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10. ELECTRICITY
10.1 Installed Capacity and Generation of Electricity
10.2

Length of EHT / HT Lines, Distribution Transformers and

EHT / HT Sub Stations
10.3 Consumption of Electricity
10.4 Consumers and Connected Load
10.5 Rural Electrification by Districts
10.6 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board - Capital Budget at a Glance
10.7 Approved and On Going Schemes
10.8 Time series data - Development of Energy in Tamil Nadu

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Operation Year of

10. ELECTRICITY
10.1 INSTALLED CAPACITY AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY 2010-11

Power Station

Installed
capacity
(M.W) *

Generation
during the
year 201011 M.U **

Consumption
Auxiliarie
s in M.U
**

Net
Generation
in
M.U **

HYDRO
1.
2.

Pykara
Pykara Micro Hydel

1954

58.950

28.962

0.301

28.661

1989

2.000

5.555

0.088

5.467

3.

PUSHEP

2005

150.000

431.622

2.902

428.720

4.

Moyar

1953

36.000

155.486

0.574

154.911

5.

1992

0.750

2.002

0.020

1.982

6.

Maravakandi
Micro Hydel
Parsons valley

2000

30.000

39.375

0.195

39.180

7.

Kundah 1

1964

60.000

255.860

0.768

255.092

8.

Kundah 2

1964

175.000

656.718

0.741

655.977

9.

Kundah 3

1978

180.000

391.088

3.166

387.923

10.

Kundah 4

1978

100.000

137.125

0.285

136.840

11.

Kundah 5

1988

40.000

60.699

0.283

60.416

12.

Mettur Dam

1946

50.000

94.871

0.234

94.637

13.

Mettur Tunnel

1966

200.000

266.016

0.645

265.371

14.

LMHEPBarrage-1

1987

30.000

71.859

0.878

70.981

15.

LMHEPBarrage-2

1988

30.000

66.771

0.793

65.978

16.

LMHEPBarrage-3

1987

30.000

68.022

1.491

66.531

17.

LMHEPBarrage-4

1988

30.000

56.969

0.806

56.162

18.

Bhavani Kattalai
PH-1
BhavanisagarRBC

2006

30.000

71.963

0.738

71.225

1988

8.000

20.780

0.071

20.709

1990

8.000

33.107

0.126

32.980

21.

Bhavani Sagar
Micro Hydel
Poonachi Micro

1992

2.000

4.525

0.029

4.496

22.

Sathanur Micro

1999

7.500

10.257

0.068

10.189

23.

Mukurthy Mini

2000

0.700

1.452

0.009

1.443

24.

2000

1.950

3.821

0.022

3.799

25.

Thirumoorthy
Micro
Lower Aliyar

2002

2.500

8.597

0.064

8.533

26.

Amaravathy

2006

4.000

8.812

0.121

8.691

27.

Perunchani

2006

1.300

2.692

0.015

2.677

28.

Periyar

1965

140.000

430.093

1.354

428.739

29.

Vaigai Micro Hydel

1990

6.000

15.237

0.101

15.135

30.

Periyar Vaigai
Micro Hydel

2010

4.000

1.058

0.019

1.039

19.
20.

* M.W.= Mega Watt

** M.U. = Million Unit

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Year of

10.1 INSTALLED CAPACITY AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY 2010-11 (Contd.)

Consumption in
Auxiliarie
s in M.U
**

Net
Generatio
n
in M.U **

31.

Suruliyar

Operation

Power Station

Installed
capacity
(M.W) *

Generation
/ Purchases
during the
year
2010-11
M.U **

1986

35.000

98.138

0.391

97.747

32.

Papanasam

1951

32.000

137.559

0.781

136.778

33.

Servalar

1987

20.000

38.934

0.094

38.840

34.

Sarkarpathy

1966

30.000

134.925

0.130

134.795

35.

Aliyar

1970

60.000

163.323

0.402

162.921

36.

