India Likely To Be Power Surplus Nation In FY18


NEW DELHI: India may become a power surplus country in the current fiscal as the energy shortage and peak power deficit was already less than 1 pct in April with many states reporting nil electricity deficit. According to Central Electricity Authority’s latest monthly report for April, the energy shortage in the country is reported at 0.5 pct during the month compared to 1.4 pct a year ago. In April, the energy shortage was as low as 0.1 pct each in Western, Southern and Eastern region.

However the Northeastern region has reported energy shortage of 4.5 pct. It was 1.5 pct in the Northern region. Peak power deficit too has reduced to 0.8 pct across the country in April this year. It was recorded at 0.1 pct each in Southern, Eastern and Western regions. However, the Northeastern region reported a peak power deficit of 2.2 pct in April. It was 1.8 pct in Northern region.

As per the Power Ministry data, many states have reported nil energy shortage and peak power deficit in April this year. These states include Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim and Tripura, West Bengal.

There are other states where energy shortage (ES) and peak power deficit (PPD) has been up to 1 pct in April. They are: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh (PPD zero), Jharkhand (PPD zero), Maharashtra, Meghalaya (ES zero), Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana (ES zero), Uttarakhand (PPD zero).

Uttar Pradesh, where BJP recently won elections with a thumping majority, reported an energy shortage of just 1 pct in April from 14 pct level a year ago. Besides, the peak power deficit was down to zero. According to the load generation balancing report of the Central Electricity Authority for 2017-18, India would become power surplus nation.

It said, “All India power supply position indicates that the country is likely to have a peak surplus of 6.8 pct and energy surplus of 8.8 pct.” It also said that surplus energy is anticipated in the order of 7.4 pct, 13 pct, 9.8 pct and 3.0 pct in the Southern, Western, Northern and North-Eastern Regions respectively.

However it said that the Eastern region is likely to face minor energy shortage of 0.2 pct which can be met through surplus power in other regions. It has also said that the peaking surplus is likely to prevail in all the regions– Northern, Western, Southern, Eastern and North-Eastern regions to the tune of 6.7 pct, 17.2 pct, 1 pct, 10 pct and 2.7 pct respectively.

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Source: PTI