Interregional electricity transfer electricity aggregated 236,153 million kWh (MU or million units) in FY23, growing modestly by 3.6 percent over FY22.
According to a special study by T&D India, based on official statistics released by GRID-INDIA, exports from WR to NR (denoted as WR-NR) continued to be the biggest component of interregional transfer with a share of 27 percent in the total interregional electricity transfer.
Here are some other striking observations:
- Though WR-NR continued to be the biggest component of interregional transfer, the total quantum of WR-NR transfer was 15 percent lower in FY23 as compared with FY22.
- NR continued to be the biggest net importer of electricity in FY23. However, in FY23, net imports by NR stood at 66,321 MU, which was much lower than 78,634 MU in FY22. This was also reflected in the fact that while imports by NR fell 7.3 percent in FY23, exports rose sharply by 15.7 percent.
- NR and SR were net importers of electricity, while the remaining three regions – WR, ER, and NER – were net exporters.
WR was less of a net exporter in FY23. Exports from WR fell by 6.5 percent in FY23 which was compounded by a massive 22 percent increase in imports.
- ER was a bigger net exporter in FY23, to the tune of 64,104 MU. Exports from ER grew by 7 percent to reach 76,160 MU. Imports by ER also grew by 16.9 percent, but the impact was not much as the quantum of imports – at 12,055 MU in FY23 – was much lower than exports.
Imports by SR rose by 6.9 percent to reach 63,166 MU in FY23 from 59,115 MU in FY22. Exports also grew by 28.8 percent from 15,506 MU in FY22 to 19,964 MU in FY23.
- NER, the smallest regional grid with respect to the quantum of interregional transfer, did well in FY23. It was a bigger net exporter of electricity to the tune of 2,069 MU in FY23, significantly higher than 477 MU in FY22. It may be mentioned that exports from NER to ER nearly doubled to reach 1,962 MU in FY23.
The featured photograph (source: Adani Transmission) is for representation only.
