CHAPTER-4

GRID OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT

4.1

Organizational Structure in Grid Operation and Management

Central Government has established Regional Power Committee (RPC) in each region
in accordance with provisions of Electricity Act, 2003 to facilitate integrated operation of the
power system in that region. The real time operation of the power system is looked after by
the Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDCs) set up in the five Regions and on the national
level by National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC). The Regional Power Committee is a
conglomerate of all the players partaking in grid operation, i.e. Regional Load Despatch
Centre, generating companies, transmission utilities, distribution utilities, power traders, etc.
Its Secretariat is manned by the officers of Central Electricity Authority (CEA). Regional
Power Committee operates through a number of Sub-Committees, viz. Operation Sub
Committee, Commercial Sub Committee, Protection Sub Committee, System Studies Sub
Committee and Technical Coordination Sub Committee. The Operation Sub Committee
meets every month to review the grid operation in the previous month and plan grid operation
for the next month. The Commercial Sub Committee discusses all commercial related issues
viz. energy accounting related matters, matters pertaining to SEMs, settlement of dues, etc.
The Protection Sub Committee discusses and finalises protection schemes including
protection coordination. The System Studies Sub Committee meets periodically for the
purpose of System Studies. The Technical Coordination Sub Committee (TCC) meets before
the Regional Power Committee for putting up matters for decision in the Regional Power
Committee. The RPCs play an important role in planning grid operation, since they are
responsible for protection coordination, outage planning of generating units and transmission
system, planning reactive compensation etc. Member (GO&D), CEA is also Member of the
Regional Power Committees and guides the Committees to arrive at amicable solutions in
case of disputes between Members of the Committees through unbiased decisions. To evolve
a common approach to issues related to reliability and security of the grid, National Power
Committee (NPC) has been established vide Ministry of Power (MoP) order dated 25 th
March, 2013.
CEA monitors the power supply position in the country, prepares the all-India
monthly power supply position, coordinates all matters of grid operation and management
between the five Regions, coordinates enquiry of grid disturbances, recommends to the
Ministry of Power the quantum of allocation from Central Generating Stations and also
coordinates the implementation of the allocation through the Regional Power Committees.
The anticipated Power Supply Position for the next year known as Load Generation Balance
Report is also prepared every year.

4.2

Power Supply Position

The Central Electricity Authority brings out the All India Power Supply Position on a
monthly basis, both in terms of energy and peak giving the requirement, availability and
shortage in Million Units (MUs) as well as in percentage and the peak demand, peak met and
peak shortage both in terms of Mega Watt (MW) and percentage. The total energy
requirement in the country during 2013-14 was 10, 02,257 Million Units (MUs) as against 9,
95,557 MUs during the previous year, registering an increase of 0.7 %. The total energy
availability in the country during 2013-14 was 9, 59,829 MUs as against 9, 08,652 MUs
during the previous year, registering an increase of 5.6 %. The energy shortage during the
year 2013-14, therefore, reduced from 86,905 MUs to 42,428 MUs with percentage shortage
reduction from 8.7 % to 4.2 %, as compared to previous year. The peak demand during the
year 2013-14 was 135,918 Mega Watt (MW) as against 135,453 MW during the previous
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year, registering slight increase of 0.3 %. The peak demand met during 2013-14 was 129,815
MW as against 123,294 MW during the previous year, registering an increase of 5.3%. The
peak shortage thereby reduced from 12,159 MW to 6,103 MW. An overview of power supply
position in terms of energy and peak demand for the period from 1997-98 to 2013-14 is
presented in Exhibit-I and Exhibit-II respectively. The State/ Region-wise power supply
position during the year 2013-14 is enclosed at Annexure-4A.

Exhibit-I

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Exhibit-II

4.3

Optimum Utilization of available Generating Capacity Inter

Regional Exchanges of Power.
Since 31 st December, 2013, all the regional grids in India are operating in synchronism
catering the peak load of about 1,30,000 MW in the country. The integrated all India
electricity grid would provide optimum utilisation of resources in the country. The
diversity of load in different parts of the country provides an opportunity to manage
load generation balance with optimum utilisation of generation resources. The interstate/ inter-regional transfer of power through various market mechanisms is of vital
importance in maximisation of the benefit of diversity of load in the country. The
inter-regional transfer of power takes place through Long term PPAs with allocation
by MoP/ CEA, Long- Term Access and Medium and Short- Term Open Access
(LTA/MOTA/STOA) from surplus region to power deficit region.

