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Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10<br />
CHAPTER – 9<br />
ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS<br />
OF POWER INDUSTRY<br />
The Electricity Act, 2003 was notified<br />
in June, 2003. The Act replaces the three<br />
earlier Acts, namely-the Indian Electricity Act<br />
1910, Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 and the<br />
Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998.<br />
As per the 2003 Act, CEA has inter-alia been<br />
entrusted with duties and functions relating to<br />
collection/recording of data/information relating<br />
to generation, transmission, distribution, trading<br />
and utilization of electricity and to carry out<br />
studies relating to cost, efficiency, competition<br />
etc. to evaluate the financial performance of the<br />
<strong>power</strong> sector.<br />
9.1 Performance of State Electricity<br />
Boards/ State Power Utilities<br />
9.1.1 Average realization vis-a` vis Average<br />
Cost of Supply<br />
The average cost of supply of electricity<br />
was 246 paise/unit during 2001-02. It<br />
decreased to 238 paise/unit during 2002-03.<br />
Thereafter, it gradually increased to 293 paise/<br />
unit during 2007-08.The average realisation<br />
from sale of <strong>power</strong> has gradually increased<br />
from 181 paise per unit during 2001-02 to<br />
239 paise per unit during 2007-08. The table<br />
below gives the average cost of supply and<br />
average realization covering all sectors in the<br />
country on the basis of the data made available<br />
by various SEBs/Utilities:<br />
Average Cost of Supply and Average Realization of Electricity (from All Sectors)<br />
(in paise/unit)<br />
Year Average Cost of Supply Average Realisation Gap<br />
2001-02 246.00 181.00 65.00<br />
2002-03 238.00 195.00 43.00<br />
2003-04 239.00 203.00 36.00<br />
2004-05 254.00 209.00 45.00<br />
2005-06 260.00 221.00 39.00<br />
2006-07 276.00 227.00 49.00<br />
2007-08 293.00 239.00 54.00<br />
Source: PFC Reports on the performance of the State Power Utilities.<br />
9.1.2 Commercial Losses<br />
Various <strong>power</strong> utilities in the country<br />
have been suffering losses over the years<br />
without subsidy. State-wise details of total<br />
commercial losses of <strong>power</strong> utilities for the<br />
period 2001-02 to 2007-08 are indicated<br />
below:<br />
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“CEA-Helping the Transformation of Indian Power Sector”
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