According to a report prepared by the Market Monitoring Cell (MMC) of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) for the month of November 2010, out of the total 62,583.80 million units (MU) of energy generated, excluding generation from renewable sources and captive power plants, a total of 5,640.41 MUs, or 9.01%, were transacted in the short-term.
- Such transactions consist of 2,744.97 MUs (4.39%) of the total electricity generation through bilateral mechanisms-- that is through licensed traders, term-ahead contracts on power exchanges and directly between the distribution companies-- 1,953.60 MUs (3.12%) through unscheduled interchange (UI) and 941.84 MUs (1.50%) through the two power exchanges, namely Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL).
- Both the exchanges faced congestion during the month. Around 5.4% of actual volume of electricity transacted in IEX and 51.7% of cleared volume in PXIL could not be cleared due to congestion during the month.
- In IEX, congestion occurred about 47.50% of the hourly time blocks, whereas PXIL experienced congestion in 55.83% of the hourly time blocks.
- Significantly, during the month, 19 regional entities were involved in the sale of electricity through various short-term transactions, while a total of 22 states made short-term purchases of power.
- The top five sellers of short-term electricity during the month were Chhattisgarh (512 MUs), Jindal Power (480.42 MUs), Andhra Pradesh (468.55 MUs), West Bengal (327.55 MUs) and Lanco Amarkantak Power Private Limited (277.60 MUs), while the top five purchasing entities were Tamil Nadu (1,074.77 MUs), Rajasthan (424.34 MUs), Maharashtra (374.75 MUs), Madhya Pradesh (269.57 MUs) and Karnataka (168.93 MUs).
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