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

Assam
The Strategy is also to have the repair and restoration work of the units at
Lakwa and Namrup thermal power stations, which are under break down, to be
completed between April 2006 and September 2007. This will restore a
capacity of 93.5 MW. Currently APGCL imports around 465 MW power from
outside agencies, which still leaves a shortfall of about 135 MW during peak
hours. The new capacity addition of 966 MW by the end of Eleventh Plan will
have a thermal-hydro mix of 64:36, which will ensure a better supply to the
State of Assam.
Most of the power stations are operating much below their rated capacity.
There is also a shortage of fuel. Fixed cost and the variable cost of fuel had to
be recovered on the sale price of 716 MU fixed by AERC at Rs 1.63 per unit
for 2005-06 against Rs 1.80 per unit fixed for 2004-05. The cost of energy for
the year 2004-05 was Rs 2.37. The accounts for the year 2005-06 are still under
finalisation.
It is a transition period and it is too early to make a comparison of the technical
and efficiency levels as well as financial turn-around in the aftermath of
restructuring.
11.2 Transmission
Assam has a transmission network of 4,129 ckt km. ADB has sanctioned US$
100 million for transmission and distribution system as a project loan mainly
for the improvement in the transmission and distribution system. It included 44
ckt km of 220 kV lines and 505 ckt km of 132 kV lines. 12 new sub-stations of
132/33 kV were also included. The project covered augmentation of existing
sub-stations, grid communication system and expansion of SCADA system.
The projects are under implementation and investments in the transmission
sector for the various years are under:
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
(Rs crore)
2006-07
13.70 36.48 70.38 70.39
The transmission loss is about 9 per cent and it is estimated by AERC that the
loss cannot be reduced suddenly. With investments now being made towards
improvement of the transmission system, the transmission loss should come
down to about 6 per cent by 2006-07.
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