Inside Pages9Final.indd - Ministry of Power

Chapter - 3
MINISTRY OF POWER
GENERATION & POWER SUPPLY POSITION
GENERATION
The overall generation in the country has increased from
264 Billion Units (Bus) during 1990-91 to 587 Bus during
2004-05. the overall generation (Thermal + Nuclear +
Hydro) in public utilities in the country over years is as
under:
Year Generation (Bu)
1990-91 264.3
1995-96 380.1
2000-01 499.5
2001-02 515.3
2002-03 531.4
2003-04 558.3
2004-05 587.4
2005-06 (up to Feb. 06) 562.7
POWER SUPPLY POSITION
The power supply position from 1997-98 onwards is as under:-
Year Energy Requirement/(MU) Energy Availability/(MU) Energy Shortage/MU) Energy Shortage (%)
1997-98 424505 390330 34175 8.1
1998-99 446584 420235 26349 5.9
1999-2000 480430 450594 29836 6.2
2000-01 507216 467400 39816 7.8
2001-02 522537 483350 39187 7.5
2002-03 545983 497890 48093 8.8
2003-04 559264 519398 39866 7.1
2004-05 591373 548115 43258 7.3
2005-06 466109 430408 35701 7.7
(up to Dec. 05)
Peak Demand:
PLANT LOAD FACTOR (PLF)
The all India PLF of thermal utilities during 2004-05 was
74%. The comparative sectorwise PLF in percentage over
the years is as follows:
Year Central State Private Overal
1990-91 58.1 51.3 58.4 53.8
1995-96 70.9 58.0 72.3 63.0
2000-01 74.3 65.6 73.0 69.0
2001-02 74.3 67.0 74.7 69.9
2002-03 77.1 68.7 78.9 72.2
2003-04 78.7 68.4 80.4 72.7
2004-05 81.7 69.6 85.1 74.8
2005-06 81.5 66.4 85.1 73.0
(up to Feb. 06)
Year Peak Demand(MW) Peak Met(MW) Peak Shortage(MW) Peak Shortage(%)
1997-98 65435 58042 7393 11.3
1998-99 67905 58445 9460 13.9
1999-2000 72669 63691 8978 12.4
2000-01 78037 67880 10157 13.0
2001-02 78441 69189 9252 11.8
2002-03 81492 71547 9945 12.2
2003-04 84574 75066 9508 11.2
2004-05 87906 77652 10254 11.7
2005-06 (upto Dec.05) 90119 80631 9488 10.5
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