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

Maharashtra
Particulars Arrears No. of days
PD and others 2596.34
Mula Prawara Society 656.00
Inter State 115.00
Total 9042.95
* HT – Industrial and Railways. Includes – HTP-I, HTP-II, HTP-V, HTP-VI
** PWW includes – LT PWW, HTP-III, HTP-IV
*** Agriculture includes LT Agri., LT Poultry, HTP-VII, SP-I
It appears that it would be difficult to recover a large portion of these arrears. During
discussions, a view was expressed that on account of large scale load shedding there
are practical limitations in organising a crash programme to recover arrears.
Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses
The position in respect of AT&C losses is given as under:
2001-
02
2002-
03
Table: Year-wise AT&C losses (%)
2003-
04
2004-
05
10.47
2005-
06
2006-
07
2007-
08
2008-
09
45.7 45.27 44.18 35.97 36.06 31.0 26.7 22.2
MSEDCL has reported that the following measures has been undertaken by it for
reducing AT&C and other losses:
i) Replacement of faulty meters;
ii) Erection of additional lines/transformers/substations;
iii) Check on theft of energy through 36 flying squads; and
iv) As in November 2005, 52,923 DTs were provided with meters. Energy
accounting in respect of 47,918 transformers was carried out. Out of these, 46
per cent transformers have registered less than 25 per cent AT&C losses.
Steps to further reduce losses include installation of meters on all DTs,
implementation of High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) to improve HT/LT
ratio, capacity additions to install additional lines/sub-stations/transformers, etc.
Preventive Action and Prosecution for Theft of Electricity
The following table gives details of raids carried out, demand raised and prosecution
cases registered in respect of cases of theft of electricity.