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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Commission will have to fix the minimum charges, etc., in such a way that the
agricultural consumers themselves start insisting for meters. In some form or the
other, the charges from a consumer should be much higher if his meter is nonoperational,
compared to the consumer whose meter is operational. One solution could
be that per unit subsidy may be allowed by the Government for metered agricultural
connections. After paying their bill of metered connection, they could be allowed a
cash refund on presentation of the paid bill. This can overcome the resistance of the
farmers to installation of meters. Psychologically, this can also highlight the extent of
subsidy, which the Government is giving to the agricultural consumers.
Detailed Price Build up of Operations
Particulars
Average cost
of power
(Rs/kWh)
Percentage
increase in
cost of power
Recovery
(Rs/kWh)
Deficit in
paise per
kWh
Percentage of
shortfall
1995
-96
Details of Cost of Power and Recovery
1996
-97
1997
-98
1998
-99
6.20
1999
-2000
2000
-01
2001
-02
2002
-03
2003
-04
2.05 2.30 2.59 2.72 3.26 4.17 4.26 4.46 4.67
12.2 12.61 5.02 19.85 27.91 2.16 4.69 4.71
1.73 1.95 2.17 2.08 2.26 3.11 3.39 3.43 3.51
0.32 0.35 0.42 0.64 1.00 1.06 87 1.03 1.16
15.61 15.22 16.22 23.53 30.67 25.42 20.42 23.09 24.84
Revenue Realised (Consumer category-wise)
Agriculture N.A. N.A. 204.25* 231.42* 275.3* .81 1.11 1.13
(Rs crore)
1.18
Domestic N.A. N.A. 415.2* 458.15* 600.02* 2.68 3.36 3.4 3.36
Industrial large
HT
N.A. N.A. 1493.7* 1436.13* 1508.14* 4.56 4.56 4.47 4.42
Industrial
small LT
N.A. N.A. 224.17* 231.57* 268.1* 4.54 4.87 4.73 4.67
Commercial N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 5.45 6.17 6.16 6.08
COMMENTS
The annual percentage increase of the cost of power procured by the RSEB
substantially from outside used to be much higher. Now the comparative percentage
of cost of power is much lower because, firstly, the State’s power generation has gone