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

% Damage
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
25.7%
27.8%
22.9%
State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Distribution Transformer Damaged during 1999-2000 to 2004-05
18.7%
22.3%
20.2%
17.9%
15.6%
2.34
16.6%
18.7% 18.6%
1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
15.7%
13.5%
UHBVNL DHBVNL total
14.3%
16.2%
19.4%
13.9%
16.3%
(Source: DISCOMs)
While the DTs failure rate in UHBVNL has been reduced from 27.8 per cent in 1999-
2000 to around 13.9 per cent in 2004-05, the performance of DHBVNL has been
deteriorating since 2001-02. The failure rate of DTs in DHBVNL has increased to
19.4 per cent in 2004-05 from 17.9 per cent during 2001-02.
Losses in the Distribution System
Losses in the distribution system have shown an increasing trend in the postrestructuring
period. The AT&C losses of the DISCOMs have been showing an
increasing trend with loss levels as high as 38.26 per cent and 42.59 per cent for
DHBVNL and UHBVNL respectively. The net result in the DISCOMs is, however,
not pursuant with the intent of the reform process. In 2004-05, the amount of losses
suffered was around Rs 821 crore for DHBVNL and Rs 668 crore for UHBVNL. A
summary of the same is given below:
Table: AT&C Losses of DISCOMs
Particulars
2000
-01
2001-
02
2002-
03
2003-
04
2004-
05
DHBVNL
Energy purchased (MU) 7221 7785 8745 9453 10027
Energy sold (MU) 4894 5149 5682 6301 6746
Losses (%) 32.23 33.86 35.02 33.34 32.72
Collection efficiency (%) 92.67 92.13 95.39 88.64 85.51
AT&C losses (%) 34.78 36.75 36.71 37.62 38.26