Year-End Review - Ministry of Power
"24x7
Power for All":
State
specific Plans for 34 States/UTs under implementation;
National
Energy Shortage reduces to 0.7%;
3.5%
in
North East
National
Peak Power Deficit halved at 1.6%; 0.5%
in
North East
Free
Electricity Connections to 2.5 crore (62%) BPL households released
In
view of the growing need of the Indian Economy, Government of India has
embarked upon a massive programme to provide 24x7 power across the country
by 2019. After
the completion of half of its term, the Government has achieved many important
milestones in the Power sector. Special
focus has also been given to North East by giving approval to the North Eastern
power system improvement project and comprehensive scheme for strengthening of
transmission and distribution in the North Eastern States.
Several
landmark decisions have already been taken in thermal power generation, hydel
and more importantly in solar, wind and other green energy, besides
strengthening of transmission and distribution, separation of feeder and
metering of power to consumers. These
also include not only achievements in capacity addition but also important
reforms being undertaken on increasing energy efficiency of the present
infrastructure and thereby reducing power losses.
During
the 12th Plan period (2012-17),
a capacity addition of about 88928.2
MW against the target of 88537 MW from conventional
sources have been achieved till 31st October, 2016 and about 21,128
MW against the target of 30000 MW from renewable sources have been
achieved till 30th September, 2016.
Due
to large generation capacity addition, the electricity energy shortage
in the country has reduced to 0.7%
during the current year 2016-17
(up
to October, 2016) from
8.7%
during the year 2012-13.
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.
During
the 12th Plan period (2012-17),
1,00,468 ckm against the target of 1,07,440 ckm of transmission lines
and 2,88,458 MVA against the target of 2,82,750 MVA of transformation capacity
have been completed till 31st October, 2016.
The
government has launched a scheme by providing support from Power System
Development Fund (PSDF)
for operationalization of stranded gas
based generation.
The outlay for the support from PSDF has been fixed at Rs.
3500 crores and Rs.
4000 crores for FY 2015-16
and FY 2016-17
respectively.
Under
the ‘24x7
Power for All’
initiative, State specific Plans
for 34 out of 36 States/UTs,
have already been prepared and are under implementation.
In these documents, an assessment of
energy required to provide ‘24x7
Power for All’
for connected and unconnected consumers, adequacy of power to the State from
various generating sources, inter-state
transmission system, intra-state
transmission system and distribution to ensure 24X7 power supply has been made.
The concurrence for the signing ‘24x7
Power for All’
documents for 2 States viz.,
Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh is awaited.
Progress
under Specific Schemes is given as under:
Rural
Electrification
Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
Under
DDUGJY, projects with total cost of Rs.
42392.46
Crore for 29 States/UTs
have been sanctioned.
Status
of implementation of RE Component
Cumulatively (as on 30.11.2016), electrification works in 1,16,680 (96%) un-electrified
villages, intensive electrification in 3,99,829 (67%) villages has been completed.
Under DDUGJY, Government of India
is providing free electricity connections to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. Out of total 4.27
crore connections sanctioned, free
electricity connections to 2.5 crore BPL households have
been provided as on 31.10.2016 under
the scheme.
Remote
Village Electrification Programme (RVEP)
Government
has implemented RVEP under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)
in various States to provide basic lighting through
Renewable Energy Sources in un-electrified
villages and hamlets of electrified census villages.
MNRE has covered 9006 villages and 2329 hamlets
under RVEP so far.
Integrated
Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
A
scheme to
provide quality and reliable 24x7 power supply in the urban area.
A total of 4041 towns have been found
eligible under IPDS across the States, as on 24.11.16.
The scheme provides to complete the projects
within a period of 24 months from the date of issue of Letter of Award.
The IT and technical intervention
will help in improvement in billing and collection efficiency which will
ultimately result in reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C)
losses.
So far, 20
out of 21
Data Centres have been commissioned and 1246
towns have been declared ‘Go-Live’.
All India Short Code ‘1912’
for Consumer Connect
adopted in 44/51
Discoms in India.
Energy Efficiency
Schemes
A
number of initiatives have been taken up by the Government to ensure promotion
of energy efficiency in the country like Standards & Labelling programme
for appliances by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE),
Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT)
Scheme, Energy Conservation Building
Codes (ECBC),
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)
& Street Lighting National Programme
(SLNP),
Promotion of Energy Efficient Fans and Agriculture pump sets, among
others.
