State Electricity
Boards
SEBs are state-owned
generating and distributing companies
Some
interesting statistics on SEBs (FY00)
|
Installed capacity
(MW)
|
56156
|
|
Generation (mn
KWH)
|
260223
|
|
PLF (%)
|
53.0
|
|
T&D losses
(%)
|
32.0
|
|
Purchased power as %
of sales
|
62.0
|
|
Sale of power (mn
KWH)
|
328640
|
|
Agricultural sales
as % of total sales
|
30.0
|
|
Industrial sales as
% of total sales
|
32.0
|
|
Average cost of
power generation (Rs/KWH)
|
2.81
|
|
Average tariff
(Rs/KWH)
|
2.08
|
|
Commercial losses
(without subsidy) (Rs bn)
|
138.0
|
|
Rate of return on
capital (without subsidy)
|
(19.0)
|
|
Revenue arrears (Rs
bn)
|
235.0
|
|
Outstanding dues (Rs
bn)
|
210.0
|
|
No of
employees
|
945000
|
As seen in the above
table, all SEBs without exception are on the verge of bankruptcy
due to short sighted tariff policies, low capacity utilisation of
existing plants and high incidence of thefts and pilferages. SEBs
score low on operational parameters such as auxiliary consumption,
PLF, station heat rate and system losses. They are overstaffed and
together employ 945000 people.
States like Orissa,
Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have already unbundled
and corporatised their SEBs. Other states are expected to carry out
reforms in the near future. For details on reform initiatives, click
here
For detailed
statistics on individual SEBs, click
here
