Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission

:: Power Scenario:

Chhattisgarh State was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on the 1^st November, 2000. It is one of the few States in the country which has a robust power sector since its very inception. The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) was constituted soon after the State came into being on 15^th November, 2000. The Board is in a position, more or less, to meet the electricity requirement of the State and is also in good financial health. Although two more small distribution licensees have come up in the State, CSEB continues to be the single largest producer and distributor of electricity in Chhattisgarh. It is yet to be restructured in pursuance of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003.

There has been a steady increase in demand for electricity in the new State since it came into being. The demand in November, 2000 was about 1100MW which stands today at about 2500MW. So far as electricity consumption in the State goes that is only half the story. Because of the policy of the State Government as also the provisions of the Electricity Act, there has been substantial growth in the capacity of captive power plants in the State. In fact, today the captive generation in the State is more than the total installed capacity of CSEB. The per capita consumption of electricity in the State is higher than the national average, at nearly 1100 KWh per annum and it is growing. Nearly 97% of the villages of the State are electrified although the total number of households electrified is only about 54%. The State Government

has taken up a massive programme of expansion of supply of electricity for irrigation. While there were only 60000 agriculture pumps in November, 2000, the number of agriculture pumps in the State stands at 2.52 lakhs today. The State has high potential for coal based thermal generation of electricity. It has been assessed by a study conducted by Power Finance Corporation some time back that the State has the potential of producing 35000MW for 100 years. The State Government is making all efforts to make the State a power hub in the country.

1. Generation Capacity in the State:

The total installed generation capacity in the State (Feb, 2008) is 6493.94 MW. Almost the entire generation (95.76%) is coal-based thermal generation. Hydel power account for only 137.85 MW, a mere 2.12% of the total. There is a need to improve the Thermal-Hydel mix in the State.

The generation-capacity in the State in the central sector, of CSEB and in the private sector etc.is as under:

Central Sector: Thermal: NTPC -2100 MW

CSEB: Total Thermal : 1530 MW+250MW (COD expected in April'08)

Hydel: 120 MW

Small Hydel: 17.85 MW (including micro-hydel)

Baggase based Co-gen Plant: 6 MW

Details of Installed Capacity of CSEB:

Name of Plant		FY 2007-08
Thermal	Korba East TPS PH 2, 4 units (50MW each)	200
	Korba East TPS PH 3, 2 units (120 MW each)	240
	Korba West TPS, 4 units of (210 MW each)	840
	Korba East Project Unit 1	250
	Total (Thermal)	1530
Hydro & Others	Hasdeo Bango HEP, 3 units (40 MW each )	120
	Gangrel HEP, 4 units (2.5 MW each)	10
	Mini Micro H.P.S Korba, 1 unit (0.85 MW)	0.85
	Sikasar HEP, 2 units of (3.5 MW each)	7
	Kawardha Cogen Plant, 1 unit (6 MW)	6
	Total (Hydro & Others)	143.85
Total Installed Capacity		1673.85

Private Sector: Installed Capacity

Thermal Capacity - 335 MW

Major IPPs:

(a) M/s. Jindal Power Ltd. - 250 MW (3 other units of 250MW each under implementation)

(b) M/s. Aryan Coal Beneficiations Pvt. Ltd. - 30 MW

(d) M/s. Jagdamba Power and Alloys Ltd. - 25 MW

Captive Power Plants with capacity above 1 MW:

Total No. 44

Installed Capacity - 2253.69 MW

Major CPPs:

(a) M/s. BALCO Ltd. - 810 MW

(b) M/s. BSP Ltd. - 36 MW

(d) Others - 986.69

Biomass - based thermal plants:

Total No. 16

Installed Capacity - 131.4 MW

Recent capacity addition:

(i). CSEB - 250 MW (1st unit of 2 X 250 MW Korba East Thermal Power Project)

(ii). Jindal Power Ltd. - 250 MW (1st unit of 4 X 250MW Jindal Power Ltd.)

Expected Capacity addition during 11th Plan:

(1) Central Sector - 4480MW

List of proposed projects during 11 plan (including projects slipping from 10 plan)
S.No.	Plant Name	Agency	Sector	Capacity
1.	Sipat I	NTPC	Central	1980
2.	Sipat II	NTPC	Central	1500
3.	Bhilai JV	NTPC	Central	500
4.	Korba III	NTPC	Central	500
	TOTAL		CENTRAL	4480

(2) CSEB- 3250 MW

List of proposed projects during 11 plan (including projects slipping from 10 plan)
S.No.	Plant Name	Agency	Sector	Capacity
1.	Korba (E) Ext	CSEB	State	250
2.	Korba (W) Ext	CSEB	State	500
3.	Marwa TPS	CSEB	State	1500
4.	Korba (South)	CSEB	Sate	1000
	TOTAL		STATE	3250

(3) Private Sector - 2950 MW

List of proposed projects during 11 plan (including projects slipping from 10 plan)
S.No.	Plant Name	Agency	Sector	Ultimate Capacity
1.	Bhaiyathan	IPP	Private	1600
2.	Raigarh PH II	Jindal Power	Private	750
3.	Pathadi U 1	Lanco-IPP	Private	300
4.	Pathadi U 2	Lanco-IPP	Private	300
	TOTAL		PRIVATE	2950

As many as 52 MOUs have been signed between State Govt., CSEB and investors for a total capacity addition of about 42000 MW (all coal based thermal). A number of these have taken effective steps for setting up the power plants. Some of these may also come up during the 11^th Plan.

Plant Load Factor (PLF) and Availability of CSEB’s Thermal Stations

Although the generation plants of CSEB are old their PLF is very satisfactory.

Plant Load Factor (PLF)

Power Station	FY 2005-06	FY 2006-07
Korba East PH 2	91.92%	92.66%
Korba East PH 3	75.49%	78.95%
Korba West	78.13%	80.78%

Availability

Power Station	FY 2005-06	FY 2006-07
Korba East PH 2	93.22%	94.16%
Korba East PH 3	87.93%	88.14%
Korba West	87.32%	88.61%

2. Transmission system in the State:

(i). PGCIL - Chhattisgarh is landlocked by 6 adjoning States which come under different regions earmarked by the Ministry of Power. These are Eastern Region (Orissa, Jharkhand), Northern Region (UP), Southern Region (AP) and Western Region (MP, Maharastra and Chhattisgarh). While Eastern Region is surplus in power all other regions are facing acute shortage of power. However, looking at the potential to generate and supply power, Chhattisgarh has an advantageous position as it is linked with all regions. For evacuation of power and interlinking with other regions, Chhattisgarh is going to be the heart of the National Grid. For this central transmission utility (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.) is in the process of strengthening transmission capacity along with transmission network in the area to cope up with requirement of power evacuation.

The present network of PGCIL in the State consists of the following:

S. No.	Particular	Position as on 29/02/08
1.	400 KV Sub Station
	i) No. of Sub Station	3
	ii) No. of X'mers	5
	iii) Total MVA