Reform measures under RDSS have led to reduction in AT&C losses of DISCOMs from ~ 22.3 % in FY 2021 to ~16.4 % in FY 2022: Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy


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The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed about the details of the schemes launched by the Ministry of Power since the year 2018 till date along with details of the targets set and achievements made under each of the said schemes.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, liquidity problems traversed upstream in the power sector value chain due to inability of DISCOMs to pay Generation and transmission companies for the electricity purchased and transmitted. To tide over the liquidity crisis in the power sector, Government of India announced Liquidity Infusion Scheme in May, 2020, as a part of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to help DISCOMs to pay outstanding dues to CPSU GENCOs and TRANSCOs; Renewable Generators, and Independent Power Producers, as existing on 30.06.2020. Under the scheme, REC and PFC provided long term concessional transition financing to the Distribution Utilities against an unconditional and irrevocable State Government Guarantee. Sanctioned loan under the scheme was disbursed in 2 Tranches (50% each). As on date, total loan disbursed under the Scheme is Rs. 1,12,456 Cr. for 16 States. State-wise details are given below.

 

Sl. No.

State

Discom

Loan Sanctioned (Rs. Cr.)

Loan Disbursed (Rs. Cr.)

REC

PFC

Total

REC

PFC

Total

1

Andhra Pradesh

APSPDCL & APEPDCL

4185

4185

8370

4154

4154

8308

2

Telangana

TSNPDCL & TSSPDCL

6326

6326

12652

6274

6302

12576

3

Punjab

PSPCL

2000

2000

4000

500

500

1000

4

Uttar Pradesh

UPPCL

16962

16962

33924

16420

16420

32840

5

Rajasthan

AVVNL, JVVNL & JdVVNL

5783

5783

11566

5783

5783

11566

6

West Bengal

WBSEDCL

510

510

1020

470

470

940

7

Manipur

MSPDCL

56

56

112

56

56

112

8

Karnataka

GESCOM, HESCOM, CESC & BESCOM

3623

3623

7246

0

0

0

9

Jammu & Kashmir

JKPDCL

2790

8234

11024

2790

7532

10322

10

Puducherry

Energy Dept.

150

0

150

25

0

25

11

Meghalaya

MePDCL

673

673

1346

551

551

1102

12

Maharashtra

MSEDCL

7155

0

7155

2500

0

2500

13

Uttarakhand

UPCL

400

400

800

400

200

600

14

Bihar

NBPDCL & SBPDCL

1753

1750

3503

1748

1744

3492

15

Tamil Nadu

TANGEDCO

17830

12400

30230

17060

9737

26797

16

Himachal Pradesh

HPSEBL

138

138

276

138

138

276

TOTAL

70,334

63,040

1,33,374

58,869

53,587

1,12,456

 

Further, Government of India, in order to bring about financial discipline in the distribution sector and also to strengthen the distribution infrastructure for providing uninterrupted power supply to the consumers, launched a reform-based result-oriented scheme of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) on 30.06.2021 with an outlay of Rs. 3,03,758 crores and Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs. 97,631 crores over a period of five years from Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. The scheme is applicable to all State owned Discoms and State/UT Power Departments. Till today, with continuous engagement with the stakeholders, action plan and DPR for 30 States/ UTs have been approved by the Government.

Till today, DPRs having total outlay of Rs. 1,21,778 Crores have been approved for Loss Reduction (LR) works and Rs.1,30,474 Cr have been approved for smart metering works. State-wise details are given below.

State / UT wise details of sanctioned fund under RDSS

States/UTs

Sanctioned cost of metering 
(Rs. Cr.)

Sanctioned LR cost
(Rs. Cr.)

Sanctioned total Outlay
(Rs. Cr.)

Sanctioned GBS of Metering Works 
(Rs. Cr.)

Sanctioned GBS of Infrastructure
(Rs. Cr.)

Sanctioned total GBS
(Rs Cr.)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