4.3.1 Open Access

Open Access is a key provision in the Electricity Act, 2003 for utilisation of power
available in surplus areas by needy states/utilities in deficit areas, besides bringing
about competition and enhanced efficiency. The LTA/MTOA/ STOA transactions take
place through traders, bilateral arrangements and transactions effected through power
exchanges. The inter-regional energy exchanges, which included the long-term,
medium term and short-term open access transactions, were 78,241 MU during the
year 2013-14, as compared to 63,236 MU during the previous year, showing a growth
of 23.73%. The inter-regional exchanges helped a number of States / utilities in all the
Regions to bridge the gap between demand and supply of power. From the data, it is
observed that Western & Eastern regions are main exporting regions and Northern &
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Southern regions are main importing regions. Details of Inter-regional exchanges of

energy among different Regions during 2012-13 and 2013-14 are given in Table I.

Table I
Inter-Regional Exchanges for the year 2012-13 and 2013-14
(Figs. in MU)

Region
From
i) Northern

ii) Western

iii) Southern

iv) Eastern

v) N-Eastern

2012-13

2013-14

Western
Southern
Eastern
North-Eastern
Sub Total
Northern
Southern
Eastern
North-Eastern
Sub Total
Northern
Western
Eastern
North-Eastern
Sub Total
Northern
Western
Southern

2489
0
621
0
3109
11668
7597
0
0
19266
0
0
10
0
10
15601
2540
19503

3708
0
1401
0
5109
24206
7841
1141
0
33188
0
46
0
0
46
14556
2831
20073

North-Eastern
Sub Total
Northern
Western
Southern
Eastern
Sub Total

3097
40740
0
0
0
110
110
63236

2345
39804
0
0
0
94
94
78241

To

Total
Source: NLDC

4.3.2 Allocation of unallocated Power

Govt. of India (GOI) has set up Central Generating Stations (CGS) through GOI
Undertakings, viz. NTPC Ltd., NHPC Ltd, SJVNL Ltd., Neyveli Lignite Corp. (NLC)
Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) etc. Except for few stations dedicated to the respective
home states, output of CGSs is allocated to various states. Normally, 85% power is allocated
as firm allocation (including home state share). This allocation is normally fixed and changes
only when a beneficiary State surrenders its share or in case of regulation of power due to
non-payment of dues. The allocation of remaining 15% unallocated power of CGSs, kept at
the disposal of Central Government, is revised from time to time, generally keeping in view
factors like emergent and seasonal nature of the requirement, relative power supply position,
utilization of existing generation and other power sources, operational and payment
performance of the States/UTs of the region.CEA keeps a close watch on the power supply
position and recommends to the Ministry of Power revision in the quantum of allocation from
the unallocated quota when considered necessary. CEA also coordinates implementation of
the allocation done by Ministry of Power through the Regional Power Committees.
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Details of the state-wise allocation in the country as on 31.03.2014 are given in Table II.
Table-II
Details of total share of the states from
central generating stations

S.N
o.

Region / State

Firm
powe
r
Firm
Shar
e
from
CGS
(MW)

Unallocated (UA)
Power
Unallocated
power from
regional pool
(MW)

% of the
regional
pool of
unalloca
ted
power

% of the
national
pool of
unalloca
ted
power

Allocati
on from
other
Region /
Bhutan
(MW)

Total
allocatio
n of
unallocat
ed power
(MW)