Kadamparai

1988

400.000

572.140

3.188

568.952

37.

Sholayar-1

1971

70.000

355.862

0.654

355.208

38.

Sholayar-2

1971

25.000

57.179

0.217

56.962

39.

Kodayar-1

1971

60.000

81.235

0.371

80.864

40.

Kodayar-2

1971

40.000

64.406

0.233

64.172

2190.650

5105.092

23.370

5081.723

HYDRO (Contd.)

Total Hydro
THERMAL
41.

Ennore TPS

1970

450.000

1396.289

220.301

1175.988

42.

North Chennai
TPS
Thoothukkudi
TPS
Mettur TPS

1994

630.000

4510.863

400.864

4109.999

19791991
1990

1050.000

7113.160

590.583

6522.577

840.000

6064.696

516.138

5548.558

2970.000

19085.008

1727.886

17357.122

43.
44.

Total Thermal
GAS
45.

Basin Bridge

1996

120.000

51.864

2.330

49.534

46.

Kovil Kalappal

2001

107.880

649.662

44.625

605.037

47.

Vazhuthur

2003

95.000

561.764

31.911

529.853

48.

Vazhuthur
phaseII
Kuttalam

2008

92.000

0.000

2.601

-2.601

2004

101.000

172.575

13.785

158.790

49.
50.

Wind Mill +
Solar
TNEB
Sub Total

1340.613
0.000

12.676

12.676

515.880

1448.541

95.251

1353.290

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(Contd.)

Power Station

Year of
Operati
on

Installed
capacity
(M.W) *

Generation
/ Purchases
during the
year
2010-11
M.U **

Net Generation
M.U **

CENTRAL SECTOR
PURCHASES
51. Neyveli TPS 1

1962

600/475

3066.283

3066.283

52. Neyveli TPS 1-Expansion

2003

420/226

1509.305

1509.305

53. Neyveli TPS 2

1986

1440/466

3041.672

3041.672

54. MAPS Nuclear

1983

440/330

1398.218

1398.218

55. Kaiga Nuclear (Karnataka)

2000

880/207

860.067

860.067

56. Ramagundam STPS (A.P)

1984

2100/527

4038.821

4038.821

57. Ramagundam STPS (A.P) U7

2005

500/132

1024.156

1024.156

125

735.210

735.210

200305
-

2000/498

3664.690

3664.690

180

854.384

854.384

1441.486

1441.486

3166.000

21634.291

21634.29
1

62. GMR

1998

196

874.612

874.612

63. Samalpatty

2001

105.66

377.549

377.549

64. Madurai Power Corpn. Ltd

2001

106

353.212

353.212

65. Pillai Perumal Nallur

2001

330.50

2494.053

2494.053

66. STCMS

2002

250

1652.196

1652.196

67. Aban

2005

120

820.374

820.374

68. Pioneer (Penna)

2006

71.6

370.170

370.170

1179.76

6942.166

6942.166

58. ER Power
59. Talcher St-2
60. NTPC Kayamkulam ( TNEB)
61. UI Energy

Sub Total
PRIVATE SECTOR :
PURCHASES

Sub Total

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Year of Operation

10.1 INSTALLED CAPACITY AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY 2010-11

(Concld.)

Installed
capacity
(M.W) *

Gross
Generatio
n M.U **

Auxiliaries
Consumption
M.U **

Net
Generatio
n
M.U **

CPP
69. TCPL

63.75

70. Hi-tec

10.50

71. CPCL (Manali)

72. Other CPPS

426.317

65.00

75.40

73. Co-Generation
***

609.90

797.227

797.227

74. Wind Mill + Solar

(Pvt.) ***

5874.6150

8709.439

8709.439

75. Bio-mass ***

139.05

157.295

157.295

Power export
under swap

-1038.954

-1038.954

Power receipt
under swap

1095.490

1095.490

Purchases

10483.271

10483.271

27572.252

27572.252

Sub Total
Total Installed
Capacity

10237

426.317

74845.185

74845.185

Power Demand
(i) Instantaneous
Demand met

10702 MW / 17.02.2011

(ii) Sustained
Demand met

10670 MW / 19.02.2011

*** Not included in installed capacity

Source : The Chief Engineer (Planning),
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

