Electric power generation in India is done mostly by government sector entities, and are controlled by various central public sector corporations, like National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, National Thermal Power Corporation and various state level corporations (state electricy boards - SEBs). The transmission and distrubition is by the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) or private companies.

Current per capita power consumption comes to around 600 units (KWH) per year.

Government of India has set up a 'Power for all by 2012' goal. [1]

As per data (as of May 2006) shared by Power Ministry, addition power of 19,680 MW [2] will be added in remaining period of 10'th Five Year Plan (2002-2007). Indian Economy is based on the concept of planning. ...

Installed capacity

Grand Total Installed Capacity is 200,435 MW.[3]

Thermal power plants

Current installed base of Thermal Power is 84,234 MW which comes to 65.6% of total installed base.

Coal Based Thermal Power Plants

Current installed base of Coal Based Thermal Power is 69,618 MW which comes to 54.2% of thermal based power. Mohave Generating Station, a 1,580 MW coal power plant near Laughlin, Nevada A fossil fuel power plant is an energy conversion center that combusts fossil fuels to produce electricity, designed on a large scale for continuous operation. ...

Gas Based Thermal Power Plants

Current installed base of Gas Based Thermal Power is 13,582 MW which comes to 10.6% of thermal based power.

Oil Based Thermal Power Plants

Current installed base of Oil Based Thermal Power is 1,202 MW which comes to 0.9% of thermal based power.

Hydro power plants

India was one of the poineering states in establishing hydro-electric power plants, The power plant atdarjeeling and Shimsa (Shivanasamudra) was established in 1898 and [1902]] respectively and is one the first in Asia. Current installed base of Hydro Power is 34,110 MW which comes to 26.6% of total installed base. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Darjeeling (Nepali: , Bangla: দার্জিলিং) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

Nuclear Power Plants

Current installed base of Nuclear Power is 3,900 MW which comes to 3.1% of total installed base.

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Renewable power

Current installed base of Renewable Power is 6,191 MW which comes to 4.8% of total installed base.

Capacity addition by 2007

As per data (as of May 2006) shared by Power Ministry, addition power of 19,680 MW [2] will be added in remaining period of 10'th Five Year Plan (2002-2007). Additional power for TPP is 10523.92 MW. [4]. The power projection was 216,506 million units exceeding the government projection of 215,599 [5].

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Transmission and distribution

Transmission and Distribution services were being generally handled by the State Electricity Boards of the respective states. Recently under the pressure of the Central government, transmission and distribution services have been un-bundled from other aspects such as generation, leading to the formation of the ESCOMS (Electricity Supply Companies) which handle the transmission and distribution of electricity. In some states private entrprises have been allowed to purchase power directly from the generating stations, as in Karnataka. Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...

Rural electrification

Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Uttranchal, West Bengal etc are some of the states where significant number (more than 10%) of villages are yet to be electrified.

• Number of Villages (1991 Census) - 5,93,732
• Villages Electrified (30 May 2006) - 4,39,502
• Village level Electrification % - 74%

• Number of Rural households (2001 Census) - 138,271,559
• Electricity Access - 60,180,685
• Rural Household level Electrification % - 44%

Subsidies

Several state governments in India provide electricity at subsidised rates or even free to some sections. This includes for use in agriculture and for consumption by backward classes. The subsidies are mainly as cross-subsidisation, with the other users such as industries and private consumers paying the deficit caused by the subsidised charges collected. Such measures have resulted in many of the state electricity boards becoming financially weak. In economics, a subsidy is generally a monetary grant given by a government to lower the price faced by producers or consumers of a good, generally because it is considered to be in the public interest. ...

See also

• List of India energy articles
• Kahalgaon Online

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