Lok Sabha Question No. 4107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Power Generation Capacity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4107 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2024

## POWER GENERATION CAPACITY

†4107. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total power generation capacity in the country, year-wise;

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to increase power generation capacity;

- (c) the details of the contribution of coal in total power generation capacity in the country during the last five years;
- (d) whether the per unit cost of power generation has increased due to import of coal during the last few years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Union Government to reduce per unit power cost of power generated  in  the  States,  particularly  in  Rajasthan  and  upgrade  infrastructure  for  this purpose?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) : The  year  wise  details  of  total  power  generation  capacity  in  the  country  from 2014-15 to 2024-25 (upto November 2024) are given at Annexure-I.

(b) : Government of India has taken following steps to increase the power generation capacity in the country: -

- (i) In order to augment the power generation capacity, the Government of India has initiated following capacity addition programme:

(a) Ministry  of  Power,  in  consultation  with  States,  has  envisaged  a  plan  to  add thermal capacity of a minimum 80,000 MW by 2031-32. Against this target, 29,200 MW Thermal Capacity is already under construction while 51,520 MW is at various stages of planning & development.

(b) 13,997.5 MW of Hydro Electric Projects and 6,050 MW Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) are under construction. 24,225.5 MW of hydro electric projects and 50,760 MW of PSP are under various stage of planning and targeted to be completed by 2031-32.

(c) 7,300  MW  of  Nuclear  Capacity  is  under  construction  and  7,000  MW  is  under various stages of planning and approval.

(d) Present installed Renewable Energy (RE) capacity of the country is 2,03,215 MW. Further,  1,27,050  MW of RE is under construction and 89,690 MW is under various stages of tendering. India has committed to augment non fossil fuel based installed electricity generation capacity to over 5,00,000 MW by 2030

- (ii) Inter and Intra-state transmission system has been planned and implementation of the same is taken up in matching time frame of generation capacity addition. As per the National Electricity Plan, about 1,91,474 ckm of transmission lines and 1274 GVA of transformation capacity is planned to be added (at 220 kV and above voltage level) during the ten year period from 2022-23 to 2031-32.
- (iii) Waiver of ISTS charges on transmission of electricity generated from Solar, Wind, Pumped Storage Plants and Battery Energy Storage Systems.
- (iv) Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) and Energy Storage obligations Trajectory till 2029-30.
- (v) Construction of Green Energy Corridors and putting in place 13 Renewable Energy Management Centres.
- (vi) Setting up of Ultra Mega  Renewable  Energy Parks to provide land and transmission to RE developers for installation of RE projects at large scale.
- (vii) Introduction of SHAKTI policy for transparent allocation of coal to Thermal Power plants. This enabled efficient domestic coal allocation to Thermal Power Plants and also ensured revival of various stressed Thermal Power Projects.
- (viii) Construction  of  the  Inter-State  transmission  system  ahead  of  the  generation capacity.
- (c)  :    The  details  of  the  contribution  of  coal  &  lignite  to  the  total  power  generation capacity  in  the  country  during  the  last  five  years  and  current  year  2024-25  (Upto November) is given at Annexure-II.
- (d) : The cost of generation of electricity from coal based power plant is dependent upon the price of coal and cost of freights and in case of blending also the price of the blended imported coal. The price of imported coal is linked with International Indices, source  of  origin  and  factors  like  ocean  freight,  insurance  etc.  which  vary  with international  demand  supply  scenario.  Further,  every  generating  company  consumes imported coal as per its requirement.

Average Power purchase cost has increased by 71 Paisa only between FY 202122 and FY 2022-23. This is because of increase in various costs - including increase in Transmission cost.

- (e) : Government of India have following steps to reduce the cost of power generation in the county :
- (i) Setting  up  of  Power  Exchanges  to  ensure  fair,  neutral,  efficient  and  robust electricity price discovery.
- (ii) Introduction of flexibility in utilization of domestic coal by State/Central Generation Companies (GENCOs).
- (iii) Rationalization of linkage sources of State/Central Generating Companies (GENCOs)  and  Independent  Power  Producers  (IPPs)  with  a  view  to  optimize transportation cost has been allowed.
- (iv) Issuance  of  guidelines  for  tariff  based  bidding  process  for  procurement  of electricity  under  Section  63  of  Electricity  Act,  2003  to  promote  competitive procurement of electricity by distribution licensees.
- (v) Reduction of Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses under RDSS will improve the finances of the utilities, which will enable them to better maintain the system and buy power as per requirements; benefitting the consumers.
- (vi) Operationalisation of National Merit Order Dispatch with the objective of lowering the cost of electricity to consumers.

