Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

DISCOMs
Distribution
transformers in service
(No.)
State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Failure Rate of DTs for DISCOMs
Total failure
as on 13-02-2006
(No.)
4.40
Failure (%) during
2005-06
up to 13-02-2006
Failure
(%)
during 2004-05
Poorv Kshetra 73799 8592 11.64 22.27
Paschim Kshetra 46262 7133 15.42 16.6
Madhya Kshetra 55591 10730 19.30 21.24
(Source: MPERC)
4.1.2 Losses in the Distribution System
4.1.2.1 Extent of Metering
There is a significant increase in percentage of metered agricultural consumers, i.e.,
from less than 1 per cent in 2000-01 to 30 per cent in 2004-05. However, the
percentage of metered domestic consumers have come down from 84 per cent in
2000-01 to 81 per cent in 2004-05. The cumulative progress of metering is shown in
the following table:
Metering Progress as a Proportion of Total Connections
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
-96 -97 -98 -99 -00 -01 -02 -03 -04 -05
Agriculture 0.98 0.56 0.44 0.37 0.31 0.20 1.34 6.81 19.34 30.70
Domestic 65.98 64.90 64.71 62.77 44.48 84.34 85.36 84.42 83.36 81.33
Industrial 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Commercial 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
(Source: MPSEB)
The status of metering in the DISCOMs is also depicted below. A large number of
unmetered domestic and agricultural consumers in the system is indicative of high
quantum of losses being suffered by the utilities and is a matter of concern.
Unmetered Consumers in DISCOMs
DISCOM
Total Unmetered Consumers Reported
by the Licensee as in June 2005
Domestic Agriculture
Poorv Kshetra 366406 1783157
Madhya Kshetra 210088 214453
Paschim Kshetra 96716 303374
(Source: MPSEB)
4.1.2.2 Billing and Collection Efficiency
The collection efficiency in respect of DISCOMs is also showing a poor performance.
While the revenue collection efficiency towards sale of power to the agricultural
consumers deteriorated progressively from 88 per cent in 2000-01 to as low as 21 per
cent in 2004-05, it was equally bad for the domestic consumers, i.e., 95 per cent in