Power Supply and Load Development
Requirement of power
:
The requirement of power for the state
for all categories of consumers has been gradually
increasing year after year. Taking all sources of
growth in the demand into account, the 16th Electric
Power Survey of India had assessed the year-wise
requirements of power and energy for the state as
under :
16th Electric Power Survey's forecast
| Particular |
97-98 |
98-99 |
99-00 |
00-01 |
01-02 |
02-03 |
03-04 |
04-05 |
| Peak Load (MW) |
126 |
117 |
129 |
142 |
156 |
172
| 189 |
208 |
| Energy Requirement (MU) |
451.6 |
481 |
529 |
584 |
643 |
708 |
780 |
857 |
Availability of power and energy :
The power supply of Manipur depends entirely on the share
of power allocated from Central Sector Power Plants like, Loktak Hydro
Electric Project ( Manipur ), Kopili and Khandong HE Project ( Assam ),
Assam Gas Based Power Project at Kathalguri ( Assam ), Agartala Gas
Turbine Power Project at Ramchandranagar ( Tripura ), Doyang HE Project
( Nagaland ), Ranganadi HE Project ( Arunachal Pradesh ), Eastern
Regional Electricity Board, Meghalaya State Electricity Board.
The State does not have much generating capacity. Its own generation
is negligibly small. Energy available from the Central Sector/State
Sector Generations and Energy purchased during the last five year are
shown below :
Availability of power and energy
| Particular |
1998-99 |
1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
| Energy purchased ( MU) |
375.667 |
392.743 |
355.624 |
379.826 |
427.184 |
| Free Energy from Loktak HE Project (MU)
|
63.241 |
60.294 |
65.538 |
67.755 |
65.647 |
| Energy generated by the State (MU) |
0.757 |
0.823 |
0.414 |
0.637 |
3.577 |
| Total
: |
439.665 |
453.860 |
421.576 |
448.218 |
496.408 |
Shortfall :
The demand of power in the state has always surpassed the
supply. This has been proved by the demand and supply
relationship shown below.
Demand Met
| Year |
Peak Power Requirement (MW) |
Peak Demand met (MW) |
Energy Requirement (MU) |
Energy Demand met (MU) |
| 1998-99 |
117 |
94 |
481 |
439.67 |
| 1999-00 |
129 |
97 |
529 |
453.86 |
| 2000-01 |
142 |
87 |
584 |
421.58 |
| 2001-02 |
156 |
93 |
643 |
448.22 |
| 2002-03 |
172 |
108.5 |
708 |
496.41 |
Note :
The peak demand met and energy drawn are consistently
lower than the actual peak demand and energy requirement due
to restriction on industrial use during the peak load hour and
imposition of load shedding programme. The restrictions are
imposed to arrest the outstanding arrears on purchase of
power from Central Sector Agencies keeping in view the low
budget provision and difficulties in realization of revenue
returns. Sufficient power is however available in the North
Eastern Region which can be drawn on demand.
Load Growth and Load Drawal Pattern :
The load growth in the State is very fast and is mainly from
domestic and micro-industries. The peak period falls in the
evening. Winter loads are more than summer loads.
| 