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FREE: Free 200 units and 50% subsidy for consumption between 201 to 400 units per month[1]

24x7 Power i.e. No Cuts: Load shedding has dropped to the lowest level in last two decades at 0.019%(2021-22) & 0.028%(2022-23) of the total consumption[1:1]

No Hike in Electricity Prices since 2015: Even non-subsidy consumers are getting cheapest rates[1:2]

Inverter Sales in Delhi were DOWN by 70% as of 01 Dec 2019[2]

2014 - Before AAP: 4-5 hours of power cuts were normal during peak summer[3]

[2:1]

1. Highest Power Load and Still no cuts

  • Delhi's electricity consumers grew from 43.01 lakh(2011-12) to 68.51 lakh(2022-23)[1:3]
  • State's peak demand in the financial year (FY) 2022-23 was 60% higher (7695 MW) than FY 2010-11 (4,810 MW)[1:4]

Shedding as % of Energy Consumption[4]

Year Load Shedding Remarks
2014-15 0.40%
2022-23 0.028% 15x Improvement

2. Reforms

a. Real-time data Dashboard of the entire network is facilitated for constant access with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA)[1:5]

b. Minimised Operational Losses[1:6]

Details 2013-14 2022-23
System Availablity 97.43% 99.598%
Technical and Commercial Losses* 18%-20% 6.42%

*Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses (AT&C) is the difference between energy units put into the system and the units for which the payment is collected

c. Energy Storage[5]: Used for electricity load management

Probably largest Energy Storage in South Asia, with 10 MW battery energy storage system inaugurated in Aug 2021

3. Before AAP

a. Discom threat of blackout in 2015[6]

AAP Govt not only did we refuse to give in to these demands, also pushed harder for a CAG audit of their accounts

February 2015

Years of corruption, incentivised inefficiency and large-scale over-reporting of losses

  • Distribution companies (discoms) had threatened to push more than half of the city into darkness, citing inability to pay for purchase of power
  • Discoms were claiming to be short on cash, even after 5 years of continuous hikes in power tariffs
  • Discoms had extracted ₹500 crore from the Delhi government in 2011 under similar circumstances

Aug 2019

Discoms were no longer short on cash, despite Delhi’s lowest power bills in the country

  • Regulatory assets (dues owed by the people of Delhi to the discoms) for these discoms have reduced to ₹8,400 crore from ₹11,406 crore in Feb 2015

b. High Purchase Costs[7]

PPAs with local Power plants had 70% higher electricity purchase
-- Average cost of power purchased was Rs. 6 per unit while other states could buy from Rs 1 to Rs 3.2 per unit

References:


  1. https://delhiplanning.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Planning/chapter_11_0.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/delhi-power-cut-electricity-disruptions-down-by-70-but-pinches-inverter-sellers-388710 ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/bses-discoms-blamed-for-power-cuts/article6215725.ece ↩︎

  4. https://delhiplanning.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Planning/ch._11_energy_0.pdf ↩︎

  5. https://www.eqmagpro.com/satyendar-jain-inaugurates-10-mw-battery-energy-storage-system-eq-mag-pro/ ↩︎

  6. https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-transformative-story-of-delhi-s-power-sector/story-EpBaBzKrHBZRotHtNBD9gK_amp.html ↩︎

  7. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/stateowned-power-plants-too-pricey/article7307821.ece ↩︎

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