109

2.6

0.9

14

67

Chandigarh

Delhi

4488

0.0

0.0

30

30

Haryana

2378

5.1

1.7

15

121

Himachal Pradesh

1112

6.4

2.2

132

Jammu & Kashmir

1494

14.7

5.0

118

422

Punjab

2114

7.7

2.6

30

189

Rajasthan

2478

18.9

6.4

52

444

Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Railways
PowerGrid

31.4
8.3
4.8
0.1

10.7
2.8
1.6
0.0

60
0
0
0

710
172
100
2

Northern Region

5422
766
0
0
2036
1

100.0

34.0

319

2388

12

Chhattisgarh

1189

0.0

0.0

13

Gujarat

3608

0.0

0.0

14

Madhya Pradesh

4284

24.8

7.4

458

15
16

Maharashtra
Daman & Diu
Dadar Nagar
Haveli
Goa
PowerGrid
HWP of DAE

6467
183

30.3
7.5

9.1
2.3

0
0

560
139

34.7
1.6
0.2
0.8

10.4
0.5
0.1
0.2

0
0
0
0

641
30
3
14

100.0

30.0

1846

8
9
10
11

17
18
19
20

53
0
106
132
304
159
392
650
172
100
2
2069

0
0
458
560
139
641
30
3
14

Western Region

289
472
0
0
1649
2

21

Andhra Pradesh

3384

23.3

5.1

313

22

Karnataka

1579

23.5

5.2

316

23

Kerala

1425

15.9

3.5

214

24
25
26
27
28

Tamil Nadu
Pondicherry
Lakshadweep
NLC
PowerGrid

25.9
10.9
0.0
0.0
0.4

5.7
2.4
0.0
0.0
0.1

0
0
0
0
0

348
146
0
0
6

Southern Region

3749
241
0
100
0
1047
8

100.0

21.9

1343

29

Bihar

1509

58.0

6.5

12

409

30
31

DVC
Jharkhand

5968
404

6.1
18.7

0.7
2.1

8
5

50
133

32

Orissa

1655

6.0

0.7

47

33
34

West Bengal
Sikkim

1465
137

9.5
1.6

1.1
0.2

18
1

83
12

1846

313
316
214
348
146
0
0
6
1343
397
42
128
41
65
11
0

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Tota
l
MW
shar
e
fro
m
CGS

176
451
8
249
9
124
4
191
6
230
3
292
2
613
2
938
100
2
227
49
118
9
360
8
474
2
702
7
322
930
502
3
14
183
38
369
7
189
5
163
9
409
7
387
0
100
6
118
21
191
8
601
8
537
170
2
154
8
149

(As on
31.03.2014)
Total
MW
share
from
CGS
as %
of CGS
in the
countr
y
0.3
6.8
3.8
1.9
2.9
3.5
4.4
9.3
1.4
0.2
0.0
34.4
1.8
5.4
7.2
10.6
0.5
1.4
0.8
0.0
0.0
27.7
5.6
2.9
2.5
6.2
0.6
0.0
0.2
0.0
17.8
2.9
9.1
0.8
2.6
2.3
0.2

35

Andaman- Nicobar

36
37
38
39
40
41
42

Eastern Region
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tripura
North-Eastern
Region
Grand Total

Note
:

0.0

0.0

5
68
16
62
16
6
10

100.0
2.7
37.2
8.7
33.9
8.7
3.3
5.5

11.2
0.1
1.1
0.3
1.0
0.3
0.1
0.2

50
9
106
0
42
8
1
0

734
14
174
16
104
24
7
10

1097

183

100.0

3.0

166

349

59566

6125

100

535

6660

1113
8
119
553
107
101
50
72
95

684

0
118
72
133
727
123
205
74
79
105
144
6
662
26

0.0

17.9
0.2
1.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2
2.2
100.0

Excludes capacity of central sector units which have been commissioned but yet to be declared under
commercial operation.
1. Firm share includes capacity of dedicated CS stations, merchant power (50 MW in ER and 25 MW in NER) and
capacity allocated / diverted from other stations located within / outside the region.
2. Above allocation is for evening peak hours only. Allocation during off-peak hours may vary.
3. Grand Total power does not include power allocated to Bangladesh. Total Power allocated to Bangladesh = 250 MW
(100 MW each from NR and WR unallocated power and 50 MW from ER NTPC stations' unallocated power.

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4.4

Operation of Regional Grids:

4.4.1 Northern Regional Grid

The Northern Region has an installed capacity of 69810.30 MW as on 3103-2015 consisting of 45187.75 MW thermal, 17066.78 MW hydro, 1620.00 MW
nuclear and 5935.77 MW from renewable energy sources. The Northern Grid faced
an energy shortage of 6.3% and a peaking shortage of 8.3% during the year 2014-15
as compared to energy and peak shortages of 6.0% and 6.9% respectively during
previous year. The net import of energy by the Northern Region was 25344 MU
during the year 2014-15. Power was transferred from Eastern Region to Northern
Region over HVDC back-to-back station at Sasaram, Muzaffarpur-Gorahkpur 400 kV
D/C line with TCSC, Patna Balia 400 kV D/C line, Biharshariff Balia 400 kV D/C
line, Barh-Balia 400 kV D/C line, Sasaram-Fatehpur 765 kV S/C line, Gaya-Balia
765 kV S/C line and Dehri-Sahupuri 220 kV S/C line. Northern Region is also
connected to Western Region through Agra Gwalior 765 kV line 1&2, KankroliZerda 400kV D/C Line, Kota-Ujjain 220 kV D/C line, Auraiya-Malanpur 220 kV D/C
line and HVDC back to back link at Vindhyachal, and intraconnected with the lines
such as 765 kV Meerut Agra, Fatehpur- Agra line-II, Meerut - Bhiwani line,
Lucknow - Bareilly line, 400 kV Paricha - Mainpuri 2nd Ckt. Line, 220 kV ParichhaJhansi lines.
With the commissioning of transmission lines such as 765 kV Bina GwaliorAgra line (3rd Ckt), LILO of 2nd Ckt of 400 KV Lucknow - Bareliiy line (PG) at
Shahjahanpur, 400 KV Koldam Ludhiana line, 220 KV Lalitpur TPS Jhansi line
etc. lines in the year 2014-15, the stability of the combined grid has improved and
also this has facilitated enhanced flow of power from the surplus areas to deficit
areas.

4.4.2 Western Regional Grid

The Western Grid has an installed capacity of 87388.99 MW (as on 31-032014) consisting of 68,176.30 MW thermal, 7,447.5 MW hydro, 1,840 MW nuclear
and 9,925.19 MW from renewable energy sources. The Western Grid faced an energy
shortage of 1.0% and a peaking shortage of 2.4% during the year 2013-14 as
compared to energy and peak shortages of 3.3% and 1.5% respectively during the
previous year . There was net export of 26,604 MU from Western Region during
2013-14. Power was transferred from Western region to Northern region through 220
kV Auraiya-Malanpur, 220 kV Kota/Morak-Badod, 765 kV Agra-Gwalior D/C ,400
kV Zerda- Kankroli, 400 kV Zerda-Bhinmal. The EastWest corridor is linked
through 220 kV T/c Budhipadar-Korba, 400 kV D/C Rourkela-Raipur with series
compensation, 400 kV D/C Ranchi-Sipat with series compensation and 400 kV D/C
Rourkela-Raipur (2nd ) without series compensation. The Southern region is
connected through 765 kV Raichur-Sholapur S/C line and Chandrapur HVDC back
to back.

4.4.3 Southern Regional Grid

The Southern Region has an installed capacity of 58329.96 MW (as on 31-032014 Provisional data) consisting of 32484.6 MW thermal, 11398.03 MW hydro,
1320 MW nuclear and 13127.33 MW from renewable energy sources. The Southern
Grid faced an energy shortage of 6.8% and a peaking shortage of 7.6% during the
year 2013-14 as compared to energy and peak shortages of 15.5% and 18.5%
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respectively during previous year. Southern Grid was synchronized with NEW Grid
on 31.12.2013 through Sholapur- Raichur 765 kV single circuit. Therefore, now,
whole country is operating at a single frequency. The net import of energy by
Southern Region was 27868 MUs during 2013-14. The Talcher Stage-II Super
Thermal Power Station (4X500 MW) of NTPC in Eastern Region is a dedicated
power station for the Southern Region except for 200 MW power allocation to the
home state of Orissa in ER. The surplus power flows from Eastern Region to
Southern Region over upgraded Talcher-Kolar HVDC bipole link, HVDC back-toback link at Gazuwaka, Balimela-Upper Sileru 220kV S/C and Sholapur- Raichur 765
kV single circuit. Southern Region is connected with Western Region through
1000MW HVDC back to back link at Chandrapur in addition to Sholapur- Raichur
765 kV single circuit .

