Lok Sabha Question No. 504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Additional Allocation of Power to Kerala
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri V K Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.504 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2025

## ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF POWER TO KERALA

## 504.   SHRI V K SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government of Kerala has demanded additional allocation of power from Central power generating stations at affordable rates and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Union Government in this regard;

(b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  electricity  demand  had  surpassed  the projections in the past and the State Government expects the demand to rise by 4% to 5% this year and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) whether  the  State  Government  has  submitted  any  proposals  for  the allocation of additional power from Central power generating stations and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (c): The  details  of  anticipated/projected  Energy  Requirement  vis-à-vis the Actual Energy Requirement of Kerala and Energy Supplied during the last three years and current year (upto December, 2024) are given at Annexure-I.

Accordingly,  Kerala  has  been  able  to  meet  its  Energy  Requirement adequately with only a marginal gap between Energy Requirement and Energy Supplied.

The  State  of  Kerala  has  made  the  following  requests  for  additional allocation of power:

(i) Increase in the allocation to Kerala from 180 MW to 400 MW from Talcher II station of NTPC Ltd.

- (ii) Increase  in  the  allocation  from  NTPC  Barh  thermal  power  station  to Kerala  to  400  MW  and  extend  it  up  to  June  2025,  from  current  177  MW  till March 2025
- (iii) Allocation  of  350  MW  from  the  Rajasthan  Atomic  Power  Station  of  the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) to Kerala.

As per the Government of India Guidelines for allocation of power from Central Sector Generating Stations, for thermal power plants, 10% of the power is allocated to the Home State, 15 % of the power is unallocated and placed at the  disposal  of  the  Central  Government.  The  remaining  75  %  of  power  is distributed among the States in the region in certain proportion as a firm share. In  case of  any constituent State/UT of the Region denies to avail its entitled share  or  part  thereof  in  firm  share,  then  same  is  offered  to  the  States/UTs outside the Region.

Power of Talcher-II station (2000 MW capacity) of NTPC Ltd., has been allocated  to  States/  UT  as  per  Power  allocation  guidelines.  Kerala  has  been allocated  247  MW  from  Talcher-II  Thermal  Power  Station  (TPS),  as  its  firm share,  in  addition  181.74  MW  is  also  allocated  out  of  unallocated  share  of Government of India.

Barh-II  (1320 MW capacity) TPS is located in Bihar State and its entire power is allocated to  the States/  UTs of  Eastern Region. To  ease  the Power Supply situation, Government of India allocated 177 MW out of the surrendered firm share of Jharkhand & Sikkim, from this Thermal Power Station, to Kerala for the period 01.10.2024 to 31.03.2025. Further, considering the anticipated in power  demand  in  summer  months,  Government  of  India  has  extended  this allocation till 30.06.2025.

As per the Government of India Guidelines for allocation of power from Central Sector Generating Stations, for Nuclear power plants, 50% of the power is allocated to the Home State, 15 % of the power is unallocated and placed at the disposal of the Central Government. Remaining 35 % of power is distributed among the states in the region in certain proportion as a firm share. In case of any constituent State/UT of the Region denies to avail its entitled share or part thereof in firm share, then same will be offered to the States/UTs outside the Region.

The  States/UTs  of  Northern  Region  have  already  been  allocated  the entire 1400 MW of power from Unit-7&8 of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station of the  Nuclear  Power  Corporation  of  India  Ltd.  (NPCIL)  as  per  Power  allocation guidelines.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 504 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.02.2025 *************

The  details  of  anticipated/projected  Energy  Requirement  vis-à-vis  the Actual  Energy  Requirement  of  Kerala  during  the  last  three  years  and current year (upto December 2024):

| Year                         | Anticipated / Projected Energy Requirement   | Actual Energy Requirement   | Energy Supplied   |
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
|                              | (MU)                                         | (MU)                        | (MU)              |
| 2021-22                      | 28,085                                       | 26,579                      | 26,570            |
| 2022-23                      | 28,204                                       | 27,747                      | 27,726            |
| 2023-24                      | 29,496                                       | 30,943                      | 30,938            |
| 2024-25 (upto December 2024) | 23,901                                       | 23,478                      | 23,470            |

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