Lok Sabha Question No. 3489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Jayadev Galla, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3489 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## REVAMPED DISTRIBUTION SECTOR SCHEME

3489. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the trends of Average Technical and Commercial loss at pan India level since the inception of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), State and year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  agricultural  feeders  solarized  under  the  scheme,  Statewise;
- (c) the  proportion  of  the  population  covered  with  smart  meters  under  the scheme, State-wise;
- (d) the increase in average revenue generated per smart meter per month in Andhra  Pradesh  as  compared  to  average  revenue  per  month  from  traditional meters;
- (e) the  details  of  the  pre-qualifying  criteria  and  minimum  benchmarks  for financial  assistance  for  the  distribution  infrastructure  works  component  under the said scheme; and
- (f) the  details  of  the  performance  of  DISCOMs in  Andhra  Pradesh  as  per  the given  criteria  for  financial  assistance  for  the  Distribution  Infrastructure  Works component under the scheme for the year 2022-23?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Government  of  India  launched  Revamped  Distribution  Sector  Scheme (RDSS)  in  July,  2021  which  aims  to  reduce  the  Aggregate  Technical  and Commercial (AT&C) losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and ACS-ARR gap to zero by  2024-25.  As  per  the  'Report  on  Performance  of  Power  Utilities'  published annually by Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), AT&C losses for distribution utilities, since the inception of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), i.e. from FY 2020-21 to FY 2021-22 is as under:

|               |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|
| AT&C Loss (%) |     22.32 |     16.44 |

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of AT&C Losses are placed at Annexure-I.

- (b) : Under RDSS, financial assistance would be provided for segregation of  agriculture  feeders  from  mixed  feeders  where  agriculture  load  is  more  than 30%. Thereafter, States/ DISCOMs would be solarizing these segregated feeders under various other schemes like PM KUSUM. States/DISCOMs are in the process of tendering and award of sanctioned works of segregation of agricultural feeders under RDSS.
- (c) : State-wise details of smart meters sanctioned under RDSS are placed at Annexure-II.
- (d) : Under RDSS, smart metering works sanctioned for various DISCOMs of Andhra Pradesh are as under:

| DISCOMs   | Sanctioned Consumer Smart Meters (Nos.)   | Sanctioned Consumer Smart Meters (Nos.)   | Awarded (Nos.)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|           | Phase-I                                   | Phase-II                                  |                  |
| APEPDCL   | 9,31,649                                  | 3,23,591                                  | 9,31,649         |
| APSPDCL   | 19,71,134                                 | 3,31,510                                  | 19,71,134        |
| APCPDCL   | 13,03,483                                 | 7,47,479                                  | 13,03,486        |
| AP Total  | 42,06,266                                 | 14,02,580                                 | 42,06,269        |

The DISCOMs are in the process of award and tendering of the sanctioned works and installation of smart meters in the State of Andhra Pradesh is yet to commence.

- (e) : RDSS  envisages  a  Results  Evaluation  Framework  (REF),  incorporating performance  against  result  parameters  and  trajectories  for  improvement.  The REF  has  two  components  (i)  Pre-qualifying  criteria;  and  (ii)  Result  Evaluation Matrix,  the  details  of  which  are  enclosed  as  Annexure-III  and  Annexure-IV, respectively.

Utilities clearing the pre-qualifying criteria would be eligible for evaluation against the result evaluation matrix, which would determine their eligibility for release of funds for a particular year. The result evaluation framework would be different  for  each  DISCOM  and  would  be  fixed  for  each  year  depending  on  the cumulative performance as well as the annual performance.

The funds for a particular year will be released only if the Utility clears the pre-qualifying criteria and the total weighted score is more than 60 marks on the evaluation matrix.

- (f) : As  per  RDSS  guidelines,  evaluation  of  parameters  relating  to  financial accounts shall be based on audited annual accounts. Therefore, annual evaluation of DISCOMs in Andhra Pradesh for FY 2022-23 would be undertaken after the publishing of audited annual accounts by the DISCOMs. The evaluation of DISCOMs of Andhra Pradesh has already been undertaken for FY2021-22 and all DISCOMs have qualified for obtaining financial assistance under RDSS, as per Scheme Guidelines.

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ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3489 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023

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State/UT-wise details of AT&C loss %

|                      | AT&C Loss in %   | AT&C Loss in %   |
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
| State/DISCOMs        | FY 2020-21       | FY 2021-22       |
| Andaman & Nicobar    | 51.94            | -                |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 27.25            | 10.55            |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 44.87            | 48.89            |
| Assam                | 18.73            | 16.95            |
| Bihar                | 35.33            | 32.42            |
| Chandigarh           | 11.89            | 13.31            |
| Chhattisgarh         | 20.40            | 18.13            |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 5.17             | 3.50             |
| Daman & Diu          | 4.48             | 4.45             |
| Delhi                | 8.87             | 8.12             |
| Goa                  | 12.94            | 13.28            |
| Gujarat              | 11.35            | 10.13            |
| Haryana              | 17.05            | 13.72            |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 14.02            | 12.90            |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 59.28            | -                |
| Jharkhand            | 41.36            | 33.79            |
| Karnataka            | 16.26            | 11.45            |
| Kerala               | 7.76             | 7.69             |
| Lakshadweep          | 11.63            | -                |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 41.47            | 22.55            |
| Maharashtra          | 25.54            | 15.25            |
| Manipur              | 20.33            | 23.62            |
| Meghalaya            | 30.88            | 36.15            |
| Mizoram              | 36.53            | 38.99            |
| Nagaland             | 60.39            | 41.28            |
| Odisha               | 29.32            | 31.26            |
| Puducherry           | 19.92            | 11.08            |
| Punjab               | 18.03            | 11.67            |
| Rajasthan            | 26.23            | 17.49            |
| Sikkim               | 29.37            | 30.77            |
| Tamil Nadu           | 13.81            | 13.46            |
| Telangana            | 13.33            | 10.65            |
| Tripura              | 37.36            | 33.25            |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 27.12            | 30.52            |
| Uttarakhand          | 15.39            | 14.15            |
| West Bengal          | 19.54            | 16.67            |
| Grand Total          | 22.32            | 16.44            |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3489 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023