4.4.4 Eastern Regional Grid

The Eastern Region has an installed capacity of 30065.61 MW (as on 31-032014 provisional data) consisting of 25535.08 MW thermal, 4113.12 MW hydro and
417.41 MW from renewable energy sources. The Eastern Region faced an energy
shortage of 1.3% and a peaking shortage of 1.8 % during the year 2013-14 as
compared to energy and peak shortages of 4.6% and 7.4% respectively during
previous year.
Eastern Region was highest net exporter of power with 37168 MU during
2013-14. Eastern Region is connected directly to all other Regions and it exported
energy to all other regions. It is connected to Northern Region through Muzaffarpur Gorahkpur 400 kV D/C line with TCSC, Patna Balia 400 kV D/C line, Biharshariff
Balia 400 kV D/C line and Sasaram Allahabad/ Varanasi 400 kV D/C line
bypassing of HVDC back-to-back link at Sasaram ; to Western Region through 220
kV Korba Budhipadar T/C lines, Raipur- Rourkela 400 kV D/C lines and RanchiSipat 400 kV D/C line; to Southern Region through Talcher - Kolar HVDC bipole link
and HVDC back-to-back link at Gazuwaka; and to North-Eastern Region through
Bongaigaon Malda 400 kV D/C lines and Birpara Salakati 220 kV D/C lines.

4.4.5 North-Eastern Regional Grid

The North-Eastern Region has an installed capacity of 2905.89 MW as on 3103-2014 consisting of 1411.24 MW thermal, 1242.00 MW hydro and 252.65 MW
from renewable energy sources. The North-Eastern Grid faced an energy shortage of
6.5% and a peaking shortage of 5.4% during the year 2013-14 as compared to energy
and peak shortages of 7.3% and 6.7% respectively during the previous year , mainly
on account of transmission and distribution constraints. North Eastern Regional Grid
is connected directly only to the Eastern Regional Grid and any import/export of
power to the other Regions has to be wheeled through the Eastern Regional Grid. The
net import of power by North-Eastern Region was 2251 MUs during 2013-14. The
power transfer from North-Eastern Region to Eastern Region is taking place over
Bongaigaon Malda 400 kV D/C lines and Birpara Salakati 220 kV D/C lines.

4.5

Regulations for Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid:

CEA had notified the Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for
Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007, to prescribe technical requirements for
connecting power system elements to the grid. These regulations were notified
keeping in view the conventional generators for integration to the grid as there was no

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significant generation capacity of grid connected Renewable Energy Sources (RESs)

at that time. The Renewable Energy Sources are variable in nature and may affect
adversely the power quality. Therefore, RES integration to Grid needs special
considerations.
To facilitate grid connectivity of the Renewable Energy Sources in a
systematic manner, CEA has notified following regulations:
1. For connectivity of the Renewable Energy Sources(RESs) getting connected at
voltage below 33kV level, CEA has notified the Central Electricity Authority
(Technical Standards for Connectivity of the Distributed Generation Resources)
Regulations, 2013 on 7th October,2013.
2. For connectivity of the RESs getting connected at voltage of 33kV level and above,
CEA has amended the existing connectivity regulations and Central Electricity
Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2013 have been notified on 15th October, 2013.

4.6

Infrastructure of RPC Secretariats

All the Regional Power Committees, except North Eastern Regional Power
Committee at Shillong have their own office building and staff quarters. The proposal for
construction of office-cum-residential complex for NERPC, Shillong and RIO (NE) ,
Shillong was approved at a cost of Rs. 1144/- lakhs by Ministry of Power in January
2008.The construction work is under progress and likely to be completed by 2015-16.

4.7 Formation of National Power Committee (NPC)

With the commissioning of first circuit of Raichur-Sholapur 765kV double
circuit line on 31-12-2013 Southern Region is now synchronized with rest of the
country i.e Northern Region, Western Region, Eastern Region and North-Eastern
Region forming single National Grid operating at one frequency. The planning of
generation and transmission capacity addition is also getting national perspective.
With the development of Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) and Independent
Power Producers (IPPs), with generating stations located in one region and
beneficiaries in other regions, coordination and consultation among RPCs is required
to agree on matters concerning the stability and smooth operation of the National grid,
operational planning, protection planning and coordination, preparation of energy
accounts, transmission accounts etc.
Keeping in view the ever growing complexity of Power System, synchronous
mode of operation of the entire grid of the country and to evolve a common approach
to issues related to reliability and security of the grid, CEA, initiated the process for
formation of National Power Committee (NPC) which Ministry of Power had
established vide order dated 25th March, 2013. Secretariat services to NPC are being
provided by Grid Management Division, CEA and Chief Engineer (GM) is Member
Secretary of NPC. Chairperson, CEA is Chairperson of NPC. Member Secretaries
and Chairpersons of all RPCs, Chairpersons of all TCCs in five regions and Member
(GO&D), and CEA are members of NPC.
Three meetings of the NPC since its formation have been held till 31 st March,
2015 and important decisions like uniform methodology for Under Frequency Relay
(UFR) based load shedding scheme across the regions, including uniform uplifting the
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first stage of UFR operation at 49.2 Hz all over the country were taken by NPC. These
decisions have since been implemented leading to improved security of the Grid. NPC
also impressed upon ensuring the healthiness of protection system of the entire power
system of the country. The healthiness of protection system has assumed greater
importance and states are rectifying the deficiencies as found out during protection
audits. These steps have helped in enhanced security of the integrated grid.
4.8

