Lok Sabha Question No. 2019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Hike in Electricity Demand
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2019

## ANSWERED ON 14.12.2023

## HIKE IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND

## 2019. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the villages across the country are experiencing a huge increase in electricity demand;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Kerala;
- (c) whether the Government is finding it difficult to manage the huge increase in demand for electricity;
- (d)
- if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the number of villages facing severe electricity shortage in Kottayam; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet this demand?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Yes, Sir. The Indian power sector has come a long way in past decade transforming from a power deficit to a power surplus nation. During the last nine (09)  years,  we  have  implemented  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana (DDUGJY)  and  Integrated  Power  Development  (IPDS)  schemes  to  achieve  the objective  of  providing  uninterrupted  power  supply  by  strengthening  the  subtransmission  and  distribution  network.  We  have  also  implemented  the  Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana- (SAUBHAGYA) with the objective to achieve universal  household  electrification  for  providing  electricity  connection  to  all willing  un-electrified  house  hold  in  rural  area  and  all  willing  poor  household  in urban areas in the country.  Under these schemes,  with an investment of 1.85 lakh crores, 18374 villages have been electrified and 2.86 crore household were provided electricity connections. As a result 100 % villages have been electrified. Besides  this,  2927  new  substations  have  been  added,  upgradation  of  3965 existing sub stations has been carried out and 8.86 Lac circuit kms of HT and LT lines have been added/ changed. As a result of these measures, the availability of power in rural areas has increased from 12 hours in 2015 to 20.6 hours in 2023.

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- (b) : The  details  of  State/UT-wise  Power  Supply  Position  in  the  country during  the  period  from  April,  2023  to  November,  2023  including  the  State  of Kerala is given at Annexure.
- (c) & (d) : There  is  adequate  availability  of  power  in  the  country.  We  have addressed  the  critical  issue  of  power  deficiency  by  adding  193794  MW  of generation capacity in the past nine (09) years transforming our country to power sufficiency leading to 70 % increase in generation capacity.
- (e) & (f) : We  have  taken  following  steps  to  meet  the  increased  demand  for power in the country: -
- (i) In order to ensure an uninterrupted power supply for the nation's growth, the anticipated capacity addition between 2023-32 is given below:
- a) 27180  MW  of  Thermal  Capacity  is  under  construction,  12000  MW  has been  bid  out  and  19000  MW  under  clearances.  The  total  anticipated Thermal capacity addition by 2031-2032 will be 87910 MW.
- b) 18033.5  MW  of  Hydro  Capacity  (including  stalled  projects)  is  under construction and the total anticipated Hydro capacity addition by 20312032 will be 42014 MW.
- c) 8000  MW  of  Nuclear  Capacity  is  under  construction  and  the  total anticipated Nuclear capacity addition by 2031-2032 will be 12200 MW.
- d) 78935  MW  of  Renewable  Energy  Capacity  is  also  currently  under construction and the anticipated RE capacity addition by 2031-32 will be 322000 MW.

Thus, total 132148.5 MW of Capacity is under construction and the total anticipated capacity addition by 2031-2032 will be 464124 MW.

- (ii) 1,87,849 circuit kilometer (ckm) of transmission lines, 6,82,767 MVA of Transformation capacity and 80,590 MW of Inter-Regional capacity has been added connecting the whole country into one grid running on one frequency  with  the  capability  of  transferring  1,16,540  MW  from  one corner of the country to another. India's grid has emerged as one of the largest unified grids in the world. Connecting the whole country into one grid  has  transformed  the  country  into  one  unified  power  market. Distribution Companies can buy power at cheapest available rates from any  generator  in  any  corner  of  the  country  thereby  enabling  cheaper electricity tariffs for consumers.

