Lok Sabha Question No. 1961 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Effect of drought on Power Generation
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1961 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## EFFECT OF DROUGHT ON POWER GENERATION

†1961.  SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether power generation is  affected  due  to  non-availability  of  water  in  drought affected regions of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has made any alternative arrangements for the adequate supply of water to power plants in those regions; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the results achieved thereon?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : The  power  generation  during  2015-16  has  been  affected  due  to  nonavailability of water in drought affected regions of the country. In case of generation from Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) has informed that all units of Parli Thermal Power Station in district Beed of Maharashtra are under outage due to non-availability of raw water due to drought.  Details of other thermal power generating units which have been temporarily under shut down due to non-availability of water are given in Annex.

The production of Hydro Electric Power Generation in the country for the year 2015-16 was lower at 121.34 BU as against the target of 128 BU. The region wise details of hydel power generation are as follows:

(As on 31.03.2016)

| Region        | Installed Capacity   | Generation (BU)   | Generation (BU)   | %of Gen. vis-a-vis Target   |
|---------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|               | (MW)                 | Targeted          | Actual            |                             |
| Northern      | 18302.27             | 64.50             | 73.11             | 13.34                       |
| Western       | 7392.00              | 16.01             | 12.85             | -19.78                      |
| Southern      | 11592.45             | 31.82             | 20.98             | -34.06                      |
| Eastern       | 4254.70              | 11.64             | 10.24             | -12.03                      |
| North Eastern | 1242.00              | 4.03              | 4.21              | 4.33                        |
| Total         | 42783.42             | 128.00            | 121.38            | -5.17                       |

(c)  &  (d):      Any  shortage  in  hydro  generation  is  generally  compensated  by  increasing generation  from  other  sources.    In  order  to  overcome  the  shortage  of  water  due  to drought, feasibility of re-using Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) water is being considered. The new Tariff Policy, 2016 mandates use of treated sewage water of STP of Municipality / local bodies that are located within 50 km radius.

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## ANNEX

## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1961 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2016.

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## Outage details of Thermal Generating units which were temporarily under shut down due to Raw water problem

| REGION   | STATE          | SECTOR TYPE   | ORGANIZA- TION   | STATION            |   UNIT NO |   CAPACITY (MW) | TRIP DATE   | SYNC DATE   | OUTAGE REASON                                   |
|----------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| ER       | BIHAR          | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | BARH II            |         4 |             660 | 11-Jul-15   | 11-Jul-15   | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL |
| ER       | BIHAR          | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | BARH II            |         5 |             660 | 4-Oct-15    | 5-Oct-15    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | ORISSA         | PVT           | SEL              | STERLITE TPP       |         2 |             600 | 23-6-16     |             | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         1 |             200 | 1-Apr-16    | 6-Apr-16    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         2 |             200 | 1-Apr-16    | 4-Apr-16    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         3 |             200 | 1-Apr-16    | 11-Apr-16   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         4 |             500 | 15-Feb-16   | 18-Feb-16   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         4 |             500 | 1-Apr-16    | 11-Apr-16   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| ER       | WEST BENGAL    | CENTRAL       | NTPC Ltd.        | FARAKKA STPS       |         5 |             500 | 1-Apr-16    |             | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         1 |             210 | 1-Sep-15    | 2-Sep-15    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         1 |             210 | 17-Mar-16   | 21-Mar-16   | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         2 |             210 | 15-Mar-16   | 21-Mar-16   | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         5 |             210 | 11-Feb-16   | 13-Feb-16   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         6 |             210 | 14-Mar-16   | 20-Mar-16   | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         7 |             210 | 17-Feb-16   | 19-Feb-16   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | STATE         | KPCL             | RAICHUR TPS        |         7 |             210 | 15-Mar-16   | 21-Mar-16   | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL |
| SR       | TAMIL NADU     | CENTRAL       | NTPL             | TUTICORIN (JV) TPP |         2 |             500 | 5-Oct-15    | 5-Oct-15    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | PVT           | UPCL             | UDUPI TPP          |         1 |             600 | 10-Aug-15   | 10-Sep-15   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | PVT           | UPCL             | UDUPI TPP          |         2 |             600 | 11-Aug-15   | 27-Aug-15   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | KARNATAKA      | PVT           | UPCL             | UDUPI TPP          |         2 |             600 | 19-Apr-16   |             | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| SR       | ANDHRA PRADESH | PVT           | HNPC             | VIZAG TPP          |         1 |             520 | 2-Feb-16    | 2-Feb-16    | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |
| WR       | MAHARASHTRA    | PVT           | EEL              | EMCO WARORA        |         1 |             300 | 20-May-15   | 26-May-15   | RAW WATER PROBLEM                               |

| WR   | MAHARASHTRA    | PVT   | EEL   | EMCO WARORA TPS   |   1 |   300 | 15-Apr-16   |           | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL   |
|------|----------------|-------|-------|-------------------|-----|-------|-------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
| WR   | MAHARASHTRA    | PVT   | EEL   | EMCO WARORA TPS   |   2 |   300 | 19-Apr-16   |           | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL   |
| WR   | CHHATTISGARH   | PVT   | ACB   | KASAIPALL I TPP   |   2 |   135 | 21-Aug-15   | 23-Aug-15 | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | GUJARAT        | PVT   | EPGL  | SALAYA TPP        |   2 |   600 | 30-Mar-15   | 7-Apr-15  | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | GUJARAT        | PVT   | EPGL  | SALAYA TPP        |   2 |   600 | 9-Apr-15    | 9-May-15  | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | GUJARAT        | PVT   | EPGL  | SALAYA TPP        |   2 |   600 | 12-Jul-15   | 24-Jul-15 | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | GUJARAT        | PVT   | EPGL  | SALAYA TPP        |   2 |   600 | 1-Sep-15    | 14-Sep-15 | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | MADHYA PRADESH | PVT   | SPL   | SASAN UMTPP       |   3 |   660 | 26-Jul-15   | 27-Jul-15 | RAW WATER PROBLEM                                 |
| WR   | GUJARAT        | STATE | GSECL | SIKKA REP. TPS    |   3 |   250 | 27-Oct-15   | 31-Oct-15 | RAW WATER NOT AVAILABLE/ LOW INTAKE CANAL LEVEL   |

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