Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Frequent  Power Cut during Peak Hours
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Jai Parkash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1038 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## FREQUENT POWER CUT DURING PEAK HOURS

†1038.  SHRI JAI PARKASH: SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  complaints  regarding  frequent  power  cuts  and  voltage  fluctuations during peak hours are being received in the State of Haryana particularly in Hisar and Sonipat  Parliamentary  Constituencies,  causing  serious  inconvenience  to  domestic consumers, farmers and industries and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether expansion of transmission and distribution infrastructure has not kept pace with the increasing demand and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  implementation  of  Solar  Feeder  Scheme  is  not  keeping  with expected pace and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of Solar Feeder sanctioned, set up and made functional in Sonipat parliamentary constituency since 2020;
- (e) the maximum  peak  load  demand  recorded  in the Hisar Parliamentary Constituency since 2020 and corresponding availability of power supply during the same period;
- (f) whether the Ministry has taken any specific measures such as additional power generation,  load  management  or  grid  strengthening  to  ensure  uninterrupted  power supply during peak hours and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the time-bound action plan of the Government to provide a permanent solution to these issues in Hisar region and of expansion of solar feeder and renewable energy based infrastructure in Sonipat Parliamentary Constituency in future?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a) : Electricity being a concurrent subject, supply and distribution of electricity to consumers  is  within  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  Government/  distribution utility.  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  through  various schemes to help them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable supply of power to all consumers.

The details of actual power supply position of the State of Haryana are as under:

| Year                     | Energy Requirement   | Energy Supplied   | Energy Not Supplied   |
|--------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|                          | (MU)                 | (MU)              | (MU)                  |
| 2024-25                  | 70,149               | 70,120            | 29                    |
| 2025-26 (upto Dec, 2025) | 55,932               | 55,867            | 65                    |

Source: Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

It can be seen that the gap between the demand and availability of electricity in Haryana is negligible. Further, as reported by the State, there are no scheduled cuts of power supply in any category of consumers in the State of Haryana.

- (b) : As reported by the State, the transmission and distribution infrastructure of the State is augmented every year to meet the demand and there are no deficiencies in this regard. Further, under Revamped  Distribution Sector Scheme  (RDSS) of Government of India  (GoI),  distribution  infrastructure  works  amounting  to  Rs  6,794 crore  have  been  sanctioned  for  the  State  of  Haryana  and  are  under  execution. Sanctioned works include new/ upgradation of Distribution Transformers and substations,  feeder  bifurcation,  replacement  of  old  bare  conductors,  modernization works including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Data Management System (DMS) etc.
- (c) : Solarisation is being undertaken in the State of Haryana under various schemes. The details are as under:
- (i) Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan  Mahabhiyan  (PM  KUSUM): Solar plants are being setup as below:
-  Capacity Allocated: 158 MW
-  LOA issued: 129.8 MW
-  PPA signed: 124.8 MW
-  Capacity Commissioned (as on 31.12.2025): 28.61 MW

Further,  1,58,486  standalone  solar  pumps  have  been  installed.  In  addition, works of 6.5 MW for solarization of grid connected 2,817 agricultural pumps including feeder level solarization on 16 feeders have been awarded and are under implementation.

- (ii) PM-Surya  Ghar  Muft  Bijli  Yojna  (PMSG-MBY):  52,412  Rooftop  solar  panels  for domestic house-holds have been installed so far.
- (d) : As reported by the State, there is no separate solar feeder in Sonipat district. However, 3,982 Rooftop On-grid connections have been released in Sonipat district till date.
- (e) : The Hisar Parliamentary Constituency covers the district Hisar, part of district Jind and part of district Bhiwani. As per DISCOM record, maximum peak load demand recorded is as under:

(In MW)

| FY      |   Hisar (District Hisar & Fatehabad) |   Bhiwani (District Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri) |   Jind (Jind district) |
|---------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 2020-21 |                                 1050 |                                            558 |                    735 |
| 2021-22 |                                 1170 |                                            625 |                    710 |

| 2022-23                  |   976 |   677 |   712 |
|--------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| 2023-24                  |  1327 |   652 |   729 |
| 2024-25                  |  1308 |   575 |   874 |
| 2025-26 (upto Dec- 2025) |  1276 |   576 |   739 |

(f): Government  of  India  has  taken  the  following  steps  to  ensure  uninterrupted power supply in the country: (i) CEA  has  assisted  states  in  preparation  of  their  'Resource  Adequacy  Plans (RAPs)', which are dynamic 10 year rolling plans and includes power generation as well as power procurement planning. All States are in process of creating/ contracting  generation  capacities;  from  all  generation  sources,  as  per  their Resource Adequacy Plans. (ii) In order to augment the power generation capacity, the Government of India has envisaged setting up an additional minimum 97,000 MW coal and lignite based thermal capacity. (iii) 12,973.5 MW of Hydro Electric Projects is under construction and 4,274 MW of Projects are under various stages of planning. (iv) 6,600 MW of Nuclear Capacity is under construction and 7,000 MW of Capacity is under various stages of planning. (v) 1,57,800  MW  Renewable  Capacity  is  under  construction  and  48,720  MW  of Capacity is at various stages of planning. (vi) 11,620 MW/69,720 MWh Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) are under construction. 9,653.94 MW/26,729.32 MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are under construction  and  19,797.65  MW/  61,013.40  MWh  BESS  capacity  is  under tendering stage. (vii) 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. (viii) Further, distribution infrastructure works amounting to Rs 1.53 lakh crore have been sanctioned under RDSS and are under implementation. (g) : As reported by the State, the electrical network is being regularly upgraded as per  the  load  growth/  requirement,  so  that  there  is  no  issue  in  providing  scheduled power supply to the consumers in Hisar Parliamentary Constituency and there is no constraint  in  providing  uninterrupted  scheduled  power  supply  to  all  categories  of consumers. For  the  expansion  of  Renewable  Energy  infrastructure,  a  target  of  7,139 Households in Sonipat district, and 7,340 households in Hisar district, has been fixed under PM-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna (PMSG-MBY) and that is under execution.

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