Lok Sabha Question No. 895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Modernization and Restructuring of Electricity Market
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria, Sunil Baburao Mendhe, Dhal Singh Bisen, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Himadri Singh, Rajesh Verma, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Rajendra Agrawal, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Saikia Dilip, Parvesh Sahib Singh, Ranjeeta Koli, Kripanath Mallah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.895

## ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## MODERNIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF ELECTRICITY MARKET

895.   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRIMATI HIMADRI SINGH:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

## Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of power that has been produced in the country annually during the last five years, State/UT-wise including Delhi;
- (b) the  details  of  insights  into  the  technological  advancements  and  innovations implemented in the  electricity  market  restructuring  to  accommodate  the  integration  of renewable energy sources more efficiently;
- (c) the  details  of  the  initiatives  Government  has  implemented  to  modernise  and restructure the nation's electricity market particularly to facilitate the  seamless integration  of  renewable  energy  sources  into  the  power  grid  and  ensuring  optimal utilisation of electricity generation resources;
- (d) the  manner  in  which  the  Government  encourage  private  sector  participation  and investment in the modernization and restructuring of the electricity market; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the financial  stability  of  the  power  sector,  including  DISCOMs,  electricity  consumers  and power generation companies?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) : The  State/UT-wise  details  of  quantum  of  power  generated  in  the  country (including  Delhi)  during  the  last  five  years  and  current  year  2023-24  (till  October'23)  is given at Annexure.  It will be seen that the demand has gone up by 50.8 percent in energy terms from 2013-14 to 2022-23.  The peak demand has gone up from 136 GW in 2013-14 to 243 GW in September, 2023.  We have been able to meet the increase in demand because we added 194 GW  of capacity between 2014 to 2023.

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We  also  added  192000  cKt  kms  of  transmission  line  during  the  same  period connecting the whole country into one grid and one national market.

We have introduced new products in the Exchange for Renewable Energy such as the Green Day Ahead Market and the Green Term Ahead Market.

We have one of the fastest  Renewable  Energy  Capacities  in  the  world  and  have emerged as the most favoured destination for investment in Renewables in the world.  We have  constructed  Green  Energy  Corridors  and  put  in  place  13  Renewable  Energy Management Centres.  Today our Renewable Energy Capacity is 178000 MW and 99000 MW is under installation.

We have made the power sector viable.  The AT&C losses have come down from 22.62% in 2013-14 to 16.42% in 2021-22.  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.

In  order  to  reduce  the  AT&C  losses  the  Government  of  India  implemented  the following steps:

- (i) Provided  funds  under  DDUGJY  and  IPDS  to  install  meter  on  unmetered connections;  and  installed  covered  wire  in  loss  prone  areas  to  make  theft difficult;
- (ii) Put in place energy accounting and energy audit system;
- (iii) Revised  prudential  norms  to  ensure  that  no  loans  are  given  by  REC/PFC  to DISCOMs which are making losses, unless they draw up a plan to reduce the losses, get their  State Government  approval  on  it  and  file  it with  the Government of India; and follow up on these steps;
- (iv) Put in place a merit order despatched system to ensure that cheaper power is despatched first;
- (v) Reduced the late payment surcharge to reduce the burden on the DISCOMs;
- (vi) Put in place rules to ensure that if the Genco is not paid for the power supplied, the areas of the defaulting DISCOMs is automatically cut off;
- (vii) Put in place an incentive of an additional borrowing space of 0.5% of GDP if the DISCOMs puts in place loss reduction measures;
- (viii) Provided  that  no  funds  will  be  given  under  RDSS  to  loss  making  DISCOMs unless they put in place measures to reduce their losses; and
- (ix) Put in place Rules to ensure that the tariff is up-to-date.

As a result of the above measures, the power sector has become viable and profitable.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 895 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2023 *************

State/UT-wise including Delhi details of power generated in the country annually during the last five years and current year 2023-24(till October'23)

