Lok Sabha Question No. 828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Outstanding Dues to Power Firms
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.828

## ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## OUTSTANDING DUES TO POWER FIRMS

828.   SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  DISCOMs  owed  over  Rs.  one  lakh  crore  to  power generation firms as on date apart from disputed amounts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;.
- (c) whether it is also a fact that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has asked the electricity exchanges to cap prices at Rs. twelve per unit amid a surge in power demand and the rising cost of imported coal; and
- (d) 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) : As  per  data  provided  by  the  power  sector  Generating  companies,  on  the PRAAPTI Portal, total over dues of DISCOMs towards Central Power Generation Stations, Independent  Power  Producers  (IPPs)  and  Renewable  Energy  (RE)  Generators  and Transmission Companies (Transcos) as on 12.07.2022 are Rs.1,13,930 Cr. The details are placed at Annexure.

(c) & (d) : Recognizing that the increase in power prices has not led to a corresponding  increase  in  the  supply  of  power  in  Power  Exchanges  in  wake  of  a significant  increase  in  post  -  COVID  electricity  demand,  the  CERC  has,  in  their  order dated  1 st   April,  2022,  and  thereafter  modified  on  6 th   May,  2022  and  30 th   June,  2022, directed that the Power supplier can bid for power in the Power exchange in the range of Re. 0/KWH to Rs. 12/KWH only till 30 th  September, 2022.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 828 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 21.07.2022

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| Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   | Over dues of States/Discoms towards Gencos (CPSE, IPP, RE) and TRANSCOs excluding State Owned Gencos and Transcos as on 12.07.2022   |
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|                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | (Rs.                                                                                                                                 | (Rs.                                                                                                                                 |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                              | State                                                                                                                                | CPSEs                                                                                                                                | IPPs                                                                                                                                 | REs                                                                                                                                  | TRANSCOs                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                                    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                                                            | 3                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 345                                                                                                                                  | 1757                                                                                                                                 | 7843                                                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                                    | 9953                                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                                    | 46                                                                                                                                   | 49                                                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                                                | 20                                                                                                                                   | 584                                                                                                                                  | 90                                                                                                                                   | 142                                                                                                                                  | 836                                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                                                                           | 78                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 78                                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                                    | 155                                                                                                                                  | 27                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | 183                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                                    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                    | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                                    | 402                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 403                                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                                   | Delhi                                                                                                                                | 470                                                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 50                                                                                                                                   | 525                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                                                                  | 10                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                                    | 12                                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                                              | 24                                                                                                                                   | 643                                                                                                                                  | 268                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | 935                                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                                                              | 41                                                                                                                                   | 645                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                                                    | 691                                                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 8                                                                                                                                    | 53                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | 36                                                                                                                                   | 97                                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                      | 7945                                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 1685                                                                                                                                 | 9639                                                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                                                                            | 4091                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 38                                                                                                                                   | 4129                                                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                                                            | 368                                                                                                                                  | 841                                                                                                                                  | 2733                                                                                                                                 | 10                                                                                                                                   | 3952                                                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                                                                               | 61                                                                                                                                   | 501                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                    | 562                                                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 514                                                                                                                                  | 2895                                                                                                                                 | 2373                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                    | 5782                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                                                          | 218                                                                                                                                  | 21017                                                                                                                                | 1477                                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                                    | 22713                                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                                                                              | 50                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                                                   | 72                                                                                                                                   |
| 23                                                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                                                            | 608                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                                                    | 612                                                                                                                                  |
| 24                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                                                              | 15                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 7                                                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                                                   |
| 25                                                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                    | 251                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 254                                                                                                                                  |
| 27                                                                                                                                   | Puducherry                                                                                                                           | 19                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 19                                                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                                                               | 24                                                                                                                                   | 517                                                                                                                                  | 201                                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                                    | 744                                                                                                                                  |
| 29                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                            | 321                                                                                                                                  | 959                                                                                                                                  | 1155                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                    | 2435                                                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                                                               | 13                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 22                                                                                                                                   | 35                                                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                           | 7908                                                                                                                                 | 10663                                                                                                                                | 2828                                                                                                                                 | 930                                                                                                                                  | 22329                                                                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                                                                            | 1094                                                                                                                                 | 12708                                                                                                                                | 3442                                                                                                                                 | 117                                                                                                                                  | 17361                                                                                                                                |
| 33                                                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                                                              | 137                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                                    | 138                                                                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 350                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                      | 848                                                                                                                                  | 8821                                                                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                                    | 7603 -                                                                                                                               | 20 -                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                    | 533                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                                                    | 536                                                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                                                      | Total                                                                                                                                | 24745                                                                                                                                | 62741                                                                                                                                | 22462                                                                                                                                | 3982                                                                                                                                 | 113930                                                                                                                               |

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