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State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
PARAMETERS TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REFORMS
The impetus of distribution reforms in the State was to bring in discipline and cost
effectiveness in the following key areas:
Reliability and quality of power;
Reduction of losses;
Reduced Government support in terms of subsidy;
Financial viability of sector;
Capital expenditure; and
Consumer services.
This section attempts to bring in clear perspective the achievements of the distribution
licensees on the above parameters to highlight the impact and effectiveness of the
restructuring process.
Reliability and Quality of Power
Extent of load Shedding
Due to power shortage in the Northern Grid and to maintain grid discipline, both the
DISCOMs shed around 2.5 to 3.0 MU on a daily basis. Besides the planned load
shedding, the duration of unannounced load shedding remained 30 minutes to 1½ hrs,
three or four times a day in 2005-06 across all categories of consumers. Agricultural
consumers are given priority over industries and urban/mixed urban consumers. The
utilities claim to supply power for at least 7 to 8 hrs daily for running the agricultural
tubewells. This fact is disputed as per the tariff orders of the Commission.
Number of Interruptions and Quality of Supply
The number of interruptions has shown a marked increase since 2001-02 for both the
DISCOMs. The annual interruption level per line has decreased for DHBVNL from
75 in 2000-01 to 57 in 2004-05, but the average duration of interruption hrs/line has
almost doubled showing the negative trend in reliability of power supply by the
DISCOMs. The overall performance of 33 kV and 11 kV lines of DISCOMs is as
follows:
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