles and methodologies specified by the Central Commission  for determination of tariff applicable to generating  companies  and transmission licensees.

The Government is promoting competition through power exchanges. Most of the time, there is one rate for the power traded in the power exchanges for all the buyers in the country. Various measures have been taken to enhance share of electricity sold through electricity exchanges.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 673 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.07.2021 **************

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| Figures in MW net                                 |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   |
| State                                             | June,2021                                         | June,2021                                         | June,2021                                         | June,2021                                         | April,2021 to June,2021                           | April,2021 to June,2021                           | April,2021 to June,2021                           | April,2021 to June,2021                           |
| System                                            | Peak                                              | Peak Met                                          | Demand not Met                                    | Demand not Met                                    | Peak                                              | Peak                                              | Demand not                                        | Demand not                                        |
| Region                                            | Demand                                            |                                                   | (MW)                                              |                                                   | Demand                                            | Met                                               | (MW)                                              | Met                                               |
|                                                   | (MW)                                              | (MW)                                              |                                                   | (%)                                               | (MW)                                              | (MW)                                              |                                                   | ( % )                                             |
| Chandigarh                                        | 379                                               | 379                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 379                                               | 379                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Delhi                                             | 6,921                                             | 6,921                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 6,921                                             | 6,921                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Haryana                                           | 11,383                                            | 11,383                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 11,383                                            | 11,383                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                                  | 1,578                                             | 1,578                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 1,578                                             | 1,578                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| UT of J&K and Ladakh                              | 2,733                                             | 2,483                                             | 250                                               | 9.1                                               | 3,018                                             | 2,668                                             | 350                                               | 11.6                                              |
| Punjab                                            | 13,141                                            | 13,141                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 13,141                                            | 13,141                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Rajasthan                                         | 12,787                                            | 12,787                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 12,787                                            | 12,787                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                     | 24,674                                            | 24,674                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 24,674                                            | 24,674                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Uttarakhand                                       | 2,189                                             | 2,189                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 2,189                                             | 2,189                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Northern Region                                   | 73,116                                            | 70,691                                            | 2,425                                             | 3.3                                               | 73,116                                            | 70,691                                            | 2,425                                             | 3.3                                               |
| Chhattisgarh                                      | 4,066                                             | 4,066                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 4,792                                             | 4,787                                             | 5                                                 | 0.1                                               |
| Gujarat                                           | 18,093                                            | 18,093                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 19,360                                            | 19,360                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                                    | 9,418                                             | 9,418                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 11,392                                            | 11,392                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Maharashtra                                       | 21,141                                            | 21,141                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 25,653                                            | 25,644                                            | 9                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                              | 823                                               |                                                   | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 847                                               |                                                   | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
|                                                   |                                                   | 823                                               |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   | 847                                               |                                                   |                                                   |
| Goa                                               | 599                                               | 599                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 646                                               | 646                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Western Region                                    | 52,286                                            | 52,286                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 60,966                                            | 60,966                                            | 0 0                                               | 0.0                                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                                    | 10,218                                            | 10,172                                            | 46                                                | 0.4                                               | 11,570                                            | 11,570                                            |                                                   | 0.0 0.2                                           |
| Telangana                                         | 11,130                                            | 11,130                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 13,622                                            | 13,595                                            | 27                                                |                                                   |
| Karnataka                                         | 11,174                                            | 11,174                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 14,158                                            | 14,158                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Kerala                                            | 3,593                                             | 3,593                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 4,261                                             | 4,235                                             | 26                                                | 0.6                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                                        | 15,820                                            | 15,820                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 16,541                                            | 16,519                                            | 21                                                | 0.1                                               |
| Region                                            |                                                   |                                                   | 18                                                | 0.0                                               | 58,430                                            | 58,430                                            | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Lakshadweep #                                     | 10                                                | 10                                                | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 11                                                | 11                                                | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Southern Bihar                                    | 51,064 6,203                                      | 51,046 6,203                                      | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 6,203                                             | 6,203                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| DVC                                               |                                                   | 3,245                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 3,245                                             | 3,245                                             |                                                   | 0.0                                               |
| Odisha                                            | 3,245                                             |                                                   | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 5,643                                             | 5,643                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Jharkhand                                         | 1,639                                             | 1,639                                             | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 1,719                                             | 1,639                                             | 80                                                | 4.7                                               |
| West Bengal                                       | 5,088 8,244                                       | 5,088 8,244                                       | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 9,089                                             | 9,087                                             | 0 2                                               | 0.0                                               |
| म Sikkim                                          | 96 58                                             | 96                                                | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 105                                               | 105                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
|                                                   |                                                   | 54                                                | 4                                                 | 6.9                                               | 58                                                | 54                                                |                                                   | 6.9                                               |
| Andaman- Nicobar #                                | 141                                               | 23,800                                            |                                                   | 0.0                                               | 174                                               |                                                   | 4 0                                               | 0.0                                               |
| Eastern Region Arunachal Pradesh                  | 23,800                                            | 141                                               | 0 0                                               | 0.0                                               | 24,405                                            | 24,405 142                                        | 32                                                | 18.2                                              |
| Assam                                             | 2,062                                             | 1,988                                             | 74                                                | 3.6                                               | 2,062                                             | 1,988                                             | 74                                                | 3.6                                               |
| Manipur                                           | 212                                               | 210                                               | 2                                                 | 0.9                                               | 212                                               | 210                                               | 2                                                 | 0.9                                               |
| Meghalaya                                         | 322                                               | 322                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 357                                               | 357                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Mizoram                                           | 105                                               | 105                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 111                                               | 111                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               |
| Nagaland                                          | 158                                               | 150                                               | 8                                                 | 5.1                                               | 158                                               | 150                                               | 8                                                 | 5.1                                               |
| Tripura *                                         | 287                                               | 287                                               | 0                                                 | 0.0                                               | 307                                               | 306                                               | 1                                                 | 0.4                                               |
| North-Eastern Region                              | 3,060                                             | 3,053                                             | 7                                                 | 0.2                                               | 3,060                                             | 3,053                                             | 7                                                 | 0.2                                               |
| All India                                         |                                                   |                                                   | 2,336                                             | 1.2                                               | 193,850                                           |                                                   |                                                   | 1.2                                               |
|                                                   | 193,850                                           | 191,514                                           |                                                   |                                                   |                                                   | 191,514                                           | 2,336                                             |                                                   |

# Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are stand- alone systems,  power supply position of these, does not form part of regional requirement and supply.

* Excludes the supply to Bangladesh.

Note:  Power  Supply  Position  Report  has  been  compiled  based  on  the  data  furnished  by  State  Utilities/  Electricity Departments. The MW figures has been rounded off to nearest unit place.

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| Figures in MU net                                   |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |                                                     |
| State                                               | June,2021                                           | June,2021                                           | June,2021                                           | June,2021                                           | April,2021 to June,2021                             | April,2021 to June,2021                             | April,2021 to June,2021                             | April,2021 to June,2021                             |
| System                                              | Energy Requirement                                  | Energy Supplied                                     | Energy not                                          | Supplied                                            | Energy Requirement                                  | Energy Supplied                                     | Energy not Supplied                                 | Energy not Supplied                                 |
| Region                                              | (MU)                                                | (MU)                                                | (MU)                                                | (%)                                                 | (MU)                                                | (MU)                                                | ( MU )                                              | (% )                                                |
| Chandigarh                                          | 167                                                 | 167                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 400                                                 | 400                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Delhi                                               | 3,287                                               | 3,287                                               | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 7,856                                               | 7,854                                               | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Haryana                                             | 5,636                                               | 5,625                                               | 11                                                  | 0.2                                                 | 13,644                                              | 13,624                                              | 20                                                  | 0.1                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                    | 924                                                 | 924                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.1                                                 | 2,680                                               | 2,675                                               | 5                                                   | 0.2                                                 |
| UT of J&K and Ladakh                                | 1,604                                               | 1,500                                               | 104                                                 | 6.5                                                 | 5,086                                               | 4,674                                               | 412                                                 | 8.1                                                 |
| Punjab                                              | 7,071                                               | 7,031                                               | 40                                                  | 0.6                                                 | 15,428                                              | 15,382                                              | 47                                                  | 0.3                                                 |
| Rajasthan                                           | 7,321                                               | 7,300                                               | 21                                                  | 0.3                                                 | 20,436                                              | 20,405                                              | 30                                                  | 0.1                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                       | 12,095                                              | 11,962                                              | 133                                                 | 1.1                                                 | 32,843                                              | 32,512                                              | 331                                                 | 1.0                                                 |
| Uttarakhand                                         | 1,219                                               | 1,218                                               | 1                                                   | 0.1                                                 | 3,451                                               | 3,446                                               | 5                                                   | 0.2                                                 |
| Northern Region                                     | 39,325                                              | 39,013                                              | 312                                                 | 0.8                                                 | 101,825                                             | 100,973                                             | 852                                                 | 0.8                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                        | 2,510                                               | 2,510                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 7,832                                               | 7,831                                               | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Gujarat                                             | 10,359                                              | 10,359                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 31,707                                              | 31,707                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                      | 5,888                                               | 5,888                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 19,171                                              | 19,171                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                         | 13,155                                              | 13,155                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 43,255                                              | 43,255                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Daman & Diu                                         | 205                                                 | 205                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 607                                                 | 607                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                | 539                                                 | 539                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 1,577                                               | 1,577                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Goa                                                 | 344                                                 | 344                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 1,093                                               | 1,093                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Western Region                                      | 33,000                                              | 33,000                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 105,242                                             | 105,241                                             | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh                                      | 5,560                                               | 5,554                                               | 6                                                   | 0.1                                                 | 17,755                                              | 17,746                                              | 9                                                   | 0.1                                                 |
