Demand and Supply Power demand supply gap is likely to widen in Andhra Pradesh with the gas supply

dwindling further. About 2 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas will be diverted to Ratnagiri project in Maharashtra, leading to a loss of about 400 MW more. While the energy demand was about 243 million units a day, the energy supply was about 207 MUs leaving a gap of 35 MUs as on Aug 6,2012.

Ultra Mega Power projects (UMPP):

Ultra Mega Power projects (UMPP) are a series of ambitious power projects planned by the Government of India. With India being a country of chronic power deficits, the Government of India has planned to provide 'power for all' by the end of the eleventh plan (by 2012). This would entail the creation of an additional capacity of at least 100,000 MW by 2012. The Ultra Mega Power projects, each with a capacity of 4000 megawatts or above, are being developed with the aim of bridging this gap. Based on super critical technology, 16,000 MW of capacity has been contracted through the competitive bidding process for UMPPs. Two more UMPPs, one in Orissa and the other, in Chhattisgarh, are in the pipeline. The average tariff for these projects is in the range of two to three Rs per unit which is much lower than the recent cost plus tariffs. The first supercritical units expected to be commissioned in Mundra (Gujarat). Four Projects namely, Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, Mundra in Gujarat, Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Tilaiya in Jharkhand have already been awarded and transferred to the identified bidders and the projects are at different stages of implementation.

List of proposed UMPPs

According to the Power Finance Corporation, 16 UMPPs are envisioned. As of July 2012, 12 Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) had been formed, of which four had been handed over to power companies through competitive bidding. Below table shows the status of the 4 UMPPs for which SPVs have been formed. The remaining 8 UMPPs (that are assigned SPVs) have not been awarded to any power companies yet. The project is being developed with the intention of providing power to consumers at minimum cost. Because of the huge size of these power plants, the cost of the electricity would be lower due to the economies of scale. The plants are estimated to cost roughly Rs. 15,000 crores each to set up.

APGENCO, APTRANSCO, APDISCOM :

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) is the electricity generation company of the Government of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The installed capacity of APGENCO as on July 31, 2012 is 8924.9 MW comprising 5092.5 MW Thermal, 3829.4 MW Hydro and 2 MW Wind power and 1 MW Solar power stations, and contributes about half the total Energy Requirement of Andhra Pradesh. APGENCO is third largest power generating utility in the country next to NTPC and Maharashtra. It's installed Hydro capacity of 3703.4 MW is the second highest among the Country. The data given by Andhra Pradesh central power for the total sales isEnergy input(net) Sale of energy MU 34079.97 28740.93

The revenue generated from the sale of power as per the yearly financial report of the Andhra Pradesh central power isDomestic Non-domestic Industrial Cottage industries Agriculture Street lights General purpose Temporary supply Total Northern power distribution detailsEnergy drawn Metered scales MU MU 10610.36 5272.24 In Rs. 15059225644 10774688841 5620771052 30559073 71322886 1404165475 259725202 25520943 33245979116

Agricultural consumption Total sales

MU MU

3830.09 9162.33

Total consumers served by northern power distribution in A.P. Domestic Non-domestic Industrial Agriculture 3080046 207908 29481 877470

District wise energy drawals as on 31-Aug-12 Eastern Southern Central Northern Power generation detailsType Thermal production APGENCO Hydro Wind+Solar Machkund generation TB Dam generation Hamphi dam generation Total power generation Capacity(MW) 5092*12 3829.4*12 3*12 120*12 36*12 36*12 Generated(MU) 35970.57 6283.45 0.45 485.43 100.74 86.86 42927.50 MUs 32.63 55.10 106.40 30.35

Government of Andhra Pradesh realizing the declining tendency of the financial position of APSEB and considering the Government of India's Liberalized policy for attracting private investment into power sector, set up a high level committee in January 1995 to look into present working of the APSEB and suggest remedies for improvement. The committee after detailed deliberations with all the concerned and critical analysis submitted the report in which it suggested some recommendations. Government of Andhra Pradesh considering the recommendations made by committee had embarked upon the AP Electricity REFORMS ACT in 1998.As a sequel the APSEB was unbundled into Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) & Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APTRANSCO) on 01.02.99. APTRANSCO was further unbundled w.e.f. 01.04.2000 into "Transmission Corporation" and four "Distribution Companies" (DISCOMS). From Feb 1999 to June 2005 APTransco remained as Single buyer in the state -purchasing power from various Generators and selling it to DISCOMs in accordance

with the terms and conditions of the individual PPAs at Bulk Supply Tariff (BST) rates. Subsequently, in accordance with the Third Transfer Scheme notified by GoAP, APTransco has ceased to do power trading and has retained with powers of controlling system operations of Power Transmission