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DRAFT Sector Paper: Power and Renewable Energy Nagaland ...

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(in MW) (Grid Only) (in MW)Surplus or -60 MW -25 MW Shortfall (indeficit (inMW)MW)+40 MW +40 MWSource: Department of <strong>Power</strong>, Nagal<strong>and</strong>With exacerbated impacts of climate change, managing electricity supply from the hydroelectricsources might become a uphill task, due to possible reduction in water flow insome of the river systems in the long run.1.2 A Brief Description of the Electricity Consumption pattern inNagal<strong>and</strong>:Nagal<strong>and</strong> is one of thestates with very low percapitaenergyconsumption. The currentper-capita energyconsumption of Nagal<strong>and</strong>is 110 kWh, while thenational average is 700kWh. However, Nagal<strong>and</strong>is one of the states, whichhas a fairly high level ofhousehold electrification,both rural as well asurban. The main reasonfor low level ofconsumption is supply<strong>and</strong> infrastructureconstraintsFigure 2: Household Electrification Status of Nagal<strong>and</strong>Source: Department of <strong>Power</strong>, Nagal<strong>and</strong>Poor electricityinfrastructure <strong>and</strong>supply is the maincause for industrialconsumption to beextremely low.Figure 3: Sales of Electricity by class of consumers5

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