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

Maharashtra
GENERATION
Installed Capacity
SPECIFIC ISSUES
The installed capacity of MSEB in the year 2000-2001 was 9,771 MW comprising of
2,434 MW Hydro, 6,425 MW Thermal, and 912 MW Gas. The table below gives the
details of capacity additions and the energy generated from 2001 onwards. It will be
noted that in the period from 2000-01 till 2005-06, there has been no significant
addition to the capacity except for addition of 6 MW of Hydro Generation. In fact,
with the scraping of one 60 MW Gas based unit in the year 2003-04, total capacity got
reduced from 9,771 MW to 9,711 MW. These assets are now transferred to
MAHAGENCO.
Table: Installed Generating Capacity
Sector
Year before restructuring
5
Year after restructuring
(MW)
th 4 th 3 rd 2 nd 1 st 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th
Hydro 2434 2434 2434 2434 2440 2440 2690 2690 2690 2690 2690
Thermal 6425 6425 6425 6425 6425 6425 6925 6925 7425 9425 12025
Gas 912 912 912 852 852 852 852 852 852 3292 3292
Total 9771 9771 9771 9711 9717 9717 10467 10467 10967 15407 15407
Restructuring w.e.f. 06-06-2005
Table: Energy Generated
Sector
5
Year before restructuring
(MU)
Year after restructuring
th 4 th 3 rd 2 nd 1 st 1 st 2 nd 3 rd
4th
Hydro 3738 3675 4184 4093 4079 5465 3823
Thermal 38719 41651 40304 42178 42929 40928 45279
Gas 3473 3692 3891 4006 4115 3777 3800
Total 45930 49018 48379 50277 51123 50170 52902
Because of the stagnant generating capacity, the State has been experiencing difficulty
in meeting peak demand. The quantum of load shedding of 1,822 MW in 2000-01
progressively increased to 4,539 MW in 2005-06. This has forced an increasing
quantum and duration of load shedding for every consumer served by the erstwhile
MSEB and now the MSEDCL.
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