Power sector is a crucial infrastructure ingredient for expansion of an economy. The accessibility of dependable, quality and inexpensive power is imperative for brisk growth in crop growing, manufacturing and for overall fiscal expansion of a state. For this a well-organized, pliant and monetarily vigorous power sector is an indispensable prerequisite for development of a state and financial empowerment of the common man. Under the Indian Constitution, electricity is a concurrent subject. As per Electricity Act 2003, it is the obligation of a distribution licensee to extend and preserve an efficient, synchronized and cost-effective distribution system in the mandated area of supply as well as to furnish electricity in agreement with the provisions contained in the Act. The State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC), as per the provisions of the act, specifies and enforces the standards with respect to quality and reliability of supply by licensees and also monitors the performance of distribution companies (Licensees) on the basis of notified Performance of Standards.
Chhattisgarh Power Sector
Power sector can be divided into three verticals having Generation, Transmission and Distribution business. In Chhattisgarh, state electricity board, which was undertaking all the above functions, after the streamlining procedure undertaken in December 2008, was unbundled into five independent companies, as given hereafter.
- Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company Limited (CSPGCL),
2. Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Limited (CSPTCL),
3. Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL),
4. Chhattisgarh State Power Trading Company Limited (CSPTrCL), and
5. Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited (CSPHCL).
The function of power generation to meet the demand of the state was given to CSPGCL. The function of intra state transmission of power was given to CSPTCL and distribution of power to end consumers was given to CSPDCL.
Power Generation
The existing installed power generation capability of the state is 19,827 MW. The state is expected to witness a capacity accumulation of 22,000 MW at some stage in the end of 12th Five year plan which is principally for meeting the demand of other states.
CSPGCL at present has an installed capacity of 2,424 MW, out of which 2,240 MW is from coal based power plants.
CSPGCL will also append an extra capacity of 1,000 MW (2 x 500 MW Marwa) which will boost the installed capacity of CSPGCL to 3,424 MW by the end of FY 2016. Some of the changes in key parameters after the formation of Chhattisgarh state have been shown in Table 1.
Power Transmission
Chhattisgarh has total interstate transformation capacity of 23,205 MVA. The bulk of the network is designed for exporting power outside Chhattisgarh. The transmission export capacity in the state to other parts of the country has been shown in Table 2.
To meet the demand of Chhattisgarh, intra state transmission network has been developed by CSPTCL which provides connectivity to CSPDCL customers. A capacity of 6030 MVA has been developed by CSPTCL to meet the demand. A summary of capacity expansion has been shown in the Table 3.
Power Distribution
The task of power distribution in the state is undertaken by CSPDCL. The comparative of expansion in key parameters is shown in Table 4.
Electrification
According to the census 2011, Chhatisgarh has a populace of 2.55 crores with 40% of population concentrated in Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur districts. Chhattisgarh domestic electrification had reached a level of 75% (94% in urban and 70% in rural areas respectively) as per the census 2011, which is reasonably superior than the overall India average of 67%.
Reference: All literature, figure and data used from document on “24×7 Power for All Chhatisgarh”.
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