Domestic supply to exceed electricity demand

As on 31st October 2019, the installed generation capacity in the country is around 3,64,960 MW, which is sufficient to meet the country’s electricity demand. The details of actual power supply position in terms of energy and peak of the country during 2019-20 (up to October 2019). It may be seen that the gap between demand and supply of power during 2019-20 (up to October 2019) both in terms of energy and peak is less than 1 percent. This gap is generally on account of factors other than inadequacy of power availability in the country, e.g. constraints in sub-transmission and distribution network, financial constraints of State Power Utilities to purchase power, etc. To meet the shortfall, if any, in power requirement, distribution company can also purchase power from power exchanges on daily basis.

As per PIB reports, Government of India is supporting the States/UTs in augmenting and strengthening the intra-state transmission and distribution network through various schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS). Coal supply has also improved as coal stock in power plants as on 21st November 2019 is 23.1 million tonnes for the 14 days as against 12.1 MT for 7 days on the same day last year.