In India, today there is adequate availability of power. Present installed generation capacity of the country is 513.730 GW. Government of India has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 289.607 GW of fresh generation capacity since April, 2014 transforming the country from power deficit to power sufficient.
Our country has successfully met the all-time maximum demand of 250 GW last year. The gap between ‘Energy Supplied’ and ‘Energy Requirement’ has declined from 0.5% during FY 2022-23 to ‘NIL’ during the current year. Similarly, the Peak Demand not met has declined from 4.0% during 2022-23 to almost ‘NIL’ during the current year.
‘Energy Supplied’ has been commensurate to the ‘Energy Requirement’ with only a marginal gap which is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission / Distribution network. Hence there is no impact of shortage on the economy and industrial growth.
Electricity being a concurrent subject, the supply and distribution of electricity is the responsibility of the respective State Government / Distribution Utility. Hence, it is the responsibility of the respective distribution utility to take necessary actions to provide 24×7 reliable and quality power to the consumers. The Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments by establishing power plants through Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs).
