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Power Sector at A Glance ALL INDIA: Sector MW % of Total

The document provides an overview of India's power sector as of October 18, 2016. Key details include: - Total installed capacity was 306,358 MW, with the private sector contributing the largest share (41.77%). Coal was the dominant fuel source (61.12% of total). - The Electricity Act of 2003 aims to introduce competition and provide power for all. Subsequent policies have pushed for commercial growth and state-center coordination. - The target for electricity generation in 2016-17 was 1178 billion units, representing growth of 6.38% over the previous year. Actual generation for 2016-17 up to September was 589.219 billion units, achieving 99.1% of the target

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Power Sector at A Glance ALL INDIA: Sector MW % of Total

The document provides an overview of India's power sector as of October 18, 2016. Key details include: - Total installed capacity was 306,358 MW, with the private sector contributing the largest share (41.77%). Coal was the dominant fuel source (61.12% of total). - The Electricity Act of 2003 aims to introduce competition and provide power for all. Subsequent policies have pushed for commercial growth and state-center coordination. - The target for electricity generation in 2016-17 was 1178 billion units, representing growth of 6.38% over the previous year. Actual generation for 2016-17 up to September was 589.219 billion units, achieving 99.1% of the target

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Power Sector at a Glance ALL INDIA

As on 18-10-2016
1.Total Installed Capacity:(As on 30.09.2016)

Sector
MW

% of Total

102,090

33.32%

76,312

24.91%

127,956

41.77%

State Sector

Central Sector

Private Sector

Total
306,358

Fuel
MW

% of Total

213,229

69.60%

Coal 187,253

61.12%

Total Thermal

Total Thermal

Gas

25,057

8.18%

Oil

919

0.30%

43,112

14.1%

5,780

1.9%

44,237

14.5%

306,358

100.00%

Hydro (Renewable)

Nuclear

RES** (MNRE)

Total

Policy Initiatives / Decision Taken

Electricity Act 2003 has been enacted and came into force from 15.06.2003. The objective is to introduce
competition, protect consumers interests and provide power for all. The Act provides for National
Electricity Policy, Rural Electrification, Open access in transmission, phased open access in distribution,
mandatory SERCs, license free generation and distribution, power trading, mandatory metering and
stringent penalties for theft of electricity.
It is a comprehensive legislation replacing Electricity Act 1910, Electricity Supply Act 1948 and
Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998.The Electricity Act, 2003 has been amended on two
occasions by the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003 and the Electricity (Amendment) Act,2007. The aim
is to push the sector onto a trajectory of sound commercial growth and to enable the States and the Centre
to move in harmony and coordination.
Policies, Rules and guidelines etc. issued under the Electricity Act.

Generation Performance
1.0 ELECTRICITY GENERATION PERFORMANCE
1.1 The electricity generation target for the year 2016-17 has been fixed as 1178 Billion Unit (BU). i.e. growth of around 6.38%
over actual generation of 1107.822 BU for the previous year (2015-16). The generation during 2015-16 was 1107.822 BU as
compared to 1048.673 BU generated during April- March 2015, representing a growth of about 5.64%.

1.2 Programme, actual achievement and growth in electricity generation in the country during 2009-10 to
2016-17 :-

Year

Target

Achievement % of target % of growth

2009-10

789.511

771.551

97.73

6.6

2010-11

830.757

811.143

97.64

5.56

2011-12

855.000

876.887

102.56

8.11

2012-13

930.000

912.056

98.07

4.01

2013-14

975.000

967.150

99.19

6.04

2014-15

1023.000 1048.673

102.51

8.43

2015-16

1137.500 1107.822

97.39

5.64

99.1

5.07

2016-17* 589.609

589.219

* Provisional (Upto September, 2016)


1.3 The electricity generation target for the year 2016-17 was fixed at 1178 BU comprising of
999.000 BU thermal; 134.000 BU hydro; 40.000 nuclear; and 5.000 BU import from Bhutan.
2.0 Plant Load Factor (PLF):
2.1 The PLF in the country during 2009-10 to 2015-16 is as under:

Target

Actual

Sector-wise Actual

Central State Private

2009-10

77.2

77.5

85.5

70.9 83.9

2010-11

72.1

75.1

85.1

66.7 80.7

2011-12

68.7

73.3

82.1

68.0 69.5

2012-13

70.0

69.9

79.2

65.6 64.1

2013-14

69.60

65.60

76.10

59.10 62.10

2014-15

65.52

64.46

73.96

59.83 60.58

2015-16

64.35

62.29

72.52

55.41 60.49

2016-17* 60.77

59.04

70.95

51.55 56.54

Year

* Provisional (Upto September, 2016)


3.0 Power Supply Position
The power supply position in the country during 2009-10 to 2016-17 :
Energy

Peak

Requirement Availability Surplus(+)/Deficts(-) Peak Demand Peak Met Surplus(+) / Deficts(-)

Year

(MU)

(MU)

(MU)

(%)

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

2009-10

8,30,594

7,46,644

-83,950 -10.1

1,19,166

1,04,009 -15,157 -12.7

2010-11

8,61,591

7,88,355

-73,236 -8.5

1,22,287

1,10,256 -12,031 -9.8

2011-12

9,37,199

8,57,886

-79,313 -8.5

1,30,006

1,16,191 -13,815 -10.6

2012-13

9,95,557

9,08,652

-86,905 -8.7

1,35,453

1,23,294 -12,159 -9.0

2013-14

10,02,257

9,59,829

-42,428 -4.2

1,35,918

1,29,815 -6,103 -4.5

2014-15

10,68,923

10,30,785

-38,138 -3.6

1,48,166

1,41,160 -7,006 -4.7

2015-16

11,14,408

10,90,850

-23,558 -2.1

1,53,366

1,48,463 -4,903 -3.2

5,85,451

-4,171 -0.7

1,59,243

1,58,059 -1,185 -0.7

2016-17 * 5,89,622

* Provisional (Upto September, 2016)

Generation (Billion Units)

Generation Growth (%)

(%)

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