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

Gujarat
NOTEWORTHY INITIATIVES IN POWER SECTOR OF
GUJARAT
POWER SUPPLY POSITION IN GUJARAT
The State has a total installed capacity of 8,974 MW comprising of powers stations of
GSECL, private sector and state’s share of power from central sector power plants.
The total capacity of GSECL consists of 4,179 MW thermal, 242 MW gas and 547
MW Hydro totalling 4,968 MW. Private sector has a total of 2,166 MW capacity and
State’s share of central sector plants is 1,840 MW.
The State’s unrestricted peak demand is estimated to be 10,188 MW. The peak
demand served and maximum daily energy supplied in October 2005 were 8,163 MW
and 186.84 MU respectively. The maximum daily generation of GSECL’s thermal and
hydro power stations was 91 MU. Plant load factor (PLF) of thermal power plants was
83.19 per cent. GSECL’s power stations have achieved a PLF of 72.48 per cent in the
year 2005-06, a remarkable feat considering the fact that many of the generating units
are very old.
Total energy input into the transmission grid of the State in 2004-05 was 50,340 MU
of which, energy supplied by GSECL has been of the order of 28,000 MU.
There is no power cut in major urban areas, for HT consumers, industrial estates,
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) areas and in 168 Nagar Palikas.
A total of 17,773 villages under ‘Jyoti Gram Yojna’ (explained below) are supplied
with 24 hours three phase power supply. Remaining areas have power cuts for four to
five hours a day.
INITIATIVE OF ‘JYOTI GRAM YOJNA’
The 11 kV feeders in rural areas are composite feeders that supply agricultural
pumping load as well as other rural loads for the households and rural industries in the
nearby villages. In order to restrict peak demand, agricultural loads are generally
provided power supply for a limited number of hours during off peak period in a day
(in many cases during the night). In the remaining period, these feeders are
disconnected, which also results in disconnection of power supply to the villages
connected on the feeder. The life in rural areas thus gets adversely affected. To
remedy the situation some utilities have resorted to using single-phase transformers
and providing single-phase supply.
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