National
LED Programme
Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the National LED Programme in 100 cities,
on 5th March, 2015. This
programme has two components viz.,
Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)
and Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP).
Domestic
Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)
The
Unnat Jyoti by affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)
scheme was
launched to provide LED bulbs to domestic consumers aiming to replace 77 crore
incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs. The
e-procurement
of LED bulbs through a transparent and competitive bidding process under UJALA
has resulted in reduction of
approximately 88% in
procurement prices of LED bulbs from Rs.310
in February, 2014 to Rs.38
in August 2016, the retail price being reduced from Rs.550
to Rs.65, which is passed on
to the consumers.
A total of 5.96
crore of dwelling units have been provided LED
bulbs under the UJALA scheme, as on 20.11.16.
The
Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)
aims
to replace 3.5
crore conventional street light with smart and
energy efficient LED street lights by March, 2019.
Progress of National
LED Programme as on 23.12.2016
is given below: -
|
Parameters
|
Domestic Efficient
Lighting Programme (DELP)
|
Street Lighting
National Programme (SLNP)
|
|
Total number of bulbs/street
lights replaced
|
18.68 crores
|
15.01
lakhs
|
|
Avoided Peak Demand
|
4,858 MW
|
49.56
MW
|
|
Energy saved
|
24.26
billion kWh/year
|
5,45,208 kWh/day
|
|
Reduction in carbon
footprint
|
19.65
million tonnes CO2/ year
|
452.52 tonnes CO2/day
|
Energy
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
has issued Secured, Redeemable, Taxable, Non-Cumulative,
Non-Convertible
Bonds in the nature of Debentures in dematerialized form of Rs.
500 Crores
in the month of September, 2016 for the purpose of financing the various energy
efficiency projects, which was fully subscribed.
These Bonds are listed with Bombay Stock Exchange.
During
the course of PAT Cycle – II,
621 units have been assigned specific energy consumption (SEC)
reduction targets covering 11 sectors
with projected savings of 8.869
MTOE. In
the PAT – II
cycle three more sectors have been included namely Railways, DISCOMs and
Refineries.
Power Generation
Power
Generation during 2016-17
(April-November,
2016) is
777.506
Billion Units, showing a growth rate of 4.99%
over the same period in previous year.
Coal based power generation
during the current year is 595.124
BU, showing a growth rate of 5.92%
over the same period in the previous year.
Till
September, 2016, a total of 3000 MW of inefficient thermal generating
capacity has been retired.
Measures initiated for reducing the generation cost of coal based power
projects: Increasing
supply of domestic coal; Coal usage flexibility; Rationalisation of coal
linkages.
The
Coal Mitra Web Portal, launched by Shri Piyush Goyal on 21st
December, 2016, has been designed to bring about flexibility in Utilization
of Domestic Coal by transferring the reserves to more cost efficient State/Centre
owned or Private sector generating stations, leading to lower generation
costs and ultimately lesser
cost of electricity for the consumers.
During
the year 2016-17,
29 thermal stations, having total installed capacity of 13440.5
MW, are likely to be commissioned, out of which 9 projects with installed
capacity of 3608.5
MW have already been commissioned till 31.10.2016.
In-principle has been clearance given to replace 11000 MW
Thermal Power Plants, older than 25 years, with Energy Efficient Super Critical
Plants in about five years, with an investment of around Rs. 50,000
crores.
In
Hydro power sector, 13 hydro stations,
having total installed capacity of 1949 MW, are likely to be commissioned, out
of which 5 projects with installed capacity of 320 MW have already been
commissioned till 31.10.2016. Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of 12 Hydroelectric Projects, with an aggregate installed
capacity of 7,165 MW are under examination in CEA. The total
power generated by hydro power projects in the country from 1st April, 2016
to 31st October, 2016 is 88306.78 MU (excluding power imported from Bhutan which is 4908.67 MU).
Power
Availability Position in India
Increase
in electricity generation from 967 BU in 2013-14
to 1048 BU in 2014-15
and 1107 BU in 2015-16
resulting in lowest ever energy deficit of 2.1%
in 2015-16,
which has further lowered to 0.7%
(April-Oct,
2016) from
2.1%
(2015-16).
The National
Peak Power Deficit is down to half at 1.6%
in the same period as compared to 2015-16.