54

462

516

12

416

428

Andhra Pradesh

4,128

9,293

13,421

815

5,576

6,391

Arunachal Pradesh

184

923

1,107

54

831

885

Assam

4,050

2,609

6,659

1,052

2,348

3,400

Bihar

2,021

7,081

9,102

412

4,249

4,661

Chhattisgarh

4,105

3,598

7,703

804

2,159

2,963

Delhi

13

324

337

2

194

196

Goa

469

247

716

95

148

243

Gujarat

10,642

6,021

16,663

1,885

3,613

5,497

Haryana

0

3,158

3,158

0

1,895

1,895

Himachal Pradesh

1,788

2,281

4,069

466

2,053

2,519

Jammu & Kashmir

1,064

4,636

5,699

272

4,172

4,444

Jharkhand

858

3,262

4,120

191

1,957

2,148

Kerala

8,231

2,347

10,578

1,413

1,408

2,821

Ladakh

0

876

876

0

788

788

Madhya Pradesh

8,769

9,403

18,172

1,482

5,642

7,124

Maharashtra

15,215

14,158

29,373

2,840

8,495

11,334

Manipur

121

401

522

38

361

399

Meghalaya

310

796

1,106

86

717

803

Mizoram

182

237

419

61

214

275

Nagaland

208

391

599

60

352

412

Puducherry

251

84

335

56

51

107

Punjab

5,769

3,873

9,642

960

2,324

3,284

Rajasthan

9,715

9,371

19,086

1,686

5,623

7,309

Sikkim

97

398

495

30

358

388

Tamil Nadu

19,235

9,066

28,302

3,398

5,440

8,838

Tripura

319

485

803

80

436

517

Uttar Pradesh

18,956

17,090

36,046

3,501

10,254

13,754

Uttarakhand

1,051

1,683

2,734

297

1,515

1,812

West Bengal

12,670

7,223

19,893

2,089

4,334

6,423

Grand Total

130,474

121,778

252,252

24,139

77,920

102,059

*LR-Loss reduction Infrastructure strengthening works

**GBS-Gross Budgetary Support

About 19.79 crores pre-paid consumers smart meters are planned to be deployed across States. These States/UTs also plan to deploy around 52 Lakh Distribution Transformer (DT) smart meters and 1.88 Lakh feeder smart meters under RDSS. State-wise details are given below.

State/UT wise details of sanctioned number of Smart Meters:

States/UTs

Sanctioned Qty (Nos.)

Consumer Meters (Nos.)

DT Meters (Nos)

Feeder Meters (Nos)

Total Meters (Nos.)

Phase-I

Phase-II

Total (Nos.)

1

4A

4B

4=4A+4B

5

6

7=4+5+6

Andaman & Nicobar

66,858

16,715

83,573

1,148

114

84,835

Andhra

42,06,266

14,02,580

56,08,846

2,93,140

17,358

59,19,344

Arunachal Pradesh

2,29,956

57,490

2,87,446

10,116

688

2,98,250

Assam

19,44,191

44,20,607

63,64,798

77,547

2,782

64,45,127

Bihar

23,50,000

23,50,000

2,50,726

6,427

26,07,153

Chhattisgarh

40,38,537

19,23,578

59,62,115

2,10,644

6,720

61,79,479

Delhi

766

2,755

3,521

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

8,45,427

19,55,518

28,00,945

39,012

1,951

28,41,908

Goa

5,18,812

2,22,348

7,41,160

8,369

827

7,50,356

Gujarat

60,09,315

1,04,72,556

1,64,81,871

3,00,487

5,229

1,67,87,587

Jammu & Kashmir

4,24,998

9,82,047

14,07,045

88,037

2,608

14,97,690

Jharkhand

13,41,306

13,41,306

19,512

1,226

13,62,044

Kerala

36,62,664

96,26,697

1,32,89,361

87,615

6,025

1,33,83,001

Ladakh

Manipur

50,952

1,03,448

1,54,400

11,451

357

1,66,208

Madhya Pradesh

33,78,009

96,02,093

1,29,80,102

4,06,503

8,411

1,33,95,016

Maharashtra

1,23,03,123

1,12,61,624

2,35,64,747

4,10,905

29,214

2,40,04,866

Meghalaya

2,30,002

2,29,998

4,60,000

11,419

1,324

4,72,743

Mizoram

2,89,383

2,89,383

2,300

398

2,92,081

Nagaland

1,80,407

1,36,803

3,17,210

6,276

392

3,23,878

Puducherry

4,03,767

4,03,767

3,105

180

4,07,052

Punjab

18,84,998

68,99,809

87,84,807

1,84,044

12,563

89,81,414

Rajasthan

47,20,065

95,54,891

1,42,74,956

4,34,608

27,128

1,47,36,692

Sikkim

1,20,505

24,175

1,44,680

3,229

633

1,48,542

Tamil Nadu

1,06,84,595

1,93,15,405

3,00,00,000

4,72,500

18,274

3,04,90,774

Tripura

1,36,872

4,10,617

5,47,489

14,908

473

5,62,870

Uttar Pradesh

1,41,42,793

1,28,36,263

2,69,79,056

15,26,801

20,874

2,85,26,731

West Bengal

37,17,969

1,70,00,000

2,07,17,969

3,05,419

11,874

2,10,35,262

Uttarakhand

8,45,058

7,39,147

15,84,205

38,016

1,686

16,23,907

All India

7,87,26,828

11,91,94,409

19,79,21,237

52,18,603

1,88,491

20,33,28,331

 

The feeder and DT smart metering would help in the automatic and accurate energy accounting for the purpose of identifying high loss areas.

Out of total sanction cost under RDSS, Rs. 5,897.22 crores have been released since the launch of the scheme up to 06-12-2023 as per the scheme guidelines. State/UT wise, year wise details are given below.

