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Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10
9.14 Study on Projected Cost of
Generating Electricity
Economic Adviser, Central Electricity
Authority participated in the meeting organized
by IEA/OECD Secretariat in Paris on 28 th and
29 th April, 2009. IEA/OECD has designed
formats for reporting “Projected Cost of
Generating Electricity” from plants that could
be commissioned by around 2015.
The study aims to assess the projected
cost of generating electricity using wide
range of technologies, covering coal-fired
and natural gas-fired plants, nuclear power
plants, renewable source plants (including
hydro, wind, solar and combustible renewable)
and combined heat and power plants. Cost
data are being generated on state-of-the-art
power plants which can be commissioned
by around 2015 and equipments that are
commercially available now or will become
so in the immediate future. The projected costs
calculated with this data are intended to provide
information for assessing the competitiveness
of alternative technologies that may be chosen
for electricity system expansion within next
few years. Therefore, the data cover all the
technology and plant specific cost components
borne by electricity producers, including
investment, O&M cost and fuel costs as well
as costs related to pollution control, waste
management and other health & environmental
protection measures. The cost estimates
reported incorporated all the elements borne
by producers which include pre-construction,
overnight construction, O&M cost (fixed and
variable), fuel cost (including transportation,
storage and waste management and disposable
where applicable) and decommissioning cost.
In this context, a group of officials
from Planning, Thermal, Hydro and E&C
Wings of CEA has been constituted to fillin
the said formats for reporting projected
cost of generating electricity from different
technologies in India.
Two hydro-electric projects (one RoR
type and the other storage type) and two thermal
power plants (one on super-critical technology
and the other on sub-critical technology) have
been identified for the study.
9.15 Constitution of Electricity
Regulatory Commissions (ERCs)
All the States except Arunachal Pradesh
have constituted their respective State Electricity
Regulatory Commission (SERC). The States of
Manipur & Mizoram have constituted a Joint
ERC. All the SERCs except the SERC of Sikkim
are functional.
A separate Joint Electricity Regulatory
Commission (JERC) has been constituted by
the Central Government for Union Territories
(except Delhi). On the request of Government
of Goa, the State has been included in the JERC
for UTs (other than Delhi). The nomenclature of
JERC for UTs has been changed to “JERC for
Goa and Union Territories”.
9.15.1 Constitution of Special Courts
So far, 23 States viz. Assam, Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,
Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttrakhand, West Bengal and Delhi have set up
Special Courts for expeditious disposal of cases
relating to the theft of electricity.
9.15.2 Constitution of Consumer
Grievances Redressal Mechanism
Consumer Grievances Redressal Forums
(CGRF) have been constituted in 22 States by
various distribution licensees for redressal of
grievances of consumers.
“Electricity is life: Conserve it.”
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