Task Force for Power System Analysis under Contingencies

In pursuance of the recommendation of the Enquiry Committee constituted by
Ministry of Power after the grid disturbance on 30-31 July, 2012, Ministry of Power
vide its order dated 13th December, 2012 had formed a Task Force under the
chairmanship of Sh. V. Ramakrishna, Retd. Member (Power System), CEA for power
system analysis under contingencies. Director (Grid Management) was Member
Secretary of Task Force. Representative of POSOCO, CTU, ABB India, Tata Power
Delhi Distribution Ltd & Electrical Engineering Deptt., IIT(K) & Electrical
Engineering Deptt., IIT(B) were members of Task Force.
Broad assignment of Task Force was to carry out a detailed analysis of the
present grid conditions and anticipated scenarios which might lead to a disturbance in
future and suggest long term measures for improvement in the grid.
The Task Force invited several experts from the industry at its meetings and
discussed the various issues affecting the secure operation of the grid. The Task Force
constituted two Sub-Committees Study Sub-Committee for carrying out the system
simulation studies corresponding to various extreme operating conditions in the grid
both under normal and faulted conditions; and Protection Sub-Committee to examine
the philosophy of relay and protection coordination adopted by the various utilities,
evolve a common philosophy for relay and protection coordination in the integrated
grid, and methodology for auditing and revision of protective relay settings at
frequent intervals. The Task Force also deliberated on other important issues
concerning safe and secure operation of grid such as operational frequency band,
System Protection Schemes (SPS), islanding schemes, operation of HVDC & TCSC
controllers and security criteria for operational planning.
As per the recommendations of the Task Force, the process of appointment of
consultants to conduct the study/analysis to ensure secure and reliable operation of the
National Grid is under way. One consultant will carry out the protection audit at the
identified substations, suggest methodology for arriving at the relay settings, status of
implementation of the protection audit recommendations etc. while the other
consultant will study the methodology of calculation of total Transfer
Capacity/available Transfer Capability, suggest framework in the regulatory
framework to ensure secure and efficient grid operations etc.

4.9

Renovation and Upgradation of Protection and Control System of State Grids:

The protection audit of important and critical sub-stations, which was initiated
in the country as per the recommendations of the Enquiry Committee constituted by
the Ministry of Power for the major grid disturbances of 30th and 31st July, 2012, got
completed in all States in different regions by the month of April, 2013. The
deficiencies detected during the audit were required to be rectified at the earliest.
Anticipating similar deficiencies at other sub stations as well, the Ministry of Power
asked CEA to get the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared & submitted by each
State in different Regions for renovation and upgradation of their all substations of

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220 kV & above (132 kV & above in case of NER and hilly states) with a view to
revamp protection system.
Accordingly, states were requested to prepare the DPRs for the renovation and
up-gradation of the protection schemes at their all substations & switchyards keeping
in view the observations of the protection audit and submit the same to CEA. Based
on the information given by the states in their DPRs, expenditure of approximately
Rs. 3500 Crores was expected to be incurred on the project. This expenditure was
proposed to be partially funded from Power System Development Fund (PSDF).
Meanwhile the Cabinet had approved the proposal of Ministry of Power on
2nd January, 2014 for Operationalization of the Power System Development
Fund (PSDF) and the scheme formulated for utilization of funds deposited
therein based on the procedure laid down in the Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (CERC) Power System Development Fund Regulations, 2010. The
National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) has been kept as the Nodal Agency for the
scheme and the detailed guidelines along with procedure for disbursement,
CERC(PSDF) Regulations etc. are available at their website. As per the approved
guidelines / procedures for the disbursement of PSDF, as on 31 st March, 2015 eight(8)
schemes from different entities such as POWERGRID (Rs 374.63 Crores), Kerala
(Rs. 97.9 Crores), Rajasthan (Rs. (159.53+23.96) Crores), West Bengal (Rs.136.45
Crores) have been approved by the Monitoring Committee / MoP.

