Rajasthan Joins UDAY Scheme
Rajasthan Joins UDAY Scheme
Rajasthan Government has conveyed its in-principle approval to Ministry of
Power (MoP) for joining UDAY Scheme (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) . On
receiving this official communication from Rajasthan Government , Shri Piyush
Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable
Energy has congratulated Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt Vasundhara
Raje on State joining UDAY.
ABOUT
UDAY SCHEME:
The
Scheme – UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) has been launched to improve
financial and operational efficiencies of power distribution companies
(DISCOMs). It envisages to reduce interest burden, cost of power and AT&C
losses. Consequently, DISCOM would become sustainable to supply adequate and
reliable power enabling 24x7 power supply. The scheme provides that States
would take over 75% debt of Discoms, as on 30th September, 2015 in two years.
UDAY
has inbuilt incentives encouraging State Governments to voluntarily restructure
their debts. These incentives include taking over of DISCOM debt by the States
outside the fiscal deficit limits; reduction in the cost of power through
various measures such as coal linkage rationalization, liberal coal swaps, coal
price rationalization, correction in coal grade slippage, allocation of coal
linkages at notified prices; priority/additional funding through schemes of MoP
& MNRE; and, reduction in interest burden. UDAY is different from earlier
restructuring schemes in several ways including flexibility of keeping debt
taken over outside fiscal deficit limit, reduction in cost of power and a
series of time bound interventions for improving operational efficiency. UDAY
provides for measures that will reduce the cost of power generation, which
would ultimately benefit consumers.
***********
Electrification of Villages
Government of
India has decided to electrify all unelectrified villages of the country by 01st May,
2018. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for
Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in
the Rajya Sabha today.
There are 18452
villages left for electrification as on 01.4.2015 in 19 States as
given below:-
|
State-wise
details of Un-electrified villages
|
|
|||
|
Sl. No
|
State
|
Total
un-electrified villages
(As on 01.04.15)
|
Villages
electrified during 2015-16
(As on 30.11.15)
|
Balance
un-electrified villages
(As on 30.11.15)
|
|
1
|
Arunachal Pr.
|
1578
|
-
|
1578
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
2890
|
170
|
2720
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
2719
|
1497
|
1222
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1080
|
33
|
1047
|
|
5
|
Himachal Pr.
|
36
|
1
|
35
|
|
6
|
J & K
|
132
|
26
|
106
|
|
7
|
Jharkhand
|
2581
|
116
|
2465
|
|
8
|
Karnataka
|
39
|
-
|
39
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pr
|
472
|
126
|
346
|
|
10
|
Manipur
|
276
|
58
|
218
|
|
11
|
Meghalaya
|
912
|
1
|
911
|
|
12
|
Mizoram
|
58
|
16
|
42
|
|
13
|
Nagaland
|
82
|
-
|
82
|
|
14
|
Odisha
|
3450
|
168
|
3282
|
|
15
|
Rajasthan
|
495
|
57
|
438
|
|
16
|
Tripura
|
26
|
3
|
23
|
|
17
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1528
|
741
|
787
|
|
18
|
Uttarakhand
|
76
|
-
|
76
|
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
22
|
8
|
14
|
|
TOTAL
|
18452
|
3021
|
15431
|
|
**********
Power Generation
The source-wise total electricity generated in the country during the
current year (April, 2015 to October, 2015) is given below :
|
Category
|
Generation during 2015-16
(April, 2015 to October,
2015) (MU)
|
|
Hydro
|
93,739
|
|
Nuclear
|
21,952
|
|
Thermal
|
5,38,948
|
|
Total
|
6,54,639
|
As per information available in Central Electricity
Authority, there is no power plant which is unable to start production because
of non-availability of coal. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of
State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to
a question in the Rajya Sabha today
The Minister further stated that the generation capacity of plants presently
under various stages of construction is around 1,00,803 MW. The projected
dates of commissioning is progressively upto the end of 13th Plan
i.e. 2021-22.
**********
Ensuring Availability of Coal
and Gas to Power Projects
Government of
India has taken a joint initiative with respective State Governments for
preparation of State Specific Documents for providing 24x7 Power for all (PFA)
to all. Government of India would assist the State Governments in achieving
this objective. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC)
for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question
in the Rajya Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that the non-generation of power to its capacity is linked to the type of power station (thermal/hydro). While the thermal units are meant to be utilized continuously as base-load units, hydro units are to be utilized both as base or peak load, depending on availability of water. Further, utilization of installed capacity depends on a number of factors such as vintage of the unit, forced and planned outages, availability of water, schedule of power from beneficiary States and transmission / distribution constraints, etc.
Government has taken the following steps to ensure availability of coal and gas to power projects:
(i) Efforts have been made to increase the domestic coal production to meet the requirement of power plants. The growth in domestic coal supplied to power plants during 2014-15 was 10.4%.
(ii) Government of India has sanctioned a scheme for utilization of gas based power generation capacity for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The scheme envisages supply of imported spot Re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to the stranded gas based plants as well as plants receiving domestic gas, selected through a reverse e-bidding process.
The overall AT&C losses have reduced from 26.63% in 2011-12 to 22.70% in 2013-14.
The Minister further stated that the non-generation of power to its capacity is linked to the type of power station (thermal/hydro). While the thermal units are meant to be utilized continuously as base-load units, hydro units are to be utilized both as base or peak load, depending on availability of water. Further, utilization of installed capacity depends on a number of factors such as vintage of the unit, forced and planned outages, availability of water, schedule of power from beneficiary States and transmission / distribution constraints, etc.
Government has taken the following steps to ensure availability of coal and gas to power projects:
(i) Efforts have been made to increase the domestic coal production to meet the requirement of power plants. The growth in domestic coal supplied to power plants during 2014-15 was 10.4%.
(ii) Government of India has sanctioned a scheme for utilization of gas based power generation capacity for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The scheme envisages supply of imported spot Re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to the stranded gas based plants as well as plants receiving domestic gas, selected through a reverse e-bidding process.
The overall AT&C losses have reduced from 26.63% in 2011-12 to 22.70% in 2013-14.
********
Streamlining of Process in
Transmission Sector
The private sector
participation has been increasing ever since the guidelines for encouraging
competition in development of transmission projects were introduced in 2006.
This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal
& New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya
Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that as on 30th November 2015, 29 transmission schemes have been awarded for implementation through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) route. Out of this, 4 transmission schemes have been commissioned. In addition to the above schemes, 10 transmission schemes have been recommended for award through TBCB route, the Minister added.
The Minister further stated that as on 30th November 2015, 29 transmission schemes have been awarded for implementation through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) route. Out of this, 4 transmission schemes have been commissioned. In addition to the above schemes, 10 transmission schemes have been recommended for award through TBCB route, the Minister added.
Post a Comment