Power
Situation of North East Regions
As
per information given by States / UTs
to Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
during the current year 2016-17
(April,
2016 to Oct.,
2016), the peak power
shortage in North Eastern Region (NER)
has reduced to 0.5%
from 8.4%
during the corresponding period last year. Similarly,
the energy shortage during current year has reduced to 3.5%
from 6.9%
during the corresponding period last year.
Six
thermal power units/modules
aggregating to 1103.1
MW have been commissioned during the 12th
Plan period in the North-Eastern
States. Further, five thermal
units/modules aggregating to 625.5
MW are presently under construction in the North-Eastern
States for benefits during 12th Plan period
and beyond.
Scheme
of Utilization of Gas based power generation capacity
The
government has sanctioned a scheme for importing spot Re-gasified
Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG)
in 2015-16
and 2016-17
for the stranded gas based power plants as well as for plants receiving
domestic gas up to the target Plant Load Factor (PLF)
selected through a Reverse e-bidding
process. The
scheme provides for financial support from PSDF (Power
System Development Fund).
The outlay for the support from PSDF has been fixed at Rs.
7500 crores
(Rs.
3500 crores and Rs.
4,000 crores for the year 2015-16
and 2016-17
respectively).
Foreign
Direct Investment
The
existing (FDI)
policy notified in June 2016
by DIPP for FDI in Power Sector provides for 100%
FDI under automatic route
for projects of power generation (except
atomic energy),
transmission, distribution and trading. Government
of India has also allowed the FDI up to 49%
in Power Exchanges
registered under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Power
Market) Regulations, 2010,
under the automatic route, subject to certain conditions, as laid down in the
policy.
Power
Transmission
National
Grid
Target
of one nation-one
grid-one
frequency-one
market-one
price has been achieved through reforms,
unbundling of the utilities, improved inter-state
transmission capability, corresponding increase in generation capacity etc.
On 29th December, 2015, a single pan-India
price at Rs.
2.30
per unit for power was discovered in the power exchange platform.
50,215 ckm transmission lines and
1,28,403 MVA sub-station
capacity added during 2014-16.
Available
Transfer Capacity of Southern Grid has increased to 5900 MW (i.e.
by 71%
in 2014-16)
due to addition of a number of transmission lines.
The ATC would be further enhanced by 625 MW by
December 2016 with the commissioning of 765 MW at Angul-Srikakulum-Vimagiri
line.
On
21st December, 2016 Shri Piyush Goyal released reports on ‘Renewable
Energy Integration: Transmission
an Enabler’,
‘Green
Energy Corridor II’ and
‘Electricity Demand Pattern Analysis’.
PGCIL has prepared the first two reports
that cover aspects of comprehensive transmission plan to integrate renewable
energy sources into the National Grid and role of Transmission as an Enabler in
growing Renewable Energy (RE)
penetration scenario.
Power
Distribution
Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY),
a scheme for financial and operational turnaround of Power Distribution
Companies was formulated and launched by the Government on 20th November, 2015
in consultation with the various stakeholders.
The scheme aims to provide permanent solution to
legacy debts of approximately Rs.4.3
lakh crores and address potential future
losses.
As
on 08.12.2016,
17 States of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana,
Uttarakhand, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Puducherry have signed
Memorandum of Understanding under UDAY.
The Government of Telangana has not signed a MoU
under UDAY so far.
In
order to facilitate such States that want to join but could not join UDAY, the Government
of India has now decided to extend the
timeline to such States up to 31.03.2017.
So far, Governments of Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir
and Andhra Pradesh have issued Bonds to the tune of Rs.
1,82,204.29
crore including Bonds issued by Rajasthan
DISCOMs worth Rs.
12,368.00 crores and by UP
DISCOMs worth Rs.
10,714 crores.
A
Multi-Level
Monitoring mechanism for Ujwal DISCOM
Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
has been put in place to ensure a close monitoring
of performance of the participating States under UDAY.
Also a web portal (www.uday.gov.in) has
been created for monitoring purpose.
The last meeting of the Monitoring Committee was held on 03-11-2016.
Smart
Grid Mission
National
Smart Grid Mission (NSGM)
was launched on 27th March 2015.
Funds allocated for NSGM were Rs.40
Crore & Rs.30
Crore for the years 2015-16
and 2016-17
respectively. Smart
Grid Projects at Chandigarh for Rs.
