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

Uttar Pradesh
In the second phase of restructuring, UPPCL was further divided into five successor
Companies, in pursuance of Government of UP Notification dated 12 August 2003, with
UPPCL as the transmission company and four successor DISCOMs were created as
follows:
(a) Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited, Meerut;
(b) Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited, Agra;
(c) Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited, Lucknow
(d) Poorvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Varanasi.
DEMAND-SUPPLY SITUATION IN UTTAR PRADESH
The State had been facing huge energy and peak shortages at the time of reform of the
sector as indicated in the table below. The peak load deficit prevailing in the State was in
excess of 30 per cent up to 1998-99, which came down to 23 per cent during 2000-01.
However, the deficit continues to be in the vicinity of 30 per cent from 2003-04 onwards.
The energy deficit hovered around 15 per cent during the pre-reform years, deteriorating
further to 20 per cent from 2003-04 onwards.
Table : Demand-Supply Position
Year before Restructuring Year after Restructuring
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Assessed total
demand (MW)
6993 7162 6816 7064 7217 7411 7598 6850 7368
Peak Load met
(MW)
4803 4867 4531 5189 5525 5641 6508 4820 5403
Peak Load
shortage (MW)
2190 2295 2285 1875 1692 1720 1090 2030 1965
Peak load deficit (%) 31 32 34 27 23 23 14 30 27
Energy met average
per day (MU)
98.6 102.4 104 110.2 112 115.2 125.7 107.1 116.9
Energy shortage
average per day (MU)
14.7 18.4 18.2 15.6 19.8 20.4 15.9 26.8 22.9
Extent of Load
Shedding (MU)
6.7 10.2 8.2 5.6 9.8 11 8.1 19.6 16.2
Energy deficit (%) 13.0 15.2 14.9 12.4 15 15.0 11.2 20.0 16.4
The peak demand in the State has consistently outstripped installed capacity by a
considerable margin even after restructuring of the power sector. Lack of any generation
capacity additions in the State has mainly contributed to this bleak situation, while the
peak demand and energy demand have been witnessing robust growth over the years.
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