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India misses target of becoming electricity-surplus nation; peak power deficit at 0.8% in FY19
Apr-22-2019

India has again missed the target of becoming an electricity-surplus nation by a whisker as its peak power deficit stood at 0.8 percent and the overall energy deficit remained 0.6 percent in the financial year 2019. Central Electricity Authority (CEA), in its load generation balancing report (LGBR) for 2018-19, had pegged overall energy and peak power surpluses at 4.6 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, indicating that India would be a power-surplus country in FY19.

CEA had also projected that India would become a power-surplus nation in 2017-18. However, the peak power deficit was 2.1 percent, while overall electricity deficit was 0.7 percent across the country in FY18.  According to the latest CEA data, during peak hours, as much as 175.52 gigawatt (GW) was supplied against demand of 177.02 GW leaving a deficit of 1.49 GW or 0.8 percent in 2018-19. The data showed that as much as 1,267.29 billion units (BUs) of electricity was supplied against the demand of 1,274.56 BUs leaving an overall electricity or energy deficit of 7.35 BUs or 0.6 per cent during 2018-19.

The power generation can be doubled provided distribution companies (discoms) pay their dues promptly. During March 2019, the overall energy deficit was 0.4 percent. As much as 108.19 BUs of electricity was supplied against the demand of 108.66 BUs in March. The peak power deficit in the month was 0.4 percent as 168.74 GW power was supplied against the demand of 169.46 GW.

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