| Telangana                                           | 5,219                                               | 5,219                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 16,573                                              | 16,572                                              | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Karnataka                                           | 5,301                                               | 5,301                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 18,294                                              | 18,293                                              | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Kerala                                              | 2,005                                               | 2,005                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 6,480                                               | 6,476                                               | 4                                                   | 0.1                                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                                          | 9,221                                               | 9,221                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 28,621                                              | 28,620                                              | 1                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Puducherry                                          | 242                                                 | 242                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 763                                                 | 763                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Lakshadweep #                                       | 5                                                   | 5                                                   | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 15                                                  | 15                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Southern Region                                     | 27,549                                              | 27,542                                              | 6                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 88,487                                              | 88,469                                              | 17                                                  | 0.0                                                 |
| Bihar                                               | 3,189                                               | 3,189                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 9,412                                               | 9,368                                               | 44                                                  | 0.5                                                 |
| DVC                                                 | 1,887                                               | 1,887                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 5,775                                               | 5,775                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Jharkhand                                           | 804                                                 | 804                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 2,571                                               | 2,530                                               | 41                                                  | 1.6                                                 |
| Odisha                                              | 2,923                                               | 2,923                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 9,097                                               | 9,097                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| West Bengal                                         | 4,429                                               | 4,429                                               | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 14,368                                              | 14,347                                              | 21                                                  | 0.1                                                 |
| Sikkim                                              | 41                                                  | 41                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 133                                                 | 133                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 |
| Andaman- Nicobar #                                  | 29                                                  | 27                                                  | 2                                                   | 6.7                                                 | 87                                                  | 81                                                  | 6                                                   | 6.7                                                 |
| Eastern Region                                      | 13,273                                              | 13,273                                              | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 41,357                                              | 41,251                                              | 106                                                 | 0.3                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                   | 66                                                  | 66                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.4                                                 | 192                                                 | 191                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.4                                                 |
| Assam                                               | 957                                                 | 957                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 2,655                                               | 2,637                                               | 19                                                  | 0.7                                                 |
| Manipur                                             | 78                                                  | 78                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.4                                                 | 229                                                 | 228                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.4                                                 |
| Meghalaya                                           | 165                                                 | 165                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.0                                                 | 493                                                 | 480                                                 | 13                                                  | 2.6                                                 |
| Mizoram                                             | 50                                                  | 49                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.6                                                 | 154                                                 | 153                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.6                                                 |
| Nagaland                                            | 74                                                  | 74                                                  | 0                                                   | 0.4                                                 | 205                                                 | 204                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.4                                                 |
| Tripura *                                           | 135                                                 | 135                                                 | 0                                                   | 0.2                                                 | 415                                                 | 415                                                 | 1                                                   | 0.2                                                 |
| North-Eastern Region                                | 1,525                                               | 1,524                                               | 1                                                   | 0.1                                                 | 4,343                                               | 4,307                                               | 36                                                  | 0.8                                                 |
| All India                                           | 114,672                                             | 114,352                                             | 320                                                 | 0.3                                                 | 341,253                                             | 340,241                                             | 1,012                                               | 0.3                                                 |

# Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are stand- alone systems,  power supply position of these, does not form part of regional requirement and energy supplied.

* Excludes energy exported to Bangladesh.

Note: Power  Supply  Position  Report  has  been  compiled  based  on  the  data  furnished  by  State  Utilities/  Electricity Departments. The MU figures has been rounded off to nearest unit place.

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