According to the report prepared by the Market Monitoring Cell (MMC) of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on the short-term transactions of electricity for the month of June 2010, out of the total electricity generation of 65,211.13 million units (MU), excluding generation from renewable sources and captive power plants, a total of 7,295.64 MUs, or 11.19%, were transacted in the short-term.
Such transactions consist of 3,954.99 MUs (6.06%) 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-- 2,450 MUs (3.76%) through unscheduled interchange (UI) and 890.64 MUs (1.37%) through the two power exchanges, namely Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL).
Both the exchanges faced congestion in the southern and northern regions of the country. In IEX, congestion occurred about 15.83% of the hourly time blocks, whereas, in PXIL, it occurred about 15.69% of the hourly time blocks. Congestion was most prevalent during 0.00-6.00 hours, at both.
--About 3% of the actual cleared volume in IEX and about 2% of the volume in PXIL could not be cleared due to congestion.
Significantly, during the month, 26 regional entities were involved in the sale of electricity through various short-term transactions, while a total of 12 states made short-term purchases of power.
--The top five regional entities, in terms of short term sale of electricity, during the month were Chattisgarh (607.77 MUs), Gujarat (576.37 MUs), Himachal Pradesh (539.83 MUs), Jindal Power Limited (492.07 MUs) and Jammu & Kashmir (355.64 MUs), while the top five purchasing entities were Punjab (1,022.72 MUs), Haryana (766.31 MUs), Maharashtra (737.86 MUs), Uttar Pradesh (568.22 MUs) and Rajasthan (463.49 MUs).
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