MoP - Ministry of Power

1. CONSTITUTION OF CEA
CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) is a statutory
organisation originally constituted under Section 3(1) of the
repealed Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 since substituted by
Section 70 of the Electricity Act, 2003. It was established
as a part- time body in the year 1951 and made a full- time
body in the year 1975.
As per section 70(3) of the Electricity Act, 2003, Authority
shall consist of not more than 14 members (including its
Chairperson) of whom not more than 8 are full-time
members who are appointed by the Central Government
from amongst the eminent engineers/executives having
knowledge and experience in various areas of Power Sector.
CEA is headed by a Chairperson who oversees largely the
development of Power Sector in the country. A Secretary,
appointed by the Authority with the approval of the Central
Government under section 72 of Electricity Act 2003, assists
him in the discharge of CEA’s statutory functions. The
Secretary also assists the Chairperson in all matters
pertaining to administration and technical matters including
Human Resource Development and techno-economic
appraisal & concurrence of power projects etc. Presently,
there are six wings namely Planning, Hydro, Thermal, Grid
Operation & Distribution, Economic & Commercial and
Power System each headed by a Member of the Authority.
Under each Member, there are technical Divisions each
headed by an officer of the rank of Chief Engineer.
2. FUNCTIONS OF CEA
The functions and duties of the Authority are delineated
under Section 73 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Besides, CEA
has to discharge various other functions as well under
Section 3, 7, 8, 53, 55 and 177 of the Act. During the year
2007-08 (upto 30-11-2007), two regulations viz. Regulations
on Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid and
Regulations on Furnishing of Statistics, Returns and
Information have been notified. Regulations on Grid
Standards for Operation & Maintenance of Transmission
Lines have been sent to MoP for Gazette Notification. The
Regulations on Technical Standards for Constructions of
Electrical Plants and Electric Lines and the Regulations on
Measures relating to Safety and Electric Supply have been
pre-published and are being finalized considering the
comments/suggestions of various stakeholders in the Power
Sector.
TECHNO-ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF POWER DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
The Central Electricity Authority, had been according
Techno-Economic Clearance/ Appraisal to generation
schemes (Hydro & Thermal) and Transmission schemes
etc. under the then Electricity (S) Act, 1948 before
enactment of The Electricity Act, 2003. CEA's consultation
u/s 44 (2A) of repealed Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948
was also being conveyed to the concerned State Electricity
Boards / Regulatory Commissions for captive power
plants. The Electricity Act, 2003 came into force w.e.f.
CHAPTER - 19
10th June, 2003. As per The Electricity Act, 2003,
concurrence of CEA is now required only for hydro
Generating Schemes. Techno-Economic Clearance of CEA
to Thermal generation and Transmission Schemes as well
as captive power plants are not required now.
During the year 2006-07, upto 31.3.2007, Central Electricity
Authority accorded Concurrence to 10 Nos. Hydro
Generating Scheme aggregating to a capacity of 4855 MW.
The details of these schemes are given below:-
DETAILS OF HYDRO SCHEMES APPRAISED BY CENTRAL ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY FROM APRIL’ 2006 TO
MARCH’ 2007:
Sl. Name of Scheme Installed Estimated Cost Date of CEA
No. State
Executing Agency
Capacity (MW) Clearance
1. Teesta Stage-III HEP 6x200=1200 Rs. 5705.55 crs. 12.05.06
Sikkim (Estimated completion
M/s Teesta Urja Ltd. cost)
2. Rammam Stage-III HEP 3x40=120 Rs. 633.92 crs. 12.09.06
West Bengal (Present day cost)
NTPC Hydro Ltd. (2/06 Price Level)
3. Vishnugad Pipalkoti, HEP 4x111=444 US$ 13.5 Million + 21.9.06
Uttaranchal Rs.2031.64 crs.
M/s THDC Ltd. (Present day cost)
(3/06 Price Level)
(ER : 1US$=Rs. 44.30)
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