THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )
(a) : The trend of increasing commercial losses of Power Utilities has been
arrested after 2001-02. The commercial losses (without subsidy) in State Electricity
Boards had increased from Rs.4,560 crores during 1992-93 to Rs.25,259 crores during
2000-01. According to data compiled by Power Finance Corporation, the losses of
Utilities have reduced from Rs.27,068 crores in 2001-02 to Rs.20,623 crores in 2003-04.
(b) : The States of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa have not increased the tariff
during the last three years.
(c)&(d) : The details of commercial losses in various States is given in annexure.
The States of Goa, Meghalaya, Orissa and Pondicherry have earned profits
in the year 2003-04. The State of Chhattisgarh has earned profits during the years 2001-
02, 2002-03 and 2003-04. It can be seen that the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal have been able to
reduce their Commercial Losses.
(e) : The following major initiative have been taken by the Government of
India to improve the power situation in the country:
(i) A capacity addition of 41,110 MW has been targeted for 10th Five Year Plan consisting of 22,832 MW in Central Sector, 11,157 in State Sector and 7,121 MW in Private Sector with the component of hydro, thermal and nuclear being 14,393 MW, 25,417 MW and 1,300 MW respectively.
(ii) Maximization of generation and increase in plant load factor (PLF) of thermal power stations.
(iii) Early stabilization of newly commissioned units.
(iv) Exploitation of hydro potential at a faster pace.
(v) Renovation, modernization and life extension of old and inefficient generating units with interest subsidy on loans by the Power Finance Corporation.
(vi) Tapping of surplus power from captive power plants.
(vii) Enhancement of inter-state and inter-regional power by strengthening of inter- regional transmission links eventually leading to formation of National Grid.
(viii) Strengthening/augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution system.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 487 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA
ON 25.11.2005.
STATE WISE DETAILS OF COMMERCIAL PROFIT/LOSS OF POWER UTILITIES
(Rs.Crore)
Sl. SEBs 2001-02 2002-03 2003- 04 Loss reduction (-)/increase
No. In 2002-03 In 2003-04 from 2001-02 from 2002-03
1. Andhra -2948 -1209 -1400 -1739 191 Pradesh
2. Assam -696 -776 -655 80 -121
3. Arunachal -93 -117 -82 24 -35 Pradesh
4. Bihar -896 -1095 -980 199 -115
5. Chhattisgarh 204 792 587 #
6. Delhi NA -733 -1774 - 1041
7 Goa -7 130 153 #
8. Gujarat -3102 -2250 -3020 -852 770
9. Haryana -947 -804 -769 -143 -35
10. Himachal -107 -53 -46 -54 -7 Pradesh
11. Jharkhand -255 -397 -522 142 125
12. Jammu & 35 -1242 -1229 1277 -13 Kashmir
13. Karnataka -1844 -1567 -1235 -277 -332
14. Kerala -1254 -935 -915 -319 -20
15. Madhya -1347 -822 -1230 -525 408 Pradesh
16. Maharashtra -540 -255 -549 -285 294
17. Manipur -129 -128 -125 -1 -3
18. Meghalaya -38 -19 64 -19
19. Mizoram -30 -34 -49 4 15
20. Nagaland -52 -55 -42 3 -13
21. Orissa -252 -928 215 676
22. Punjab -1868 -1386 -663 -482 -723
23. Pondicherry -44 34 38 #
24. Rajasthan -1324 -1738 -1777 414 39
25. Sikkim -10 -30 -15 20 -15
26. Tamil Nadu -5175 -2100 -1416 -3075 -684
27. Tripura -100 -94 -5 -6 -89
28. Uttar -2518 -2374 -2848 -144 474 Pradesh
29. Uttaranchal -27 32 -35 # 67
30. West Bengal -1705 -914 -296 -791 -618 Total -27068 -21064 -20623
# Earned profits
Source: `Report on the Performance of the State Power
Utilities for the Years 2001-02 to 2003-04` by Power Finance
Corporation.
