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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
• Stringent escrow mechanism, which resulted in poor maintenance of network. As
a result, quality of power supplied to consumers was adversely affected;
• Non-existence of special courts as envisaged in the EA, 2003;
• No retail tariff hike for the last six years, which resulted in absorbing the
inflation and other rise in the costs of DISCOMs. There is always paucity of
funds with the DISCOMs for expenditure on O&M of the distribution system;
and
• DISCOMs are operating in an extremely negative business environment.
IMPACT OF REFORM APPROACHES
Performance of DISCOMs
Performance of WESCO
Parameters 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Energy input (MU) 2,688 2,868 2,979 3,354 3,789 4,003
Energy billed (MU) 1,501 1,639 1,596 2,069 2,408 2,530
Billing (Rs crore) 417 467 509 620 674 712
Collection (Rs crore) 348 364 400 527 582 679
Collection efficiency (%) 83 78 9 85 86 95
T&D loss (%) 44 43 46 38 36 37
AT&C loss (%) 53 55 58 48 45 40
Performance of NESCO
Parameters 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Energy input (MU) 2,258 2,436 2,303 2,395 2,645 2,964
Energy billed (MU) 1,270 1,357 1,128 1,405 1,491 1,874
Billing (Rs crore) 309 343 316 384 379 476
Collection (Rs crore) 215 278 233 315 356 461
Collection efficiency (%) 70 81 74 82 94 97
T&D loss (%) 44 44 51 41 44 37
AT&C loss (%) 61 55 64 52 47 39
Performance of SOUTHCO
Parameters 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Energy input (MU) 1,433 1,523 1,520 1,556 1,607 1,608
Energy billed (MU) 833 875 906 947 925 960
Billing (Rs crore) 220 235 264 280 272 295
Collection (Rs crore) 170 190 206 228 236 270
Collection efficiency (%) 77 81 78 81 87 92
T&D loss (%) 42 43 40 39 42 40
AT&C loss (%) 55 54 53 50 50 45
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