Power Sector at a Glance "ALL INDIA"

Source: OM SECTION

1.Total Installed Capacity (As on 29.02.2024)- Source : Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
 Installed Generation Capacity (Sectorwise) as on 29.02.2024 :

Installed
% Share in
Sector Generation
Total
Capacity (MW)
Central Sector 1,03,753 23.9%
State Sector 1,07,661 24.8%
Private Sector 2,22,781 51.3%
Total Installed Capacity 4,34,195

 Installed Generation Capacity (Fuelwise) as on 29.02.2024 :

Installed
% Share in
Category Generation
Total
Capacity (MW)

Coal 2,10,969 48.6%

Fossil Fuel

Lignite 6,620 1.5%

Gas 25,038 5.8%
Diesel 589 0.1%
Total Fossil Fuel : 2,43,217 56.0%

RES (Incl. Hydro) 1,83,498 42.3%

Hydro 46,928 10.8%
Wind, Solar & Other RE 1,36,570 31.5%
Non-Fossil Fuel

Wind 45,154 10.4%

Solar 75,576 17.4%
BM Power/Cogen. 10,262 2.4%
Waste to Energy 584 0.1%
Small Hydro Power 4,995 1.2%
Nuclear 7,480 1.7%
Total Non-Fossil Fuel : 1,90,978 44.0%

Total Installed Capacity

4,34,195 100%
(Fossil Fuel & Non-Fossil Fuel)
Overview

The Overall generation (Including generation from grid connected

renewable sources) in the country has been increased from 1110.458
BU during 2014-15
15 to 1173.603 BU during the year 2015-16,
2015 1241.689
BU during 2016-17, 1308.146 BU during 2017-18,
2017 1376.095 BU during
2018-19, 1389.121 BU during 2019-20,
2019 1381.855 BU during 2020-21,
1491.859 BU during 2021-22 and 1624.465 BU during 2022-23. The
performance of Category wisee generation during the year 202
2022-23 was
as follows:-

Thermal Increased by 8.21%

Nuclear Reduced by 2.66%

Hydro Increased by 6.91%

Bhutan Import Reduced by 10.02%

Solar, Wind & Other RES Increased by 19.10%

Overall Generation Increased by 8.89%

The annual growth in generation during recent years is as under:

Growth in
Growth in Growth in
Renewable Energy Growth in
Fossil Fuel Non-Fossil Fuel
(RE) Generation Total
Year (Thermal) (RE + Nuclear)
(Including Large Generation
Generation Generation
Hydro) (%)
(%) (%)
(%)
2011-12 6.6% 17.5% 18.30% 9.14%
2012-13 7.3% -5.9% -4.78% 4.46%
2013-14 4.2% 10.0% 9.05% 5.23%
2014-15 10.8% 1.3% 1.91% 8.84%
2015-16 7.5% -1.8% -0.97% 5.69%
2016-17 5.3% 8.9% 7.68% 5.80%
2017-18 4.3% 11.1% 9.55% 5.35%
2018-19 3.4% 14.3% 12.09% 5.19%
2019-20 -2.7% 12.7% 13.99% 0.95%
2020-21 -1.0% 2.1% 0.86% -0.52%
-
2021-22 7.96% 7.74% 7.96% 7.96%
2022-23 8.21% 12.84% 10.90% 8.89%
2023-24 * 9.96% -2.96% -2.12% 6.80%
* Provisional (Upto February, 2024)
Policy Initiatives / Decision Taken

Electricity Act 2003 has been enacted and came into force from 15.06.2003. The objective is to
introduce competition, protect consumer’s interests and provide power for all. The Act provides for
National Electricity Policy, Rural Electrification, Open access in transmission, phased open access in
distribution, mandatory SERCs, license free generation and distribution, power trading, mandatory
metering and stringent penalties for theft of electricity.
It is a comprehensive legislation replacing Electricity Act 1910, Electricity Supply Act 1948 and
Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998.The Electricity Act, 2003 has been amended on two
occasions by the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003 and the Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2007. 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.

Performance of Generation from all Sources

1.0 Performance of Electricity Generation (Including RE)

1.1 The electricity generation target (Including RE) for the year 2023-24 has been fixed as 1750 Billion
Unit (BU). i.e. growth of around 7.2% over actual generation of 1624.158 BU for the previous year
(2022-23). The generation during 2022-23 was 1624.158 BU as compared to 1491.859 BU generated
during 2021-22, representing a growth of about 8.87%.

