The volume of interregional transfer of electricity clocked 207,228 million kwh in the first eleven months (April to February) of FY22, up 6.5 per cent from its comparable level in FY21.
In the April-February period of FY21, the total interregional electricity transfer had stood at 194,625 MU.
The Northern Region (NR) and the Southern Region (SR) continued to be net importers of electricity while the other three regions – Western (WR), Eastern (ER) and Northeastern (NER) – were net exporters.
The rate of growth of interregional transfer appears to have slowed down progressively in FY22. Such growth in the first four months (April to July) of FY22 stood at a much higher 16.6 per cent. This fell gradually to 7 per cent in the first three quarters of FY22.
T&D India analyzed interregional electricity transfer statistics released by the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) and came up with the following observations:
- WR saw electricity imports more than double from 194,70 MU in the April-February period of FY21 to 43,276 MU in the same period of FY22. Correspondingly, there was a 10.1 per cent fall in exports. As a combined effect, WR became a net exporter worth 55,648 MU in FY22, as against a much higher 90,618 MU in the first eleven months of FY21.
- NR, which is a net importer of electricity, in fact exported a higher quantum of electricity in the April-February period of FY22 (at 25,338 MU) as against 14,478 MU in the same period of FY21.
- SR, which is also a net importer, saw higher exports in the April-February period of FY22 (14,794 MU) as against 4,598 MU in the same period of FY21. Most of the exports from SR were destined to WR. At the granular level, most of the SR-WR transfer took place through the 400kV Kolhapur-Kudgi and the 800kV Pugalur-Raigarh HVDC lines.
- ER improved its net exporter status in the April-February period of FY22. This region saw a nearly 30 per cent fall in imports, supported by a 5.2 per cent growth in exports.
- The 765kV Angul-Srikulam double-circuit line was the busiest element in the April-February period of FY22. This ER-to-SR line alone transferred around 15,232 MU of electricity in the said period.
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