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POWER
Generation
Electricity generation by power utilities
during 2010-11 has been targeted to go up by 7.7
per cent to 830.757 billion KWh. The growth in power
generation during April-December 2010 was about
4.5 per cent as compared to about 6.17 per cent
during April-December 2009, with nuclear, hydro,
and thermal power generation registering growth of
33 per cent, 8 per cent and 3 per cent respectively
(Table 11.2). Good monsoon and improved availability
of water moderated demand as well as supply of
power. On the one hand the agricultural requirement
of power reduced; on the other hand, there were
some developments adversely affecting growth in
thermal generation. Some thermal units had to be
put under reserve shut down.
Power deficit
The deficit in power supply in terms of peak
availability and total energy availability rose steadily
from 2003-04 to 2007-08, a period of high growth in
peak demand and total energy requirement. Despite
modest growth in electricity generation, the peak
deficit came down significantly in 2008-09 on
account of a slowdown in growth of peak demand.
During April-December 2010, the peak and total
energy deficits came down to 10.2 per cent and 8.8
per cent respectively from 12.6 per cent and 9.8 per
cent during the corresponding period in the previous
year, mainly due to growth of availability of power
exceeding the growth in its requirement.
Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) Initiative
The Ministry of Power had launched an
initiative for development of coal-based super critical
UMPPs each of about 4000 MW capacity under
Case II bidding route. Four UMPPs, i.e Sasan in
Madhya Pradesh, Mundra in Gujarat,
Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and Tilaiya in
Jharkhand have already been transferred to the
identified developers and are at different stages of
implementation. Two units of 800 MW each of the
Mundra UMPP are expected to be commissioned
in the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
Development of hydropower
As per the reassessment study carried out
by the Central Electricity Authority(CEA), the
identified hydroelectric potential of the country
(having installed capacity above 25 MW) is 1,45,320
MW. As of now, 172 schemes with installed capacity
of 37,367 MW are under operation, 46 (installed
capacity 13,785 MW) are under construction, 31
(installed capacity 16,087 MW) have been approved
by the CEA, detailed project reports (DPRs) of 44
(installed capacity 15,441 MW) have been prepared
and are under various stages of examination, and
108 schemes (installed capacity 41,945 MW) are
under survey and investigation. The hydro capacity
addition of 15,627 MW planned for the Eleventh Five
Year Plan has been revised to 8237 MW in the Mid-
Term Appraisal (MTA) of the Eleventh Plan. Of this,
3,921 MW has been added till 31December 2010.