(a) Whether the Government has received any representation from any State
Governments requesting for more power allocation from the Central pool during
the last six months;
(b) if so, the details thereof, and the decision taken by the Union Government
thereon;
(c) whether any steps has been taken by the Power Grid Corporation of India
Ltd. (PGCIL) for strengthening the Transmission and Distribution System of
power in the country, particularly in Karnataka; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE)
(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 125 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK
SABHA ON 23.11.2007 REGARDING ALLOCATION OF POWER.
(a) & (b) : Almost all States and UTs have been facing power shortages.
Requests for additional allocation of power are received from time to time at
various fora. The unallocated power of Central Generating Stations being limited
and fixed, any modifications are possible only through adjustment of allocation
generally within the States/UTs in the region, keeping in view the emergent or
seasonal nature of the request, the relative power supply position, utilization of
existing generation resources, performance and payment capacity.
(c) & (d) : Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), the
Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of India, undertakes development of Inter-
State Transmission System (ISTS) and development of the national grid. As on
October 31, 2007 POWERGRID owns and operates about 64,000 circuit
kilometers (ckt. kms.) of transmission lines, 107 sub-stations having a
transformation capacity of about 65,000 MVA. Presently, the national grid with an
inter-regional power transmission capacity of about 17,000 MW has been
established, which is envisaged to be enhanced to over 37,000 MW by 2012.
In the state of Karnataka, POWERGRID owns, operates and
maintains approximately 3000 ckt. kms. of 400 kV transmission lines, seven (7)
sub-stations of 400 kV / HVDC which have transformation capacity of 5770 MVA
and a 2500 MW HVDC bi-pole station at Kolar.
In the near future, POWERGRID has planned the development of
new transmission schemes which would benefit Karnataka in particular and the
Southern Region in general. These involve laying of 2000 ckt. kms. of
transmission lines along with three (3) sub-stations of 765/400 kV with a
transformation capacity of 5930 MVA.