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10.2 LENGTH OF EHT/HT LINES, DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS AND

EHT/HT SUB STATIONS 2010-11

Item

Units

Achievement
as on 31.03.2011

Length of E.H.T. & HT Lines

existing

CKt.Kms

176640.116

Length of L.T.Lines existing

Kms

556160.05

Distribution Transformers
existing

Nos.

203794

E.H.T. Sub-stations (existing)

Nos.

830

H.T. Sub-stations (existing)

Nos.

513

Source: Chief Engineer (Planning),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

10.3 CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY 2010-11

Category

Consumption
(M.U.)

Percentage of
Consumption

Industries (including Traction)

25,622

41.4

Agriculture

12,625

20.4

Domestic

16,312

26.3

Commercial

4,586

7.4

Public Lighting & Water works

1,592

2.6

429

0.7

731

1.2

61,897

100.0

Sales of Licensees
Sales to other States
Miscellaneous
TOTAL

Source: The Chief Engineer (Planning),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

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10.4 CONSUMERS AND CONNECTED LOAD

As on 31-03-2011
Category

H.T. Supply

II

L.T. Supply

Consumer (Nos.)

Connected Load
(MW)

7,672

7137.547

1,48,72,846

17535.920

1.

Domestic

2.

a) Public Lighting

3,12,858

238.608

b) Water Supply

1,78,505

635.345

3.

Industry

5,29,651

8666.563

4.

Agriculture

19,72,563

7997.780

5.

Huts

14,45,442

74.109

6.

Education etc.,

1,14,933

284.394

7.

Commercial

28,20,301

5160.846

8.

Others

89,051

112.615

TOTAL

2,23,43,822

47843.727

Source: The Chief Engineer ( Planning ),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

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10.5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BY DISTRICTS 2010-11

(in Nos.)

Hamlets
District

1.

3.

Chennai
Kancheepuram+
Chengalpattu
Thiruvallur

4.

Cuddalore

5.

7.

Villupuram
Vellore+
Thirupathur
Tiruvannamalai

8.

Salem

9.

Namakkal

2.

6.

10.

Dharmapuri

11.

Krishnagiri

12.

Erode

13.

Coimbatore

14.

The Nilgiris

15.

Tiruchirappalli

16.

Karur

17.

Perambalur

18.

Ariyalur

19.

Thanjavur

20.

Nagapattinam

21.

Thiruvarur

22.

Pudukkottai

23.

Madurai

24.

Theni

25.

Dindigul

26.

Ramanathapuram

27.

Virudhunagar

28.

Sivaganga

29.

Tirunelveli

30.

Thoothukkudi

31.

Kanniyakumari
STATE

Existing

Adi Dravidar
Colonies
Electrified

Electrified

4262

4178

2201

4304

4112

1019

4268

4089

3135

5670

5560

4740

4655

1049

7040

6931

4775

942

910

5311

5232

3075

5710

6664

3177

3158

5860

5750

1562

6465

1518

4642

1766

5759

6577
4685
2613

2564

65208

63956

26764

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10.5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BY DISTRICTS 2010-11 (Concld.)

( In Nos )

ELECTRICITY
DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE

No. of
pumpsets
energised
during the
year 2010-11

Pumpsets
Energised
As on
31.3.2011

Huts
Electrified
as on
31.3.2011

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.

