(a) whether the National Capital Territory of Delhi is facing huge power shortage;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the efforts being made by the Government for uninterrupted power supply in Delhi
particularly during the forth coming Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SHINDE)
(a) & (b) : Delhi has witnessed marginal energy and peak shortage of 0.5 % and 1.1 %
respectively during the period April,2007 – February, 2008.
(c) : Electricity being a concurrent subject under the Constitution, supply and distributionof electricity to different areas and different categories of consumers in a State is withinthe purview of the concerned State Government/State Power Utilities. The Government of Indiasupplements the efforts of State Government(s) by commissioning power projects through CentralPublic Sector Undertakings. Memoranda of Understanding/Power Purchase Agreements have beensigned by Delhi for availing power from various Central Generating Utilities,like, NTPC, DamodarValley Corporation, National Hydro-electric Power Corporation & Tehri Hydro DevelopmentCorporation. By the Commonwealth Games, 2010,Delhi will receive power out of the jointventure - Aravali Thermal Power Project (TPP) (installed capacity 1500 MW), Mejia ExpansionTPP (installed capacity 1000 MW), Koderma TPP (installed capacity 1000 MW), Durgapur TPP
(installed capacity 1000 MW) of DVC, and Dadri-II TPP Expansion (installed capacity 980 MW) of NTPC. Besides this, Government of Delhi is in the process of establishing Pragati Phase-II (Bawana Project) of 1500 MW and Pragati-III (Bamnauli Project) of 750 MW.