Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
PRESENTED BY -
ANKUR MAHESHWARI
M.TECH
NIT HAMIRPUR
Contents
• Power generation in India at a glance.
• Power map of India.
• Distribution system of India .
• Different electricity acts of India .
• Main events of 2003 electricity act.
• Main features of electricity act 2003.
• Restructuring of Orissa , Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.
• Problems in Indian Power Sector.
• References
• Conclusion
Introduction about India
India is the largest democratic country in the world.
India is the seventh-largest country in terms of total geographical
area (3,287,263 sq.km) which is 2.4 % of world total area.
India is the second-most populous country in the world (over
1.27billion) after china.
Largest state in terms of area is Rajasthan( 3,42,239 sq.km) and in
terms of population is U.P ( 215,608,813)
Total installed capacity is 3,30,861 MW (as on 31/03/2018),
which is world’s third largest.
Location of India in world map
MAP OF INDIA
HISTORY
The first demonstration of electric light in Calcutta was conducted
on 24 July 1879 by P W Fleury & Co.
On 7 January 1897, Kilburn & Co secured the Calcutta electric
lighting licence as agents of the Indian Electric Co, which was
registered in London on 15 January 1897.
A month later, the company was renamed the Calcutta Electric
Supply Corporation. The control of the company was transferred
from London to Calcutta in 1970.
Motivated by the success of electricity in Calcutta, power was
thereafter introduced in Bombay.
History Cont……….
Mumbai saw electric lighting demonstration for the first
time in 1882 at Crawford Market and Bombay Electric
Supply & Tramways Company (BEST) set up a generating
station in 1905 to provide electricity for the tramway.
The first hydroelectric installation in India was installed near
a tea estate at Sidrapong for the Darjeeling Municipality in
1897.
The first electric streetlight in Asia was lit on 5 August 1905
in Bangalore.
The first electric train ran between Bombay's Victoria
Terminus and Kurla on 3, February 1925.
History Cont……….
On 18 August 2015, Cochin International
Airport became the world's first fully solar
powered airport with the inauguration of a
dedicated solar plant.
Major Thermal Power Plant In India
Major Hydro Power Plant In India
Major Nuclear Power Plant In India
Major Power Production States In India
Top Five States in India with Highest
Renewable Energy Capacity
Indian Energy Mix
• Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) is an NBFC engaged in financing and development activities within
the Indian power sector
• Major products and services include project term loans, lease financing, direct discounting of bills, short-term
loans and consultancy services
• Adani Power is one of India’s largest private thermal power producers, with total capacity of 4,620 MW; the
company aims to generate 20,000 MW of power by 2020
• The company is building one of the world’s largest single-location thermal power plants in Mundra, Gujarat
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) is the single largest transmission utility in India; it is
responsible for planning, co-ordination, supervision and control over inter-state transmission systems
• Damodar Valley Corporation is engaged in power generation, distribution and transmission of electric power,
irrigation and flood control
• NTPC is India’s largest power producer and the sixth-largest thermal power producer in the world, with
installed capacity of 41,184 MW (including 5,364 MW through JVs). By 2032, NTPC plans to reach 128,000
MW power capacity. Coal-based power accounts for more than 90 per cent of the total capacity
• It has also diversified into hydro power, coal mining, power equipment manufacturing, oil and gas exploration,
power trading and distribution
• Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company, with significant presence in solar, hydro, wind and
geothermal energy space. The company accounts for 52 per cent of total generation capacity in the private
sector, with an installed capacity of 8,521 MW
• The company has over 35,000 MW of power generation capacity, both operational and under development.
Reliance Power has an operational power generation capacity of 2,500 MW. FY13 saw the development of
the 3,960 MW Sasan UMPP in Madhya Pradesh
• CESC Limited is a vertically integrated player engaged in coal mining, and generation and distribution of
power
• NHPC is the largest hydro power utility in India, with an installed capacity of 5,295MW; it has drawn up a
massive capacity expansion plan of adding 6,697 MW by 2017
• NHPC is constructing nine projects aggregating to a total installed capacity of 4271 MW. NHPC added 1,970
MW and 1,150 MW during the 10th and 11th Plan periods, respectively
Private utilities for distribution in India