Untitled - Ministry of Power

POLICY INITIATIVES / DECISIONS TAKEN
q Electricity Act 2003 has been enacted.
It is a comprehensive legislation replacing
Electricity Act 1910, Electricity Supply Act
1948 and Electricity Regulatory Commission
Act 1998. The aim is to push the sector
onto a trajectory of sound commercial growth
and to enable the States and the Centre to
move in harmony and coordination.
q Accelerated Electrification Programme for
One Lakh villages and One Crore rural
households launched. The scheme outlay
of Rs. 6,000 cr. comprises grant
component of Rs. 2,400 cr.
• Integrates the existing schemes of Kutir
Jyoti, AREP and RE component of PMGY.
Implementation within two years through
conventional grid connection / standalone
distributed generation scheme.
Rural Electricity Supply Technology
(REST) Mission with emphasis on
decentralized distributed generation for
electrification of rural areas would monitor
the implementation of the schemes under
Accelerated Electrification programme. In
addition REST Mission is also delegated
to institutionalize an enabling framework
for operation of the schemes along with a
long term technology development &
research.
q 50,000 MW Hydro initiative
Identified 162 projects spread across
16 States with aggregate capacity of
50,560 MW.
Feasibility reports have been received for
132 schemes of 37,378 MW and finalized
for 103 schemes of 31,150 MW during
the year.
GENERATION PERFORMANCE
# Generation during 2003-04 over the previous
year improved from 531 BU to 558 BU
Overall growth rate of + 5% recorded while
performance in Central Sector station
improved by + 6.5%.
Overall PLF of generating stations
improved from 72.2% to 72.7% while in
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Performance Highlights
Year 2003-04
Generation During Period (BUs)
531
213
PLF of Thermal Stations (%)
2002-03 2003-04
Overall in Country Central Sector
Generation projects (MW)
558
2002-03 2003-04
2002-03 2003-04
227
Overall in Country Central Sector
72.2
2872
77.1
1210
72.7
3952
78.7
Central Sector, it improved from 77.1%
to 78.7%.
FRESH CAPACITY ADDITION
# 3952 MW of fresh capacity added during the
year 2003-04
2003-04, the Hydro year with record highest
hydro capacity addition of 2,590 MW.
All six units, 250 MW each of Nathpa
Jhakri HEP commissioned during the year
within six months, which is an
unprecedented achievement.
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Overall in Country Central Sector
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