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Table 5.4 INFRASTRUCTURE
18th Electric Power Survey (EPS) Projections
Sl.No Year Peak load (MW) Energy (MU)
1 2014-15 4157 23554
2 2015-16 4386 24975
3 2016-17 4669 26584
4 2017-18 4931 28080
5 2018-19 5198 29595
6 2019-20 5479 31198
7 2020-21 5777 32895
8 2021-22 6093 34691
Source : KSEB
5.81 From the table above it can be inferred that the average estimated peak load increase by 5.6%
every year and the energy requirements by 5.7% in consecutive years since 2014-15.
Performance of Power Sector Agencies
5.82 Power development activities in the State are carried out mainly through four agencies viz,
Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL), Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural
Technology (ANERT), Electrical Inspectorate and Energy Management Centre (EMC). The Outlay
and Expenditure of these departments for the first three years of the 12th Plan are shown in Table
5.5.
Table 5.5
Outlay and Expenditure
Annual Plan 2012-13 Annual Plan 2013-14 Annual Plan 2014-15
Outlay Expt. %
Sl. Depart- Out- Expt. % Expt. %
No ment lay Outlay as on
12/2014
1 KSEBL 111875 77158.00 68.97 117612 79394.97 67.51 131426 60886.26 46.33
2 ANERT 4226 1613.00 38.17 3980 3254.02 81.76 4280 17.85 0.42
3 MTSL 320 196.38 61.37 340 339.80 99.94 360 3.30 0.92
4 EMC 120 120.00 100.00 338 138.00 40.83 938 611.36 65.18
Total 116541 79087.38 67.86 122270 83126.79 67.99 137004 61518.77 44.90
5.83 In the Budget 2014-15, an amount of `137004 lakh is earmarked for Energy sector. The total
expenditure reported as on December 2014 is only about 45%. This is due to the poor performance
of ANERT and Electrical Inspectorate.
Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL)
5.84 KSEBL is the driving force behind economic development of the State of Kerala. It has been
responsible for the generation, transmission and supply of electricity in the State, with particular
mandate to provide electricity at affordable cost to the domestic as well as for agricultural purposes.
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