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Annexure 4A
Item No. 4.2
Power Supply Position for 2013-14
Energy
April, 2013 - March, 2014

State /
System /
Region
Chandigarh
Delhi
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Northern Region
Chattisgarh
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Daman & Diu
Dadar Nagar Haveli
Goa
Western Region
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Pondicherry
Lakshadweep
Southern Region

Requireme
nt
( MU )
1,574
26,867
43,463
9,079
15,613
47,802
58,191
94,890
11,944
309,423
18,932
88,497
49,377
126,288
2,252
5,390
3,890
294,626
95,660
64,165
21,568
93,465
2,342
48
277,204

Availability
( MU )
1,574
26,791
43,213
8,873
12,187
47,065
58,030
81,613
11,493
290,839
18,800
88,488
49,352
123,672
2,252
5,388
3,871
291,823
89,034
58,068
21,042
87,938
2,318
48
258,404

Peak
April, 2013 - March, 2014

Surplus / Deficit
(-)
( MU )
0
-76
-250
-206
-3,426
-737
-161
-13,277
-451
-18,584
-132
-9
-25
-2,616
0
-2
-19
-2,803
-6,626
-6,097
-526
-5,527
-24
0
-18,800

(%)
0
-0.3
-0.6
-2.3
-21.9
-1.5
-0.3
-14.0
-3.8
-6.0
-0.7
0.0
-0.1
-2.1
0.0
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
-6.9
-9.5
-2.4
-5.9
-1.0
0
-6.8

Peak
Demand
( MW )
345
6,035
8,114
1,561
2,500
10,089
10,047
13,089
1,826
45,934
3,543
12,201
9,716
19,276
322
661
529
41,335
14,072
10,005
3,670
13,489
351
9
39,015

Peak Met
( MW )
345
5,653
8,114
1,392
1,998
8,733
10,038
12,327
1,826
42,774
3,320
12,201
9,716
18,000
297
661
529
40,331
13,162
9,223
3,573
12,492
332
9
36,048

Surplus / Deficit (-)

( MW )
0
-382
0
-169
-502
-1,356
-9
-762
0
-3,160
-223
0
0
-1,276
-25
0
0
-1,004
-910
-782
-97
-997
-19
0
-2,967

(%)
0
-6.3
0.0
-10.8
-20.1
-13.4
-0.1
-5.8
0.0
-6.9
-6.3
0.0
0.0
-6.6
-7.8
0.0
0.0
-2.4
-6.5
-7.8
-2.6
-7.4
-5.4
0
-7.6

Bihar
15,535
14,903
-632
-4.1
2,465
2,312
-153
-6.2
DVC
17,356
17,243
-113
-0.7
2,745
2,745
0
0.0
Jharkhand
7,142
7,006
-136
-1.9
1,111
1,069
-42
-3.8
Orissa
24,919
24,507
-412
-1.7
3,727
3,722
-5
-0.1
West Bengal
42,733
42,603
-130
-0.3
7,325
7,290
-35
-0.5
Sikkim
420
420
0
0.0
90
90
0
0.0
Andaman- Nicobar
240
180
-60
-25
40
32
-8
-20
Eastern Region
108,105
106,682
-1,423
-1.3
15,885
15,528
-357
-2.2
Arunachal Pradesh
552
517
-35
-6.3
125
124
-1
-0.8
Assam
7,544
7,062
-482
-6.4
1,329
1,220
-109
-8.2
Manipur
579
548
-31
-5.4
134
133
-1
-0.7
Meghalaya
1,794
1,604
-190
-10.6
343
330
-13
-3.8
Mizoram
446
430
-16
-3.6
84
82
-2
-2.4
Nagaland
577
561
-16
-2.8
109
106
-3
-2.8
Tripura
1,195
1,144
-51
-4.3
254
250
-4
-1.6
North-Eastern
12,687
11,866
-821
-6.5
2,164
2,048
-116
-5.4
Region
All India
1,002,045
959,614
-42,431
-4.2
135,918
129,815
-6,103
-4.5
# Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are stand- alone systems, power supply position of these, does
not form part of regional requirement and availability

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