India Expects Surplus Electricity This Year While Blackouts Persist
- Power ministry sees 8.8% excess power availability this FY
- Nation expected to have peak supply surplus of 6.8%, CEA says
A worker stands on a transmission pole during an implementation program by the Rural Electrification Corp. in the village of Manpur Kulchaura, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Jan. 15, 2017.
Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/BloombergIndia’s power ministry forecast surplus electricity supply in the year ending March, highlighting improvements in electricity generation and transmission capacity.
The country is expected to have an 8.8 percent electricity supply surplus, Central Electricity Authority, the planning wing of the federal power ministry said in its Load Generation Balance Report for the year. Peak availability is forecast to surpass demand by 6.8 percent. The New Delhi-based agency had forecast 1.1 percent excess supply in the past fiscal year, which ended up with a shortage of 0.7 percent. The shortage during the year was the lowest ever, the CEA said.