India may become power surplus country in FY18

12 Jun 2017 Evaluate

India likely to become a power surplus nation in the financial year 2017-18, as the energy shortage (ES) and peak power deficit (PPD) in the country is reported at 0.5 percent in the month of April as compared to 1.4 percent a year ago. According to Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) latest monthly report for April, all India power supply position indicates that the country is likely to have a peak surplus of 6.8 percent and energy surplus of 8.8 percent.

As per the report, many states such as Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim and Tripura, West Bengal have reported nil energy shortage in April this year. It also noted that there are other states where energy shortage and peak power deficit has been up to 1 percent in April, which includes Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh (PPD zero), Jharkhand (PPD zero), Maharashtra, Meghalaya (ES zero), Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana (ES zero), Uttarakhand (PPD zero).

The report has stated that, in April this year, the energy shortage was as low as 0.1 percent each in Western, Southern and Eastern region. However, the Northeastern region has reported energy shortage of 4.5 per cent. It was 1.5 percent in the Northern region. The report also said that peak power deficit too has reduced to 0.8 per cent across the country. It was recorded at 0.1 percent each in Southern, Eastern and Western regions. However, it noted that the Northeastern region reported a peak power deficit of 2.2 percent in April. It was 1.8 per cent in Northern region.

CEA’s report further said that surplus energy in the Southern, Western, Northern and North-Eastern Regions is expected in the order of 7.4 percent, 13 percent, 9.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively. However, it said that the Eastern region is likely to face minor energy shortage of 0.2 percent which can be met through surplus power in other regions. It has also said that the peaking surplus is likely to prevail in the Northern, Western, Southern, Eastern and North-Eastern regions to the tune of 6.7 percent, 17.2 percent, 1 percent, 10 percent and 2.7 percent respectively.

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