Ariyalur
Coimbatore
Cuddalore
Dharmapuri
Dindigul
Erode
Kancheepuram
Kanniyakumari
Karur
Krishnagiri
Madurai
Nagapattinam
Namakkal
The Nilgiris
Perambalur
Pudukkottai
Ramanathapuram
Salem
Sivaganga
Thanjavur
Theni
Tiruvannamalai
Thiruvarur
Thiruvallur
Tirunelveli
Tiruppur
Tiruchirappalli
Thoothukkudi
Vellore
Villupuram
Virudhunagar
TOTAL

359
694
993
1573
729
927
659
163
264
1053
324
156
823
26
292
822
62
1887
537
739
481
2352
162
843
1306
790
938
263
1542
3651
266

13632
83758
67806
72139
90045
90105
69766
7214
42973
42467
50286
25065
77397
1280
36204
59907
8348
127435
24315
59111
35991
170560
24573
37945
78384
83256
85880
29608
132192
170102
35576

358
60188
92107
42551
48849
47843
43866
7954
24337
39113
80788
66267
32319
16319
62000
71402
20310
70601
52662
82833
18381
89540
45965
63915
27015
6084
89177
20846
64005
160295
36406

25676

1984802

1584296

Source: The Chief Engineer Planning,

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

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10.6 TAMIL NADU ELECTRICITY BOARD - CAPITAL BUDGET AT A GLANCE

(Rs. in Crores)
Tenth Five
Actual
Approved
Year Plan
Expenditure
Details
Outlay for
(2002-07)
during
2010-11
Outlay
2010-11
1. Generation ( Including
investment in Joint Venture )

1236.87

2924.69

100

227.68

46.75

4559.24

1488.15

904.65

672.35

213.11

10.62

1.20

1025.85

357.08

7732.61

5030.98

1004.65

2. Renovation & modernisation

3. Transmission & Distribution
4. Rural Electrification
5. Survey & Investigation
6. Interest during Construction
TOTAL

Source: The Chief Engineer (Planning),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

10.7 APPROVED AND ON GOING SCHEMES AS ON 31.03.2011

(Rs. in Crores)

Name of the Scheme

1. Bhavani Kattalai Barrage-II HEP

2. Bhavani Kattalai Barrage-III HEP
3. Bhavani Kattalai Barrage-1 HEP
(2x5MW)
4. Bhavani Kattalai Barrage-2 HEP
(2x5MW)
5. Periyar Vaigai 1 Small
HEP(2x2MW)
6. Periyar Vaigai 2 Small
HEP(2x1.25MW)
7. Periyar Vaigai 3 Small
HEP(2x2MW)
8. Periyar Vaigai 4 Small
HEP(2x1.25MW)

Original
Sanctio
ned
Cost /
Price
level

Latest
Estimat
e cost /
Price
level

Expendi
ture
Upto
31.03.2
011

99.15

497.46

346.33

99.75

438.21

308.01

58.64

185.81

102.91

49.40

187.61

118.20

62.10

41.16

48.30

28.82

75.00

35.24

57.07

30.12

(1996-97)
(1996-97)
(2004-05)

(2004-05)

18.53

(2003-04)

14.25

(2004-05)

18.63

(2004-05)

15.00

(2003-04)

(2010-11)
(2010-11)
(2010-11)

(2010-11)

(2010-11)

(2010-11)

(2010-11)

(2010-11)

Source : The Chief Engineer (Planning),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2

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10.8 TIME SERIES DATA DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY IN TAMIL NADU

Year

Installed
capacity
(MW)

Annual
Gross
Generation
(MU)

Purchases
(MU)

Percapita
Consumption (KWH)

2000-01

7513

25147

16617

510

2001-02

7924

25562

18358

708

2002-03

8268

24929

21263

740

2003-04

9319

24114

25384

780

2004-05

9531

26450

25895

815

2005-06

10031

26915

29091

860

2006-07

10098

29481

33357

960

2007-08

10122

66848

37607

1000

2008-09

10214

66966

37984

1000

2009-10

10214

27860

45027

1080

2010-11

10237

25639

49351

1040

Source : The Chief Engineer (Planning),

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd, Chennai-2