Chhattisgarh achieved actual cumulative power generation of 40,173.66 million units (MU) from conventional power stations based in the State of above 25 MW capacity between April-September, 2015, according to the monthly report of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
This was compared to 38773.39 MU generated during the corresponding period of the previous year—a growth of 3.61 per cent, it stated.
Chhattisgarh would have 26,012 million units of power available during 2015-16 against the anticipated requirement of 24,980 million units during 2015-16, according to a report of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The State would have 1032 million units (MU) of surplus power generated during 2015-16 and the peak requirement is anticipated at 3,825 MW against the anticipated availability of 3,857 MW — a surplus of 32MW, it stated.
As per CEA’s actual power supply position versus load Generation Balance Report (lGBR) for the year 2014-15, the actual energy shortage in the western region during 2014-15 was higher than the forecasted figure on account of higher energy requirement as compared to availability, the report pointed out.
All the states of western region experienced lower shortages during 2014-15. Chhattisgarh had energy shortage of 1.3 per cent against forecast surplus of 40.9 pc due to much lower energy availability than the forecast. Gujarat did not face any energy shortage against a forecast surplus of 4.1 pc. Madhya Pradesh faced actual energy shortage of 0.5 pc against a forecast surplus of 5.1 pc due to lower energy availability, it stated. In the western region during 2014-15, the maximum energy shortage was in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, which was 1.3 pc. Gujarat faced negligible energy shortage where as Madhya Pradesh and Goa faced energy shortage in the range of 0.5 to 0.9 per cent.
The actual energy requirement and availability in the western region were higher than the forecast by 10.2 per cent and 9 per cent whereas the actual figures of peak demand and peak met were lower by 3.9 per cent and 18.1 per cent respectively.The actual energy shortage in the region was 0.8 per cent as compared to the forecasted surplus of 0.3 per cent.The actual peak demand of the western region was less than the anticipated, the report stated.