Lok Sabha Question No. 4304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Power Cut
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## POWER CUT

4304.  SHRI KAMAL NATH: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  surplus  power  in  the  country  at  present  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) whether  a  large  number  of  people  in  the  country  do  not  have  access  to electricity,  facing  frequent  power  cuts  and  per  capita  power  consumption  is significantly lower than the world average, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to address the  various  such  issues  being  faced  by  the  power  sector  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : As  per  the  Load  Generation  Balance  Report  (LGBR)  for  the  year 2016-17, published by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the energy availability in the country is likely to be in excess of energy requirement by about 1.1% during the year as per details given below:

| ENERGY      | ENERGY       | ENERGY                    | ENERGY                    | PEAK        | PEAK     | PEAK                     | PEAK                     |
|-------------|--------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Requirement | Availability | Surplus (+) / Deficit (-) | Surplus (+) / Deficit (-) | Peak Demand | Peak Met | Surplus (+) / Deficit(-) | Surplus (+) / Deficit(-) |
| (MU)        | (MU)         | (MU)                      | (%)                       | (MW)        | (MW)     | (MW)                     | (%)                      |
| 1,214,642   | 1,227,895    | 13,252                    | 1.1                       | 165,253     | 169,503  | 4,250                    | 2.6                      |

(b) : As  per  census  2011,  out  of  total  24,67,40,228  households  in  the country,  16,59,35,192  households  were  using  electricity  as  main  source  of lighting.

............2.

The  per  capita  consumption  of  electricity  of  India  is  less  than  the global average. As reported on International Energy Agency (IEA) website, the per capita electricity consumption in the country and Global Average is as under:

| Year    |   Per Capita Consumption of India (Kwh) |   Global Average Per Capita Consumption(Kwh)* |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2011-12 |                                     884 |                                          2972 |
| 2012-13 |                                     914 |                                          3026 |

*  Basic  data  obtained  from  IEA  website  except  India.  Data  of  global  average  is from January to December.

(c) : The  steps  taken/  being  taken  to  address  the  various  such  issues being faced by the power sector inter-alia are:-

- (i) During the 12th Plan (2012-17), capacity addition of about 86,565 MW from conventional sources and about 19,500 MW from renewable sources have been achieved till 30th June, 2016.
- (ii) Adequate supply of the domestic coal to power plants has been ensured. The growth of domestic coal supply to power plants has been around 6.2% during 2015-16. As on 03.08.2016, the coal stock in the power plants is 30.3 Million Tonnes (MT), which is sufficient for 22 days of operation of power plants as against the normative stock of 21 days. At present, there is no power station with critical coal stock.
- (iii) During  the  12th  Plan  (2012-17),  89,813  ckm  of  transmission  lines  and 2,66,033  MVA  of  transformation  capacity  have  been  completed  till  30 th June, 2016.
- (iv) Government of India has taken an initiative to prepare State specific Action Plans for providing 24X7 Power For All (PFA) in partnership with the States.
- (v) Two  new  schemes  have  been  launched  by  the  Government  of  India, namely, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) for strengthening of sub-transmission and  distribution  networks  and  for  segregation  of  agricultural  feeders  to give adequate and reliable supply and reduce line losses.
- (vi) Government of India has taken several steps to promote energy conservation,  energy  efficiency  and  other  demand  side  management measures.
- (vii) Central Government has notified Ujjawal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme on 20.11.2015 for Operational & Financial Turnaround of DISCOMs.
- (viii) Government of India  has taken steps for expeditious resolution of issues relating  to  Environmental  and  forest  clearances  for  facilitating  early completion of generation and transmission projects.
- (ix) Government  of  India  has  launched  a  scheme  by  providing  support  from Power System Development Fund (PSDF) for stranded gas based generation.

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