Highlights of power sector performance for November 2010

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released a progress dossier on the performance of the country's power sector, as of November 2010. This report provides the following information:

• Installed generation capacity, as of November 30, 2010
• The installed power generation capacity of the country stood at 1,67,077.36 MW on November 30, 2010.
• Generation capacity addition during FY 2010-11
• Against the target of 21,441.2 MW during the fiscal, a total of 7,059 MW or 32.9% of the target has been added so far.
• Electricity generation target versus achievement during FY 2010-11
• Out of the target of 8,30,765.5 MUs for April-March 2010-11, around 5,30,760.84 MUs have already been generated in the country. This implies a 63.89% achievement of the generation target for the fiscal.
• Status of CEA-concurrence for hydroelectric schemes
• The CEA has granted concurrence to two HEPs, so far, in the fiscal, while it returned DPRs of 15 HEPs back to their developers for modifications, during the on-going fiscal.
• All-India figures for thermal plant load factor (PLF)
• An average PLF of 72.46% was recorded at the already-operational thermal power stations over April-November 2010.
• Power supply position during November 2010
• A peak deficit of 8.7% and an energy deficit of 6.5% in electricity supply were observed during the month.