28.58
crores, at Amravati (Maharashtra)
for Rs.
90.05
crores, at Congress Nagar (Nagpur)
for Rs.
139.15
crores and at Kanpur
for Rs.
319.57
crores have been sanctioned under NSGM.
The National Smart Grid Mission Project
Management Unit (NPMU)
is handholding States for speeding up development of Smart Grid Network in the
country.
Reforms
Amendments
in Tariff Policy
The
Union Cabinet approved proposal for amendments in the Tariff Policy on 20.1.2016.
Resolution issued on 28.1.2016.
It will provide the motivation to harness the hydro as well as renewable
capacity for energy security of the country.
Main
amendments are as under:
● Promotion
of Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO).
● Compulsory
procurement by Discoms from waste-to-energy
plants.
● Thermal
Power Plants within 50kms of sewage treatment facilities to use treated sewage
water.
● Hydro
projects continued to be exempted from competitive bidding upto 15th August
2022.
● Use
of Smart meters in a phased manner to enable ‘Time
of Day’ metering.
● Inter-State
and Intra-State
transmission lines only through competitive bidding.
● Procurement
of power from coal washery reject based plants of PSUs or their JVs on
regulated tariff.
● Expansion
of capacity of IPPs (on
regulated tariff) from
50% to 100%
of existing capacity.
● Compulsory
purchase of power from micro grids at regulated tariff.
Mobile
applications and websites launched to ensure accountability and transparency
● Grameen
Vidyutikaran (GARV)
app
to help citizens track rural electrification under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
● GARV
– II
App,
launched on 20th
December 2016, hosts the data in respect of about 6
lakh villages, with more than 15 lakh habitations having 17 crore people, that has
been mapped for tracking progress on household electrification in each of
the habitations of these villages.
● VIDYUT
PRAVAH app created to provide real time
information of electricity price and availability
● Unnat
Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)
app
to keep track of LED distribution under the Domestic Efficient Lighting
Programme (DELP)
●
URJA (Urban Jyoti
Abhiyaan) MobileApp - the Consumer Dashboard of the URJA App, launched on 16.06.16, provides for Urban Power
Distribution Sector to enhance Consumer Connect, Project Monitoring of Urban
Distribution Sector projects and providing information on the monthly
performance on parameters like Consumer complaints redressal, Release of New service
connection, Average number of interruptions faced by consumer, Number of
consumers making e-payments, Energy lost / power theft i.e. AT&C loss.
●
E-Tarang app is for monitoring the real time Status of Transmission System.
●
E-Trans app is a platform for better price discovery in respect of Inter
State Transmission projects to be awarded through tariff based competitive
bidding (TBCB) process.
●
‘DEEP (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price) e-Bidding’ portal - the Portal will provide
a common e-bidding platform with e-reverse
auction facility to facilitate nation-wide power procurement
through a wider network so as to bring uniformity and transparency in the
process of power procurement.
●
Mobile app for Star Labelled
Appliances – BEE has developed a mobile app for Standards and Labeling
Programme (S&L) for consumers, which is linked with S&L database of BEE and
provides a platform to receive real-time feedback from consumers and other stakeholders.
Other Good Governance Initiatives
●
Separate e-auction window of coal for Power
Sector started.
●
Revised Guidelines for short-term procurement of
power by Distribution Licensees through tariff based bidding process was
notified on 30.3.2016. Introduction of short-term procurement through e-bidding portal will result in greater transparency and fairness in
the procurement process for ultimate benefit of the consumers.
●
Self-certification of the
electrical installations: Notifications on voltage level for self-certification under
these Regulations have been notified on 16.5.2016. This will facilitate Ease of Doing Business.
●
e-bidding and reverse
bidding for Goods & Services being procured under the Ministry and its PSUs has been implemented.
●
Study of “Best Practices of ten
DISCOMs where AT&C losses reduced in last 5 years” conducted.
●
Third Party Sampling: To improve process of
measurement of quality of coal. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad appointed. Further, CIL would supply
sized coal to power plants to
increase its power generation efficiency.
●
Policy guidelines notified
for grant of Bridge Linkages to
specified end use plants of Central and State Public Sector Undertakings (both in Power as well as Non-Power sector).
●
Government has approved continuation
of the Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) beyond 31st October,
2016 for recovery of current over dues of state power utilities.
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