1.2 Total Generation and growth over previous year in the country during 2009-10 to 2023-24 :-

Total Generation
Year % Growth
(Including Renewable Sources) (BU)
2009-10 808.498 7.56
2010-11 850.387 5.59
2011-12 928.113 9.14
2012-13 969.506 4.46
2013-14 1,020.200 5.23
2014-15 1,110.392 8.84
2015-16 1,173.603 5.69
2016-17 1,241.689 5.80
2017-18 1,308.146 5.35
2018-19 1,376.095 5.19
2019-20 1,389.102 0.95
2020-21 1,381.855 -0.52
2021-22 1,491.859 7.96
2022-23 1,624.465 8.89
2023-24 * 1,588.220 6.80
* Upto February, 2024 (Provisional), Source : CEA(, 201
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1.3 The electricity generation target for the year 2023-24 was fixed at 1750 BU comprising of
1324.110 BU Thermal; 156.700 BU Hydro; 46.190 Nuclear; 8 BU Import from Bhutan and 215 BU RES
(Excl. Large Hydro).
2.0 Plant Load Factor (PLF):
2.1 The PLF in the country (Coal & Lignite based) from 2009-10 to 2023-24 is as under:
All India PLF Sector-wise PLF (%)
Year
(%) Central State Private
2009-10 77.5 85.5 70.9 83.9
2010-11 75.1 85.1 66.7 80.7
2011-12 73.3 82.1 68.0 69.5
2012-13 69.9 79.2 65.6 64.1
2013-14 65.60 76.10 59.10 62.10
2014-15 64.46 73.96 59.83 60.58
2015-16 62.29 72.52 55.41 60.49
2016-17 59.88 71.98 54.35 55.73
2017-18 60.72 72.38 56.90 55.34
2018-19 61.07 72.64 57.81 55.24
2019-20 55.99 64.21 50.24 54.64
2020-21 54.51 63.40 46.23 54.66
2021-22 58.87 69.71 54.50 53.62
2022-23 64.15 74.67 61.86 56.64
2023-24 * 68.76 74.73 64.51 67.21
* Upto February, 2024 (Provisional), Source : CEA(, 2017)

3.0 Power Supply Position

The power supply position in the country during 2009-10 to 2023-24 :
Energy Peak
Surplus (+) / Maximum Surplus (+) /
Year Requirement Availability Peak Demand
Deficits (-) Demand Met Deficits (-)
(MU) (MU) (MU) (%) (MW) (MW) (MW) (%)
2009-10 8,30,594 7,46,644 -83,950 -10.1 1,19,166 1,04,009 -15,157 -12.7
2010-11 8,61,591 7,88,355 -73,236 -8.5 1,22,287 1,10,256 -12,031 -9.8
2011-12 9,37,199 8,57,886 -79,313 -8.5 1,30,006 1,16,191 -13,815 -10.6
2012-13 9,95,557 9,08,652 -86,905 -8.7 1,35,453 1,23,294 -12,159 -9.0
2013-14 10,02,257 9,59,829 -42,428 -4.2 1,35,918 1,29,815 -6,103 -4.5
2014-15 10,68,923 10,30,785 -38,138 -3.6 1,48,166 1,41,160 -7,006 -4.7
2015-16 11,14,408 10,90,850 -23,558 -2.1 1,53,366 1,48,463 -4,903 -3.2
2016-17 11,42,929 11,35,334 -7,595 -0.7 1,59,542 1,56,934 -2,608 -1.6
2017-18 12,13,326 12,04,697 -8,629 -0.7 1,64,066 1,60,752 -3,314 -2.0
2018-19 12,74,595 12,67,526 -7,070 -0.6 1,77,022 1,75,528 -1,494 -0.8
2019-20 12,91,010 12,84,444 -6,566 -0.5 1,83,804 1,82,533 -1,271 -0.7
2020-21 12,75,534 12,70,663 -4,871 -0.4 1,90,198 1,89,395 -802 -0.4
2021-22 13,79,812 13,74,024 -5,787 -0.4 2,03,014 2,00,539 -2,475 -1.2
2022-23 15,11,847 15,04,264 -7,583 -0.5 2,15,888 2,07,231 -8,657 -4.0
2023-24 * 14,87,257 14,83,241 -4,016 -0.3 2,43,271 2,39,931 -3,340 -1.4
* Upto February, 2024 (Provisional), Source : CEA(
 (In Billion Units)
Total Generation (Including Renewable Sources)
1,800 1624.5
1,600 1491.9
1376.1 1389.1 1381.9
1,400
1308.1
1241.7
1173.6
1,200 1110.4
928.1 969.5 1020.2
1,000 850.4
805.4
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2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
2012 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23

12.00 Growth in Total Generation (%)

10.00 9.14 8.84 8.89
7.96
8.00 7.15
5.59 5.23 5.69 5.80 5.35
6.00 5.19
4.46
4.00

2.00 0.95

0.00
-0.52
-2.00
2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23
2014-15