Question : SUPPLY OF POWER TO STATES BY NTPC



(a) the power in M.W. supplied to Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Rajasthan separately by NTPC during 1999-2000 and upto October 31, 2000;

(b) the power in MW generated each year by the above States by their own resources; and

(c) the action plan chalked out by the Union Government to improve the power generation in the above States?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )

(a): The quantum of power supplied by NTPC to Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Rajasthan during 1999-2000 and upto October 2000 are given below:

State Power Supplied (in MUs) during Firm allocation in NTPC stations in the region (MW)
1999-2000 April to October 2000
Madhya Pradesh 12453.00 6619.60 1618.2 Uttar Pradesh 15567.97 9047.68 2399.0 Bihar 4667.30 2672.50 899.0 Orissa 2864.20 2119.00 632.0 Rajasthan 8376.00 4227.80 811.0

(Source:NTPC) MU- Million Units
(b): The Details of power generation from their own resources during the period are as under:
State 1999-2000 000-01(upto Oct. 2000)
MU Available MW MU Available MW Madhya Pradesh 22614 2582 12863 2504 Uttar Pradesh 24368 2782 15069 2934 Bihar 3622 413 2061 401 Orissa 4543 519 3021 588 Rajasthan 9179 1048 5237 1020 (Source: Central Electricity Authority)
(c) : The various steps taken for improvement of power generation in these States include:

(i) Renovation and Modernization of old thermal stations.

(ii) Early stabilization of newly commissioned units.

(iii) Monitoring of operation and maintenance by CEA and ensuring improvement in O&M practices by formulation of overall training policies.

(iv) Incentive scheme of Ministry of Power for productivity award to public sector thermal stations to motivate O&M personnels.

(v) Scheme for energy audit on selected thermal power stations based on tests already conducted in other Thermal Power Stations with the help of experts and implementation of programme to improve the heat rate, reduce auxiliary power consumption and secondary fuel oil consumption, etc.

(vi) Disbursal of loans by Power Finance Corporation for improving the O&M of power stations as identified by joint team of CEA/PFC.