Further,  the  Government  has  taken  following  steps  to  upgrade  the  power infrastructure in the country including Rajasthan:

1. Under  the  SAUBHAGYA  Scheme,  a  total  of  2.86  crore  households  have  been electrified across the country including 21,27,728 households in Rajasthan.
2. Under  DDUGJY  Scheme,  a  total  of  18,374  villages  were  electrified  under  the scheme including 427 villages in Rajasthan.
3. Under  RDSS,  projects  worth  Rs.  2.77  lakh  crore  for  distribution  infrastructure works  and  smart  metering  works  have  been  sanctioned  at  National  level.    In Rajasthan,  distribution  infrastructure  and  smart  metering  works  of  Rs.  27,142 crore  (with  Government  Budgetary  Support  of  Rs.  12,142  crore)  have  been sanctioned.
4. Rajasthan  Atomic  Power  Station  (RAPS)  in  Rajasthan  (Capacity  :  1400  MW)    is under construction. Further, Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project in Rajasthan (Capacity: 2800 MW) is at planning and approval stage.
5. The upgradation in the transmission infrastructure includes projects for addition of  35,603  ckm  transmission  line  and  3,13,525  MVA  transformation  capacity targeted  to  be  completed  by  2026-27  &  2029-30  (For  HVDC  projects).  This includes  transformation  capacity  at  several  Substations  with  likely  completion schedule of 2026-27 viz Fategarh-3 (5500 MVA), Bikaner (1500 MVA), Kotputli (500 MVA), Bikaner II (2500 MVA), Bikaner (PG) (1500 MVA), Fatehgarh-2 PS(500 MVA), Bhadla-2 PS (1500 MVA), KPS3 (GIS) (1500 MVA), Sikar -II (300 MVA), Bhadla III (8500  MVA),  Ramgarh  PS  (4500  MVA),  Dausa  (300  MVA),  Bikaner-III  Pooling Station  (11500  MVA),  Sirohi  (300  MVA),  Barmer-I  Pooling  Station  (5500  MVA), Bikaner-IV  Pooling  Station  (1200  MVA),  Beawar  (300  MVA),  Neemrana-II  (600 MVA) and Fatehgarh-4 (1100 MVA).
6. Under Power System Development Fund (PSDF), a total of 188 projects have been approved for improvement of State, Regional and National Power System. Under PSDF,  two  projects  in  Rajasthan  pertaining  to  Renovation  &  Upgradation  of Protection  System  and  Installation  of  Bus  Reactors  have  been  completed. Further,  seven  projects  are  at  various  stages  of  implementation,  the  details  of which are given at Annexure-III.
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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4107 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 19.12.2024

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The year wise details of total power generation capacity from 2014-15 to 2024-25 (Upto November, 2024)

| Year                        | Generation Capacity (in MW)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2014-15                     | 2,74,904                      |
| 2015-16                     | 3,05,162                      |
| 2016-17                     | 3,26,833                      |
| 2017-18                     | 3,44,002                      |
| 2018-19                     | 3,56,100                      |
| 2019-20                     | 3,70,106                      |
| 2020-21                     | 3,82,151                      |
| 2021-22                     | 3,99,497                      |
| 2022-23                     | 4,16,059                      |
| 2023-24                     | 4,41,970                      |
| 2024-25 (up to November 24) | 4,56,190                      |

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ANNEXURE-II NO. 4107 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 19.12.2024

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION *************

The details of the contribution of coal to the total power generation capacity in the country during the last five years and current year 2024-25 (Upto November 2024).

| Year       | Total Generation Capacity   | Coal & Lignite Based Capacity   | Share of Coal & Lignite Based Capacity in Total Generation Capacity   |
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year       | (MW)                        | (MW)                            | (%)                                                                   |
| 31-3-2020  | 3,70,106                    | 2,05,135                        | 55.4                                                                  |
| 31-3-2021  | 3,82,151                    | 2,09,295                        | 54.8                                                                  |
| 31-3-2022  | 3,99,497                    | 2,10,700                        | 52.7                                                                  |
| 31-3-2023  | 4,16,059                    | 2,11,855                        | 45.9                                                                  |
| 31-3-2024  | 4,41,970                    | 2,17,589                        | 49.2                                                                  |
| 30-11-2024 | 4,56,190                    | 2,17,650                        | 47.7                                                                  |

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ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4107 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 19.12.2024

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## Details of seven projects under implementation under PSDF:

|   Sl. No. | Name of proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   Grant Sanctioned under PSDF (₹ Cr) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Communication Back - Smart Transmission Network & Asset Management System Part-B (136)                                                                                                                                             |                               284.89 |
|         2 | Renewable Energy Integration - Real Time data Acquisition System for Monitoring & Control of Transmission Grid under Smart Transmission Network and Asset Management System (Part-A1) in Rajasthan Power System. (153)             |                                92.6  |
|         3 | Installation of 1x25 MVAR, 220kV Bus Reactor each at 400kV GSS Akal, 220kV GSS Suratgarh & 220kV GSS Bikaner. (223)                                                                                                                |                                15.82 |
|         4 | Up-rating and refurbishment of existing 132kV lines using HTLS Conductor with associated works in Jaipur EHV Network. (176)                                                                                                        |                                 9.06 |
|         5 | Renewable Energy Integration-Reactive Compensation Element/ Equipments for Reactive Power Management and Voltage Control for Transmission Grid under Smart Transmission Network and Asset Management System (Part-A2-Sec-1). (252) |                                57.34 |
|         6 | Installation of 31 nos Bus protection schemes for installation on 220 kV SS of RRVPN (294)                                                                                                                                         |                                11.56 |
|         7 | Installation of 52 Nos. Nitrogen Injection Fire Prevention and Extinguishing at various Substations of RVPN. (316)                                                                                                                 |                                 5.77 |

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