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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
since 2003 and are still continuing. A consolidated picture of distribution sector of
Gujarat as available is given below:
Various categories of consumers served by the DISCOMs are as under:
Details of Consumers
No. of
consumers
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Residential 5342985 5540354 5700498 5817482 6099118 6400626
Commercial 765997 802722 830226 850997 908412 947530
Industrial LT 159902 156259 153923 150760 153097 157691
Industrial HT 4546 4626 4678 4677 4820 5194
Public lighting 17302 17595 17152 16686 16934 18583
Railways 10 10 10 10 11 11
Agricultural 566232 581494 600414 606210 648053 664059
Water works 22497 24327 26072 27576 29904 31793
Licensees 2 4 4 4 4 7
Others 3 2 2 0 0 0
Total 6369866 7127393 7332979 7474402 7860353 8225494
Power Supply Position
The table below indicates parameters related to quantitative and qualitative supply of
power to various consumers. A peak load of 8,170 MW is met and a total of 59,078
MU was served by the DISCOMs in the year 2005-06.
There is no power cut in major urban areas for HT consumers, industrial estates,
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) areas and the 168 Nagar Palikas.
A total of 17,773 villages under JGY are supplied with 24 hours three-phase power
supply. The remaining areas have power cuts for 4 to 5 hours a day.
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