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## State/UT-wise details of Smart Meters sanctioned under RDSS

| State                     | Consumer Meters (Nos.)   | DT Meters Total (Nos.)   | Feeder meters Total (Nos.)   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 83,573                   | 1,148                    | 114                          |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 56,08,846                | 2,93,140                 | 17,358                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 2,87,446                 | 10,116                   | 688                          |
| Assam                     | 63,64,798                | 77,547                   | 2,782                        |
| Bihar                     | 23,50,000                | 2,50,726                 | 6,427                        |
| Chhattisgarh              | 59,62,115                | 2,10,644                 | 6,720                        |
| Delhi                     | -                        | 766                      | 2,755                        |
| Goa                       | 741,160                  | 8,369                    | 827                          |
| Gujarat                   | 1,64,81,871              | 3,00,487                 | 5,229                        |
| Haryana                   | 74,05,618                | 1,95,319                 | 13,204                       |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 28,00,945                | 39,012                   | 1,951                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 14,07,045                | 88,037                   | 2,608                        |
| Jharkhand                 | 13,41,306                | 19,512                   | 1,226                        |
| Kerala                    | 1,32,89,361              | 87,615                   | 6,025                        |
| Ladakh                    | -                        | -                        | -                            |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 1,29,80,102              | 4,06,503                 | 8,411                        |
| Maharashtra               | 2,35,64,747              | 4,10,905                 | 29,214                       |
| Manipur                   | 1,54,400                 | 11,451                   | 357                          |
| Meghalaya                 | 4,60,000                 | 11,419                   | 1,324                        |
| Mizoram                   | 2,89,383                 | 2,300                    | 398                          |
| Nagaland                  | 3,17,210                 | 6,276                    | 392                          |
| Puducherry                | 4,03,767                 | 3,105                    | 180                          |
| Punjab                    | 87,84,807                | 1,84,044                 | 12,563                       |
| Rajasthan                 | 1,42,74,956              | 4,34,608                 | 27,128                       |
| Sikkim                    | 1,44,680                 | 3,229                    | 633                          |
| Tamil Nadu                | 3,00,00,000              | 4,72,500                 | 18,274                       |
| Tripura                   | 5,47,489                 | 14,908                   | 473                          |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 2,69,79,056              | 15,26,801                | 20,874                       |
| Uttarakhand               | 15,84,205                | 38,016                   | 1,686                        |
| West Bengal               | 2,07,17,969              | 3,05,419                 | 11,874                       |
| Grand Total               | 20,53,26,855             | 54,13,922                | 2,01,695                     |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3489 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023

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Pre-qualifying  Criteria  to  be  mandatorily  met  by  DISCOM  for  Further Evaluation under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

- (i) DISCOMs  would  publish  quarterly  un-audited  accounts  within  60 days of the end of each quarter during first two years of operation of the scheme (i.e. for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23) and thereafter audited quarterly accounts within 45 days from 3rd year onwards.
- (ii) Further, DISCOMs would publish audited annual accounts by end of  December  of  the  following  year  during  first  two  years  of operation of the scheme (i.e. for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23) and thereafter  audited  annual  accounts  by  end  of  September  of  the following year from 3rd year onwards.
- (iii) DISCOMs will have ensured that no new Regulatory Assets have been created in latest tariff determination cycle.
- (iv) State  Government  to  ensure  100%  payment  of  subsidy  for  the previous  year  and  advance  payment  of  subsidy  up  to  current period  in  line  with  section  65  of  EA2003  and  wipe  out  the remaining subsidy amount by the end of the project period.
- (v) All  Government  Departments/  Attached  Offices/  Local  Bodies/ Autonomous Bodies/Boards/Corporations have made 100% payment of current electricity dues for the year under evaluation.
- (vi) Progress commensurate to commitment in putting Govt. Offices on prepaid meters.
- (vii) No.  of  days  Payables  to  Creditors  including  Gencos  for  the  year under evaluation is equal to or less than the projected trajectory as per results evaluation framework.
- (viii) Tariff order for the current year in which evaluation is being done and true up of penultimate year has been issued and implemented w.e.f. 1st April of current FY.

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ANNEXURE-IV ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

NO. 3489 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.08.2023 **************

Summary of Results Evaluation matrix for evaluation of DISCOM performance under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

| Sr. No.   | Category                                                            |   Weightage Evaluation | for   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|-------|
| 1.        | Financial Sustainability                                            |                     60 |       |
| 2.        | Outcome of infrastructure Works                                     |                     20 |       |
| 3.        | Infrastructure Works                                                |                     10 |       |
| 4.        | Policy & Structural Reforms, Capacity Building and IT/OT Enablement |                     10 |       |
|           | Total                                                               |                    100 |       |

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