REC- 1-51.p65 - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.
REC- 1-51.p65 - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.
REC- 1-51.p65 - Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.
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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CORPORATION LIMITED<br />
Further approval has been accorded for capital subsidy<br />
of Rs.28000 crore for continuation of the scheme in XI-<br />
Plan for attaining the goal of providing access to electricity<br />
to all households, electrification of about 1.15 lakh unelectrified<br />
villages and electricity connections to 2.34 crore<br />
BPL households. 338 projects covering 292767 villages<br />
(49736 un-electrified and 243031 electrified villages)<br />
costing Rs. 16621 crore have been sanctioned by Ministry<br />
of Power for implementation in XI-Plan.<br />
The state-wise details of projects sanctioned in X-Plan and<br />
XI-Plan periods under RGGVY are furnished in the<br />
enclosed Table-6.<br />
Under the scheme, it has been reported that works have<br />
been completed in 53370 villages (including 18374 unelectrified<br />
and 34996 electrified villages) and connections<br />
to 49.49 Lakh rural households including 47.18 Lakh BPL<br />
households have been provided during 2009-10.<br />
Cumulatively, works in 190858 villages (78256 unelectrified<br />
and 112602 electrified villages) have been<br />
completed and connections to 100.97 Lakh BPL<br />
households have been released under the scheme up to<br />
31.03.2010.<br />
The state-wise details of Achievements of <strong>Electrification</strong><br />
works in Un-electrified villages & Release of free electricity<br />
connections to BPL households upto 2008-09, during<br />
2009-10 and Cumulative Achievements upto 31.03.2010<br />
are furnished in the enclosed Table-7.<br />
9. RGGVY - DECENTRALISED DISTRIBUTED<br />
GENERATION (DDG)<br />
RGGVY provides for DDG projects from conventional or<br />
renewable non-conventional sources such as biomass, biogas,<br />
mini hydro, wind and solar etc. for villages where<br />
grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective.<br />
DDG Systems are small power generation units near the<br />
load centers.<br />
Ninety per cent capital subsidy would be provided under<br />
RGGVY towards overall cost of the DDG projects under<br />
the scheme, excluding the amount of state or local taxes,<br />
which will be borne by the concerned State/State Utility.<br />
10% of the project cost would be contributed by states<br />
through own resources/loan from financial institutions.<br />
A provision of Rs. 540 crore has been kept as subsidy for<br />
DDG projects under XI-Plan.<br />
The Guidelines for DDG projects under RGGVY have been<br />
issued by Ministry of Power on 12.01.2009. Many States<br />
have appointed implementing agencies for DDG projects<br />
and are in the process of appointing consultants for<br />
preparation of DPRs for DDG projects.<br />
10. CONTRIBUTION OF <strong>REC</strong> IN PROMOTION OF<br />
RENEWABLE/DDG PROJECTS<br />
So far the Company has financed various Renewable<br />
Projects as per details given below as on 31.03.2010:<br />
Projects under Implementation and Projects Commissioned.<br />
Sl. Description Projects Projects TOTAL<br />
No. under Commi-<br />
Implementation ssioned<br />
(i) Value of Loan<br />
sanctioned<br />
(Rs. crore)<br />
1504.58 132.96 1637.54<br />
(ii) Disbursement<br />
made so far<br />
(Rs crore)<br />
267.73 126.10 393.83<br />
(iii) Value of Projects<br />
Sanctioned<br />
(Rs crore)<br />
2096.05 378.61 2474.66<br />
(iv) MW of Projects 332.70 61.46 394.16<br />
(v) No. of Projects 12 11 23<br />
11. STANDARDISATION, QUALITY CONTROL &<br />
MONITORING<br />
The Company has continually provided technical<br />
expertise in the distribution system to State Power<br />
Utilities. The technical specifications and construction<br />
standards issued by the Company are used extensively<br />
by the State Power Utilities. The Company, in order to<br />
promote new technologies, has been continuously looking<br />
for innovations using latest R&D in the field of power<br />
distribution and has recently issued / updated technical<br />
specifications on Insulation Piercing Connectors for LT<br />
Aerial Bunched Cables of Voltage upto 1100 volts and<br />
Anchor (Dead end) and Suspension Assemblies for LT<br />
Aerial Bunched Cables of working voltage upto and<br />
including 1100 volts.<br />
In line with the Three-Tier Quality Control Mechanism<br />
for ensuring proper quality of materials and works in<br />
implementation of RGGVY XI - Plan schemes, <strong>REC</strong> Quality<br />
Monitors (RQM) have been appointed during the financial<br />
year covering 332 projects in 24 states of the country. And<br />
these RQMs have undertaken 1245 Nos. of RGGVY project<br />
materials inspections during the year under review for<br />
ensuring quality of equipments and an amount of<br />
Rs.1,35,27,230/- has been released to the RQMs.<br />
12. ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICES LIMITED<br />
<strong>REC</strong> along with three other PSUs namely Powergrid,<br />
NTPC, and PFC as partners has formed a Joint Venture<br />
Company by the name Energy Efficiency Services<br />
Limited (EESL). The total equity requirement for EESL<br />
is Rs. 190 crore to be shared equally by the four PSUs.<br />
EESL shall take a lead in implementing energy efficiency<br />
projects, play a market creation role in promoting usage<br />
of energy efficient appliances, promote the concept of<br />
Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) and performance<br />
contracting, manage a partial risk guarantee fund to<br />
provide risk mitigation to ESCOs etc, besides taking over<br />
the current commercial roles being discharged by the<br />
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Thus EESL is<br />
expected to implement the recommendations under the<br />
National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency<br />
(NMEEE) which is part of the National Action Plan for<br />
Climate Change (NAPCC). The business plan of EESL<br />
envisages taking up projects in Energy Conservation and<br />
Building Codes, Agriculture Demand Side Management<br />
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