State/UT wise details of fund released in last two years and current year:

States/UTs

DISCOM

FY 2021-22

FY 2022-23

FY 2023-24

Cumulative Fund released FY21-22, FY 22-23 and FY 23-24

Fund released

Fund released

Fund utilized

Total Lapsed on 31.03.2023

Fund released

Fund utilized 2023-24 till date

Andaman & Nicobar

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

20.48

0.00

20.48

Andhra Pradesh

APSPDCL

152.53

0.00

-0.14

0.14

129.71

281.60

282.10

APCPDCL

44.29

0.00

0.00

0.00

37.33

81.62

81.62

APEPDCL

77.37

0.00

-24.08

24.08

52.71

88.39

106.00

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal PD

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

35.47

0.00

35.47

Assam

APDCL

0.00

118.60

10.39

108.21

259.79

243.94

270.18

Bihar

NBPDCL

0.00

100.49

2.96

97.53

195.05

159.71

198.02

SBPDCL

0.00

114.30

1.47

112.83

224.60

190.42

226.06

Chandigarh

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Chhattisgarh

CSPDCL

0.00

106.33

68.68

37.65

143.98

114.95

212.66

Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Delhi

NDMC

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.57

0.00

9.57

Goa

GED

0.00

7.30

0.00

7.30

7.30

 

7.30

Gujarat

UGVCL

37.32

0.00

-37.32

37.32

64.89

54.36

64.89

MGVCL

49.10

0.00

-38.20

38.20

87.94

55.22

98.84

 PGVCL

47.03

0.00

-47.03

47.03

54.55

28.68

54.55

DGVCL

44.53

0.00

-44.53

44.53

89.69

86.01

89.69

Haryana

DHBVNL

0.00

47.53

0.20

47.33

47.33

0.20

47.53

UHBVNL

0.00

45.83

0.19

45.64

45.64

0.54

45.83

Himachal Pradesh

HPSEBL

84.81

0.00

-84.37

84.37

86.29

3.18

86.73

Jammu & Kashmir

JPDCL

0.00

104.19

51.25

52.94

153.61

144.78

204.86

KPDCL

0.00

108.20

16.16

92.04

195.62

150.55

211.78

Jharkhand

JBVNL

0.00

96.42

0.00

96.42

98.01

0.00

98.01

Karnataka

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

0.00

Kerala

KSEBL

0.00

67.07

0.47

66.60

67.68

2.88

68.15

TCED

0.00

2.29

0.00

2.29

2.36

0.00

2.36

Ladakh

Ladakh PD

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

62.76

62.76

62.76

Lakshadweep

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Madhya Pradesh

MPPoKVVCL (East)

0.00

104.12

90.73

13.39

118.57

147.90

209.30

MPPaKVVCL (West)

0.00

76.04

61.80

14.24

91.15

151.89

152.95

MPMKVVCL (Central)

0.00

97.77

26.29

71.48

170.10

196.35

196.39

Maharashtra

MSEDCL

0.00

394.48

0.00

394.48

395.97

266.07

395.97

BEST

0.00

29.19

29.19

0.00

29.19

29.19

58.38

 

Manipur

MSPDCL

0.00

17.78

16.61

1.17

19.54

0.00

36.15

Meghalaya

MePDCL

0.00

35.31

0.00

35.31

35.31

27.29

35.31

Mizoram

P&E Dept. Mizoram

0.00

10.93

0.41

10.52

22.26

10.30

22.67

Nagaland

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

17.96

0.00

17.96

Odisha

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Puducherry

PED

0.00

2.49

0.00

2.49

2.49

0.00

2.49

Punjab

PSPCL

0.00

114.48

0.00

114.48

114.95

0.14

114.95

Rajasthan

AVVNL

0.00

68.80

0.00

68.80

71.24

27.92

71.24

JdVVNL

0.00

96.92

0.00

96.92

194.49

92.63

194.49

JVVNL

0.00

97.71

0.00

97.71

196.13

89.39

196.13

Sikkim

Sikkim PD

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

12.09

0.00

12.09

Tamil Nadu

TANGEDCO

0.00

267.97

0.00

267.97

267.97

0.00

267.97

Telangana

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Tripura

TSECL

0.00

21.48

16.57

4.91

27.01

12.74

43.58

Uttar Pradesh

MVVNL

93.03

34.88

34.57

0.32

125.28

32.80

252.87

DVVNL

29.24

86.00

86.00

0.00

113.14

90.75

228.39

PsVVNL

0.00

104.00

59.28

44.72

146.81

97.10

206.09

PuVVNL

136.31

2.36

-19.29

21.65

157.97

96.48

274.99

KESCO

18.45

0.48

0.48

0.00

18.45

0.10

37.38

Uttarakhand

UPCL

0.00

64.17

3.18

60.99

63.21

10.04

66.39

West Bengal

WBSEDCL

0.00

213.48

0.00

213.48

217.67

0.39

217.67

Total

814.00

2859.40

281.907

2577.49

4801.31

3129.26

5897.22

 

The scheme will continue up to FY 2025-26. The target of the scheme is to reduce the AT&C losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% and eliminate the ACS-ARR gaps by 2024-25. This would help in bring financial viability of the DISCOMs and improve the power sector as a whole. The reform measures taken under RDSS along with the other initiatives of this Ministry, has resulted the AT&C losses of DISCOMs coming down from 22.32% in FY 2021 to 16.44% in FY 2022. Further, the reduction in AT&C losses have resulted in reduction in the Gap between ACS and ARR which has declined from Rs. 0.69/kWh in FY2021 to Rs. 0.15/kWh in FY2022.

This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Rajya Sabha today, December 12, 2023.

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