Dadra & Nagar Haveli has the highest per capita electricity consumption in the country at 11,863.64 kWh while Bihar has the lowest at 122.11 kWh as per the latest available State/UT wise data on annual per capita consumption of electricity in the country for the year 2009-10. National average is 778.71. Per capita consumption for Kerala is well below national average at 525.25. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha Mr KC Venugopal minister of state for power stated that the National Electricity Policy aims to increase per capita availability of electricity to over 1000 units by 2012. He added that the per capita consumption of electricity in the country is much lower than that of many developed countries.
Among the states, Delhi tops the list with 1,651.26 kWh, and Gujarat follows with 1,615.24 kWh. Maharashtra, in comparison, is well below these states with 1,028.22 kWh, while Punjab with 1,526.86 kWh and Himachal Pradesh with 1,379.99 kWh fare better. Globally, per capita power consumption of India is 778.71 kWh, which is three times lower than that of China that is one notch higher on the list with 2,471 kWh.
Among the states, Delhi tops the list with 1,651.26 kWh, and Gujarat follows with 1,615.24 kWh. Maharashtra, in comparison, is well below these states with 1,028.22 kWh, while Punjab with 1,526.86 kWh and Himachal Pradesh with 1,379.99 kWh fare better. Globally, per capita power consumption of India is 778.71 kWh, which is three times lower than that of China that is one notch higher on the list with 2,471 kWh.
The top 10 positions are accounted for by Canada (17,053 kWh), the US (13,647 kWh), Australia (11,174 kWh), Japan (8,072 kWh), France (7,703 kWh), Germany (7,148 kWh), South Korea (8,853 KWh), the UK (6,067 kWh), Russia (6,443 kWh) and Italy (5,656 kWh).
According to the power ministry, among union territories, after Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu comes next with 7,118.23 kWh, Puducherry accounts for 1,743.37 kWh, and Chandigarh consumes 1,340.00 kWh.
The Minister said that the Planning Commission had fixed a capacity addition target of 62,374 MW during the Mid Term Appraisal. Projects aggregating to 40,131 MW have been commissioned till August 5th 2011 during 11th Plan and the remaining projects are under construction.
Mr Venugopal said that the other steps taken by the government to increase availability of power in the country which will in turn lead to enhancement in per capita availability of power include
1. Rigorous monitoring of the on going capacity addition program
2. Initiative for augmentation of domestic manufacturing capacity of power plant equipment
3. Development of Ultra Mega Power Projects of 4000 MW each
4. harnessing surplus captive power into the grid
5. Renovation, Modernization & Life Extension of old and inefficient generating units
6. Development of an extensive network of high voltage transmission for transfer of power from
surplus to deficit regions, etc.
Per capita electricity consumption in 2008
surplus to deficit regions, etc.
Statewise per capita electricity consumption in 2009-10
| States / UTs | kWh |
| Haryana | 1222.21 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1379.99 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 952.02 |
| Punjab | 1526.86 |
| Rajasthan | 736.20 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 348.37 |
| Uttarakhand | 1112.29 |
| Chandigarh | 1340.00 |
| Delhi | 1651.26 |
| Sub-Total (NR) | 695.11 |
| Gujarat | 1615.24 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 602.07 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1546.94 |
| Maharashtra | 1028.22 |
| Goa | 2263.63 |
| Daman & Diu | 7118.23 |
| D & N Haveli | 11863.64 |
| Sub-Total (WR) | 1116.92 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 966.99 |
| Karnataka | 903.24 |
| Kerala | 525.25 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1131.58 |
| Puducherry | 1743.37 |
| Lakshadweep | 418.14 |
| Sub-Total | 938.88 |
| Bihar | 122.11 |
| Jharkhand | 880.43 |
| Orissa | 874.26 |
| West Bengal | 550.16 |
| A & N Islands | 493.98 |
| Sikkim | 850.00 |
| Sub-Total (ER) | 481.36 |
| Assam | 204.80 |
| Manipur | 240.22 |
| Meghalaya | 675.19 |
| Nagaland | 218.03 |
| Tripura | 335.47 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 470.00 |
| Mizoram | 376.99 |
| Sub-Total (NER) | 257.98 |
| Total(All India) | 778.71 |
Per capita electricity consumption in 2008
| Sl | Country | kwh |
| 1 | Canada | 17053 |
| 2 | USA | 13647 |
| 3 | Australia | 11174 |
| 4 | Japan | 8072 |
| 5 | France | 7703 |
| 6 | Germany | 7148 |
| 7 | Korea | 8853 |
| 8 | UK | 6067 |
| 9 | Russia | 6443 |
| 10 | Italy | 5656 |
| 11 | South Africa | 4770 |
| 12 | Brazil | 2232 |
| 13 | China | 2471 |
| 14 | India | 734* |
| 15 | World | 2782 |
*2008 data
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