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- (iii) India has  committed to augment  non fossil fuel based installed electricity generation capacity to over 500000 MW by 2030. Transmission plan for integration of 500000 MW RE capacity by 2030 is being implemented in a phase manner commensurate with RE capacity addition.  At  present  about  179000  MW  of  non  fossil  fuel  generation capacity is already integrated.
- (iv) Setting  up  of  Ultra  Mega  Renewable  Energy  Parks  to  provide  land  and transmission  to  RE  developers  for  installation  of  RE  projects  at  large scale.
- (v) We have reformed the Electricity market by adding the Real Time Market (RTM),  Green  Day  Ahead  Market  (GDAM),  Green  Term  Ahead  Market (GTAM),  High  Price  Day  Ahead  Market  (HP-DAM)  in  Power  Exchanges. Also, DEEP Portal (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) for e-Bidding and  e-Reverse  for  procurement  of  short-term  power  by  DISCOMs  was introduced.
- (vi) We  have  constructed  Green  Energy  Corridors  and  put  in  place  13 Renewable  Energy  Management  Centres.  Presently  Renewable  Energy Capacity is 178000 MW and 78935 MW is under installation.
- (vii) We have made the Power Sector viable.  The  AT&C losses  have  come down from 22.62% in 2013-14 to 15.41% in 2022-23.  All current payment of  Gencos  are  up-to-date  and  the  legacy  dues  of  Gencos  have  come down from Rs. 1.35 lakh crore to Rs. 6000 Crore.  The subsidy payment to  DISCOMS  on  account  of  subsidies  announced  by  State  Government are up-to-date.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2019 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 14.12.2023

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The details of State/UT-wise Power Supply Position in the country during the period from April, 2023 to Nov, 2023 including the State of Kerala.

|                                  | April 23- November 23*   | April 23- November 23*   | April 23- November 23*   | April 23- November 23*   |
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|                                  | Energy Requirement (MU)  | Energy Supplied (MU)     | Energy not Supplied (MU) | Energy not Supplied (%)  |
| Chandigarh                       | 1289                     | 1289                     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Delhi                            | 26126                    | 26123                    | 3                        | 0.0                      |
| Haryana                          | 45855                    | 45605                    | 250                      | 0.5                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                 | 8348                     | 8324                     | 24                       | 0.3                      |
| Jammu & Kashmir                  | 12770                    | 12577                    | 193                      | 1.5                      |
| Punjab                           | 51458                    | 51453                    | 5                        | 0.0                      |
| Rajasthan                        | 69851                    | 69352                    | 499                      | 0.7                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 107129                   | 106875                   | 254                      | 0.2                      |
| Uttarakhand                      | 10524                    | 10444                    | 80                       | 0.8                      |
| Northern Region                  | 334239                   | 332930                   | 1309                     | 0.4                      |
| Chhattisgarh                     | 26253                    | 26202                    | 51                       | 0.2                      |
| Gujarat                          | 98536                    | 98509                    | 27                       | 0.0                      |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 64255                    | 64192                    | 63                       | 0.1                      |
| Maharashtra                      | 138065                   | 137891                   | 174                      | 0.1                      |
| Daman & Diu Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 6719                     | 6719                     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Goa                              | 3413                     | 3413                     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Western Region                   | 343422                   | 343107                   | 315                      | 0.1                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                   | 54616                    | 54561                    | 55                       | 0.1                      |
| Telangana                        | 54096                    | 54089                    | 7                        | 0.0                      |
| Karnataka                        | 59533                    | 59382                    | 151                      | 0.3                      |
| Kerala                           | 20203                    | 20199                    | 4                        | 0.0                      |
| Tamil Nadu                       | 84230                    | 84221                    | 9                        | 0.0                      |
| Puducherry                       | 2371                     | 2371                     | 1                        | 0.0                      |
| Lakshadweep                      | 42                       | 42                       | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Southern Region                  | 275083                   | 274856                   | 227                      | 0.1                      |
| Bihar                            | 30448                    | 29963                    | 485                      | 1.6                      |
| Damodar Valley Corporation       | 18066                    | 18062                    | 4                        | 0.0                      |
| Jharkhand                        | 9721                     | 9401                     | 320                      | 3.3                      |
| Odisha                           | 28999                    | 28984                    | 15                       | 0.1                      |
| West Bengal                      | 48465                    | 48403                    | 63                       | 0.1                      |
| Sikkim                           | 312                      | 312                      | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Andaman & Nicobar                | 254                      | 246                      | 9                        | 3.4                      |
| Eastern Region                   | 136056                   | 135170                   | 887                      | 0.7                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                | 646                      | 646                      | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Assam                            | 9062                     | 8983                     | 78                       | 0.9                      |
| Manipur                          | 625                      | 625                      | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Meghalaya                        | 1464                     | 1301                     | 164                      | 11.2                     |
| Mizoram                          | 424                      | 424                      | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Nagaland                         | 640                      | 640                      | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| Tripura                          | 1219                     | 1219                     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| North-Eastern Region             | 14086                    | 13844                    | 242                      | 1.7                      |
| All India                        | 1102887                  | 1099907                  | 2980                     | 0.3                      |

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