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

Synopsis of State Reports (Vol.-IV)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Nagar (Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Project-II). During the
Eleventh Plan, the capacity addition target in the State is about 1,600-1,800
MW.
Key Concerns
The demand for power in the State is increasing considerably with the rapid
developments taking place in the National Capital Region (NCR), a substantial
part of which falls within the State. Haryana is facing acute power shortage, as
the peak demand is the same both for the mornings and evenings. As per the
draft Seventeenth Electric Power Survey, demand forecast indicates that the
State would have 7,611 MW of peak demand by 2010-11 and the required
capacity would be more than 10,000 MW. The peak demand is likely to exceed
even these forecasts, going by the actual demand witnessed during 2004-05 and
further fuelled by the growth in services, urban and real estate development in
the State. Therefore, greater focus on concrete programmes, both in the short
and medium term, for additional generation capacity would be needed to
overcome the existing peaking shortages and fully meeting the increased
demand for the next five years.
2.2.2 Capacity Addition Through IPPs
The State Government has been endeavouring to promote IPPs to bridge the
demand-supply gap. However, owing to the uncertainty in availability of gas,
their funding and implementation is still on paper only. In view of the above, it
is also not certain whether the IPPs would be making any significant addition
to the generation capacity in the State in the near future.
2.2.3 Technical Performance of HPGCL
Key Positives
HPGCL has improved operating performance levels of the existing generating
stations during the post-reform period. Apart from the addition in generating
capacity, there is a substantial improvement in the PLF of these stations. The
average plant availability has improved from 31.96 per cent in 1998-99 to
78.11 percent in 2004-05. HPGCL has brought down the coal and the
secondary oil consumption by about 8 per cent and 6.7 per cent respectively.
Since 2000-01, HPGCL’s thermal plants have also been consistently bringing
down the level of auxiliary consumption.
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