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Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10
CAPTER – 7
DISTRIBUTION AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
7.1 Restructured Accelerated Power
Development Reforms Programme
(R-APDRP) during 11 th Plan period
After the comprehensive evaluation of
the APDRP programme, which was short closed
in Feb. 2009, Ministry of Power approved the
Restuctured Accelerated Power Development
and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) during
the 11 th Five Year Plan with revised terms and
conditions as a Central Sector Scheme. The
focus of Restructured APDRP (R-APDRP) in
11 th Plan and beyond is on actual, demonstrable
performance in terms of loss reduction. State
Power Utilities are expected to reduce AT&C
losses to 15%. The Utilities are also expected
to achieve the following target of AT&C loss
reduction for the utility as a whole:
• Utilities having AT&C loss above 30%:
Reduction by 3% per year
• Utilities having AT&C loss below 30%:
Reduction by 1.5% per year
The expected programme size of
Re-structured APDRP during 11 th Plan is
Rs. 51,577 crore. It is proposed to cover urban
areas – towns and cities with population of
more than 30,000 (10,000 in case of special
category States). In addition, in certain highload
density rural areas with significant loads,
works of separation of agricultural feeders
from domestic and industrial ones and of High
Voltage Distribution System (11 kV) will also
be taken up.
Projects under the scheme are proposed to
be taken up in two Parts. Part-A is proposed to
include the projects for establishment of baseline
data and IT applications for energy accounting /
auditing & IT based consumer service centers.
Part-B shall include regular distribution
strengthening projects.
Expected investment in Part-A (Baseline
System) shall be Rs. 10,000 crores and that in
Part-B shall be Rs. 40,000 crores.
Initially, funds for the projects under both
the parts will be provided through loan (100% for
Part-A and 25% for Part-B), balance to be raised
by State utilities through Financial Institutions,
except special category and North-eastern
States for which under Part-B, 90% loan will be
provided which will be converted into grant on
fulfillment of conversion conditionalities.
PFC is acting as a single window service
and coordinating with agencies involved such
as MoP, APDRP Steering Committee, CEA,
Electricity Distribution Utilities, Implementing
Agencies and various Consultants for speedy
and timely completion of projects under the Restructured
APDRP and thus assist the Distribution
Utilities in achieving loss reduction targets.
As on 31 st March 2010, under Part A,
projects for 1380 towns for 44 Discoms of
26 States at an estimated cost of Rs.5030.28
crores have been sanctioned and an amount of
Rs1334.76 crores has been disbursed so far.
CEA is member of the various committees
constituted by MoP for implementation of Part-A
and Part-B of R-APDRP.
7.2 Status of Metering
A Committee was constituted on the
recommendation of Working Group on
“Metering Issues” constituted by Forum of
Regulators to bring out common standard
for kVAh metering in respect of all high- end
consumers for connected load of 20 KW and
“Electricity is life: Conserve it.”
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