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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
The State has already taken some significant initiatives in creating a rural distribution
infrastructure under RGGVY scheme. However, the benefits of the investments made
under the scheme would be more discernable only when there is adequate power in the
system to cater to the increased demand from the newly electrified rural areas.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Transmission Losses
Losses in the transmission system are made up of inter-State and intra-State transmission
of electricity. The inter-State losses are external to UPPCL system in the Northern Grid,
while procuring power from the Central generating stations. The power actually available
to UPPCL at its transmission system periphery is net of these external losses. The
estimate of these losses is maintained by the Northern Region Power Committee (NRPC)
in respect of each beneficiary for the entire power purchased by the beneficiary during a
period.
While the inter-State losses are around 1.45 per cent, the intra-State losses are being
maintained between 5-6 per cent, as shown as under:
Particulars
Year Before Restructuring
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00
Year After Restructuring
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
Energy available at the State
transmission periphery (MU)
40,659.4 42,049.7 43,470 37,493 39,867.8 36,338.1 40,570.2
Energy delivered to
distribution system (MU)
38,626.4 39,947.2 41,079.1 35,430.9 37,675.4 34,188.3 38,269.1
Transmission Losses (%) 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.6
The level of transmission losses is comparable to that of transmission utilities in other
States.
Distribution Losses
The trend of distribution losses during the pre-reform and post-reform periods is
indicated as under:
Trend of Distribution Losses ( %)
Years before Restructuring Years after Restructuring
Distribution
Losses (%)
1995
-96
1996
-97
1997
-98
1998
-99
7.22
1999
-2000
2000
-01
2001
-02
2002
-03
2003
-04
25 25 26 27 40 38 37 32 31