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

Synopsis of State Reports (Vol.-IV)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
After restructuring, there is a consistent improvement in PLF of the thermal
power generating plants. During the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04 the PLF has
increased by 10 percentage points. The specific oil consumption has also fallen
sharply during the post-reform period and is close to the CERC approved norm
of 2 ml/kWh. The plant availability has improved to 73.28 per cent in 2003-04
from 64.89 per cent in the first year of restructuring (2000-01). However, there
is a scope for reduction in respect of auxiliary consumption. The present level
of auxiliary consumption of 10.3 per cent is certainly on the higher side in
comparison to the CERC norm of 9 per cent.
The investments made on Renovation and Modernisation (R&M) of the
existing plants are presently very low despite the considerable potential of
these plants which could contribute towards reducing the energy deficit in the
State. Till date, only about Rs 200 crore have been spent during the post-
restructuring period upto 2004-05 on R&M of the ageing plants due to the
persistent cash-crunch in the State.
Investment in Transmission and Distribution : No focussed initiatives have
been taken to improve transmission infrastructure through investments, to
augment quality of supply and reduction of losses. The pace of investments in
transmission has in fact, slowed down after 2000-01. It has, however, fared
better in terms of improvement of tranformation capacity at grid sub-stations
and has been able to sustain the growth momentum during the postrestructuring
period, as shown in the graphic below:
Transformation Capacity
(MVA)
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
FY
1995
FY
1996
FY
1997
FY
1998
FY
1999
83
FY
2000
FY
2001
FY
2002
FY
2003
Transformer Capacity Yearly growth
FY
2004
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Growth %