A Performance Analysis of Power Distribution Utilities of Haryana

EXCEL INDIA PUBLISHERS, 2015

India is both a major energy producer and a consumer of electricity. It is the seventh largest energy producer, contributing 2.49% of the world’s total annual energy Production. Power distribution is a vital segment in power sector. These utilities are responsible for distributing power and it is a subject of state and hence these utilities are responsible for supplying electricity to both rural and urban customers. The financial health of Discoms has a direct impact on the power generation and transmission companies. Therefore there is a need to maintain sound and healthy financial position of these utilities. The main problems due to which the distribution utilities are not able to perform better are Irregularities in payments made by government owned bodies, poor financial and low credibility, inability to raise funds for short term and long term use, increasing AT&C, Increasing gap between ACS and ARR, political intervention in tariff setting etc. The study suggests that political intervention should be avoided in tariff revision, precautionary measures to avoid power theft, inadequate metering, wrong meter reading, inaccurate billing, revenue leakages due to unbilled, avoiding late receipt of Subsidies from government and different customers, reduce transmission and distribution losses and improve Efficiency in collection to improve financials of discoms. Rural electrification has been a challenge; therefore an initiative should be taken to explore alternate energy sources.

Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2011

Energy plays a vital role in the sustainable development an economy. Electricity is considered to be the most convenient form of energy. It is classified as a secondary resource of energy because anyone of the primary sources like coal, gas, petroleum, hydro-power, wind and solar energies may be used to produce electricity. Due to its adaptable nature, it is preferred at the consumer end. It is a basic infrastructure component for economic development. Being a scarce and valuable resource, great emphasis is laid on its optimal use. Given the characteristics of non-storable nature, continuous connection between suppliers and consumers and economies of scale, it was treated as a natural monopoly, all over the world.

Electricity has become the lifeline of the society. Consequently, power sector has come into the list of the most important sectors in todays' industrial world. This paper demonstrates the structure of Indian power sector before independence and just after independence. After independence, Indian power sector was in hands of State Electricity Boards constituted by the respective State Governments. All these boards started losing the efficiency due to being run by State Governments and as a result, had to face a heft amount of financial losses. To deal with and balance the crippling power sector, Power sector reforms came to the fore. After Orissa, Haryana was the second State which adopted the power sector reforms. The structure of power sector in Haryana before and after the reforms has been described in this paper. Different companies handling the generation, transmission and distribution domain of power sector in Haryana have been presented here along with their functions and operating areas.

Infrastructure is considered as a pace setter or forerunner of economic growth and it is one of the most important determinant of economic development. Without infrastructure, an economy cannot functioning well and it's generally agreed that industrial growth critically depends upon the availability of infrastructural facilities in the form of electric power, roads and rail transportation and telecommunication. Like this, agricultural growth also depends upon the rural infrastructure such as irrigation, rural electrification and the spread of rural roads. Among these indicators of infrastructure energy has been also considered as the fuel of economic progress. It is the initial force for economic growth and development. It is the most important input for any development and directly determines the pace of economic growth in any society. But these services not spread out equally in the state. So this paper attempts to study disparities in electricity development in Haryana state.

2011

This article aims at analysing the importance of power sector, consumer utility, demand and generation of power. Power sector has become important and indispensable practically in every sphere of activity. The production status of energy in India has not been a match to the power requirements of various categories of consumers. There is a constant widening of the gap between power generation and demand for power in India. Andhra Pradesh has abundant natural resources for power generation. Self-sufficiency in it is yet to be realised. Power consumption of the people in the state is much less than the average per capita consumption in the rest of the country. This article explains the overall operational efficiency of the Indian power sector. It also analyses the various multifarious problems encountered in the production and distribution of power sector such as theft of power, misuse of power, unauthorised use of power etc., The study also suggests suitable measures to be taken by th...

The article aims analyzing the importance of power sector, power sector has become important and indispensable partially in every sphere of activities .the production status of energy in India has not been a match to the power requirements of various categories of consumers. Energy is one of the major inputs for economic development of any country. Over the last 60 years India has taken rapid development of the electricity sector both in terms of power generation and distribution. Power generation is the most important for economic growth and industrial development of any country. India has a very large verity of renewable and non-renewable energy resources still it suffers lack of generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity due to its poor policies and weak planning strategy. This paper discusses issues, challenges and also suggests suitable measures to be taken by the government for the development of the power sector.

The Indian power sector has the fifth largest electricity generation capacity in the world and the world's third largest transmission and distribution network. The top four countries, viz., Japan, China and Russia together consume about 49 percent of the total power generated globally. The average per capita consumption of electricity in India is estimated to be 704 KW during 2008 -09. However, this fairly low when compared to that of some of the developed and emerging nations such as US (--15,000 KWh) and China (--1,800 KWh). The world average stands at 2,300 kWh2. This paper highlights ambitious and goals of Indian power sector owing to which the power sector is poised for significant expansion. In order to provide availability of over 1000 units of per capita electricity by the year 2012 it has been estimated that need -based capacity addition of more than 100,000 MW would be required. This has resulted in massive addition plans being proposed in the subsectors of Generation Transmission and Distribution.

2019

In the era of reforms, power sector has also created space for itself by launching Ujwal Discoms Assurance Yojana (UDAY) with a motive to bring and upgrade efficiency in power sector. The Discoms had bearded an amount of Rs. 2374 Crore as burden of interest on outstanding debt. In this paper, an attempt has been made to assess the performance of Haryana Discoms on operational & financial parameters. The researcher draws a conclusion on the operational parameters that DT meter (Rural), smart metering above 500 KWH and smart metering between 200 to 500 KWH parameters have an insignificant growth. On the other hand, financial parameters of UDAY scheme show that UHBVNL Discom has higher Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses and the Average Cost of Supply (ACS) & Average Revenue Realization (ARR) gap of DHBVNL reports to be insignificant which poses a major challenge for Haryana.

IAEME PUBLICATION, 2014

In many developing countries, the electricity system is too weak to meet growing demand. The availability and reliability of generating capacity is also in short supply. Political interference, subsidized pricing, and corruption weaken the ability of developing countries like India electricity supply system, to finance and deliver service or attract new private investment. Electricity theft can be in various forms of frauds like meter tampering, stealing with illegal connections, billing irregularities, and unpaid bills. This work deals with power economics, policy, regulations and reforms. Random sampling with personal interviews was to be done for primary data collection from domestic users, industrial users, media and power distribution agencies. One more survey for Technology Feasibility of power system has to be done with personal interviews from generation, transmission and distribution units of Electricity system in Kanpur city. A comparative analysis to compare investment in DG versus a large-scale generator in the presence of uncertain demand growth has to be done. Net Present Cost, Cost of Energy, Break even Grid Distance are the three most important output variables of the analysis. The survey data shows that a huge amount of improvement needs in Energy system. This electricity system can be improved by applying technical solutions such as tamper-proof meters, various managerial methods such as inspection and monitoring of distribution system, and in some cases restructuring power systems ownership and regulation.