|                        | GENERATION in MUs   | GENERATION in MUs   | GENERATION in MUs   | GENERATION in MUs   | GENERATION in MUs   | GENERATION in MUs         |
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| NAME OF STATE /UT      | 2018-19             | 2019-20             | 2020-21             | 2021-22             | 2022-23             | 2023-24 (till October'23) |
| Chandigarh Delhi       | 13.51               | 13.33               | 10.16               | 14.19               | 12.61               | 8.73                      |
|                        | 7423.68             | 6438.78             | 5730.71             | 5407.30             | 4314.50             | 2804.93                   |
| Haryana                | 26097.79            | 18050.51            | 15657.13            | 24103.15            | 33559.00            | 18342.80                  |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 38196.48            | 43002.12            | 39633.77            | 38503.40            | 41579.93            | 31308.07                  |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 16699.27            | 18537.25            | 17441.97            | 17489.83            | 17170.62            | 13209.89                  |
| Ladakh                 | 154.51              | 270.28              | 376.21              | 405.98              | 402.78              | 307.32                    |
| Punjab                 | 33144.86            | 28747.68            | 25606.29            | 31127.70            | 40075.40            | 26014.77                  |
| Rajasthan              | 68841.66            | 70291.34            | 70607.33            | 83997.41            | 105963.47           | 68911.79                  |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 128467.21           | 129323.42           | 132668.65           | 143159.29           | 163447.06           | 99968.15                  |
| Uttarakhand            | 16100.33            | 17735.27            | 15551.31            | 16216.77            | 16369.49            | 11157.01                  |
| Chhattisgarh           | 116659.43           | 119336.93           | 136667.58           | 143213.21           | 144839.62           | 95742.91                  |
| Gujarat                | 110557.53           | 124666.25           | 121859.71           | 87886.78            | 95017.30            | 80347.46                  |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 129934.92           | 129397.90           | 138084.97           | 143037.90           | 152020.26           | 94862.33                  |
| Maharashtra            | 151998.66           | 145404.00           | 131805.01           | 153065.31           | 158993.39           | 98334.71                  |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 5.76                | 6.19                | 11.96               | 49.16               | 30.62               | 16.15                     |
| Daman & Diu            | 18.94               | 21.83               | 40.04               | 47.67               | 30.62               | 16.15                     |
| Goa                    | 0.00                | 0.82                | 1.46                | 16.82               | 19.96               | 40.77                     |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 77694.33            | 76936.32            | 66882.90            | 74197.52            | 81701.42            | 54718.62                  |
| Telangana              | 56802.95            | 51923.14            | 46475.88            | 59279.66            | 63044.77            | 39944.96                  |
| Karnataka              | 28982.63            | 31114.50            | 34587.96            | 37951.72            | 37564.56            | 21690.70                  |
| Kerala                 | 770.32              | 804.74              | 1092.12             | 1614.62             | 1961.28             | 1406.02                   |
| Tamil Nadu             | 17128.37            | 20019.68            | 21891.20            | 24312.41            | 27859.52            | 21597.02                  |
| Lakshadweep            | 83779.62            | 83498.68            | 70077.93            | 82020.39            | 89061.67            | 53845.69                  |
| Puducherry             | 49965.61            | 51858.96            | 48412.53            | 57188.93            | 56760.51            | 32898.77                  |
| Andaman Nicobar        | 151.16              | 113.49              | 157.99              | 152.01              | 252.45              | 215.43                    |
| Bihar                  | 32658.66            | 35719.44            | 34092.75            | 44180.23            | 55489.06            | 34643.91                  |
| Jharkhand              | 27003.35            | 26247.21            | 27469.53            | 28915.39            | 30797.95            | 20728.50                  |
| Orissa                 | 47477.80            | 49037.17            | 62944.21            | 66473.02            | 71529.15            | 41951.26                  |
| Sikkim                 | 9050.18             | 11087.98            | 10935.46            | 11506.25            | 11709.14            | 8318.54                   |
| West Bengal            | 78438.25            | 75786.81            | 77478.05            | 88251.70            | 92995.30            | 55283.17                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 1400.77             | 1788.70             | 3453.44             | 4163.41             | 4845.79             | 3329.00                   |
| Assam                  | 7245.71             | 8089.14             | 6020.52             | 8398.89             | 9153.69             | 5760.77                   |
| Manipur                | 604.49              | 370.79              | 629.33              | 462.20              | 486.77              | 189.34                    |
| Meghalaya              | 980.04              | 1081.02             | 1208.78             | 886.50              | 1052.41             | 669.25                    |
| Mizoram                | 208.52              | 227.02              | 192.37              | 165.53              | 266.40              | 123.35                    |
| Nagaland               | 318.93              | 256.72              | 273.63              | 164.02              | 289.32              | 205.18                    |
| Tripura                | 6712.93             | 6121.04             | 7058.83             | 6339.87             | 7086.06             | 3897.81                   |
| Bhutan (IMP)           | 4406.62             | 5794.48             | 8765.50             | 7493.20             | 6742.40             | 4644.00                   |
| All India Grand Total  | 1376095.79          | 1389120.93          | 1381855.15          | 1491859.37          | 1624465.61          | 1047439.04                |

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