(a) whether T&D losses of some State Electricity Boards are still high;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor;
(c) the steps taken by Government to reduce T&D losses;
(d) the accumulated profit & loss of each State Electricity Board during the last three years;
(e) the nature of assistance provided by the Union Government to SEBs, State-wise; and
(f) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to bring down the losses of SEBs?
THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )
(a) to (f) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 495 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK
SABHA ON 29.04.2005 REGARDING PROFIT AND LOSSES OF SEBs.
(a) & (b) : Yes, Sir. The transmission and distribution (T&D) losses of some of
the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) are high on account of old and weak systems,
overloading of existing lines & substation equipments, lack of up gradation of old
lines and equipments, low High Tension to Low Tension Ratio, poor repair and
maintenance of equipments, insufficient capacitors, low metering, billing and
collection efficiency, pilferage, tampering of meters and high theft.
(c) : The steps taken by the Government to reduce the transmission and distribution losses include:
(i) Metering of 11kV feeders and consumer metering;
(ii) Energy accounting and auditing;
(iii) Strengthened provisions relating to theft of power in Electricity Act, 2003;
(iv) Upgradation and strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution system under APDRP;
(v) Incentivising for reduction of cash losses by State power utilities under APDRP;
(vi) Introduction of High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS);
(vii) Introduction of IT applications.
Total (Rs. crore)
Sl. No. SEBs/Utilities 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
1. Andhra Pradesh -2948 -1209 -1399
2. Assam -696 -775 -655
3. Arunachal Pradesh -93 -117 -82
4. Bihar -893 -1095 -980
5. Chhattisgarh 203 792 587 6. Delhi N.A. -658 -1750
7 Goa -7 131 153
8. Gujarat -3102 -2250 -3021
9. Haryana -947 -804 -769 10. Himachal Pradesh -107 -53 -46 11. Jharkhand -255 -397 -522 12. Jammu & Kashmir 34 -1243 -1229 13. Karnataka -1846 -1566 -1236 14. Kerala -1253 -935 -915 15. Madhya Pradesh -1347 -822 -1230 16. Maharashtra -540 -255 -549 17. Manipur -129 -128 -125 18. Meghalaya -38 -19 64 19. Mizoram -30 -34 -49 20. Nagaland -50 -55 -42 21. Orissa 221 -433 582 22. Punjab -1868 -1386 -663 23. Pondicherry -44 34 38 24. Rajasthan -1324 -1738 -1777 25. Sikkim -10 -30 -15 26. Tamil Nadu -5175 -2099 -1417 27. Tripura -100 -94 -5 28. Uttar Pradesh -2518 -2374 -2848 29. Uttaranchal -27 32 -35 30. West Bengal -1705 -913 -296
Total -26,596 -20,494 -20,232
(Rs. in crores)
S. Name of State Funds Released No 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
1 Andhra Pradesh 163.82 402.94 0.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 36.68 0.00 3 Assam 96.97 0.00 61.88 4 Bihar 66.11 20.88 226.19 5 Chhattisgarh 10.00 43.07 106.14 6 Delhi 105.51 0.00 0.00 7 Goa 22.04 8.54 82.82 8 Gujarat 105.41 183.45 111.40 9 Haryana 56.33 112.66 0.00 10 Himachal Pradesh 43.05 120.87 0.00 11 Jammu & Kashmir 20.00 180.50 114.47 12 Jharkhand 12.00 43.60 98.27 13 Karnataka 145.15 290.30 0.00 14 Kerala 30.43 74.23 125.89 15 Madhya Pradesh 74.87 10.00 45.00 16 Maharashtra 138.48 107.98 21.77 17 Manipur 2.67 0.00 0.00 18 Meghalaya 6.57 14.56 37.24 19 Mizoram 3.78 25.18 0.00 20 Nagaland 13.14 10.47 19.22 21 Orissa 54.35 0.00 19.67 22 Punjab 53.98 124.76 0.00 23 Rajasthan 125.64 219.70 40.49 24 Sikkim 17.21 60.17 77.35 25 Tamil Nadu 111.57 232.59 97.66 26 Tripura 2.67 6.10 28.87 27 Uttar Pradesh 80.12 0.00 54.40 28 Uttaranchal 174.63 6.13 60.00 29 West Bengal 19.02 21.15 0.00
Total 1755.52 2356.51 1428.73
(Rs. In Crores)
SL. NO. STATE INCENTIVE RELEASED
1. Gujarat 236.38
2. Maharashtra 137.89
3. Haryana 105.49
4. Rajasthan 137.71
5. Andhra Pradesh 265.11 6. West Bengal 73.00
Total 955.58