2.
The outage affected over 620
million people, about 9% of
the world population, spread
across 22 states in Northern,
Eastern, and Northeast India.
worst sufferers were 265
miners.
The power collapse triggered
disruption in Metro and train
services.
It crippled water supply and
choked roads due to nonfunctional traffic lights.
4.
Some states reached beyond
their scheduled supply
purchase to meet demand.
Uttar Pradesh last month drew
3,762 MU (million units of
power) as against its allotted
share of 3,011 MU.
Haryana withdrew 2,064 MU
as against its scheduled limit
of 1,817 MU
Rajasthan’s actual drawing
from the grid was 1,505 MU as
against its schedule of 1,407
MU.
5. Reducing load to avert blackout
In accordance with the Indian Electricity Grid Code 2010,
the grid discipline is strictly maintained by Tamil Nadu
despite the failure of South West monsoon, infirm nature
of wind-power and frequent outages of central generating
stations,"
6.
Our state electricity boards
would be richer by 2,00,000
crore rupees if they could
stop theft.
In stealing it, people
increase energy inefficiency,
by often grounding the wire
they have hooked up
illegally to the grid in the
soil.
7. LACK OF POWER TRADING
GOVT. MONOPOLY IN POWER SECTOR
DEPENDENCY ON COAL
8.
Power demand during the
rainy seasons is low in the
States of Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh and high
in Delhi and Punjab.
The Eastern Region has a
significant surplus round
the clock, and even
normally power deficit
states with very low
agricultural loads like
Delhi have surpluses at
night.
9.
ultimate consumers of
electricity are largely
served by their
respective State
Electricity Boards .
relationship is
primarily that of
captive customers
versus monopoly
suppliers.
10.
In 2011-12, coalfired capacity of
117GW produced
only 86GW power,
mainly because of
lack of fuel.
Poor coal quality.
One measure is to
import coal at lower
costs.
12.
microgrids can serve
to generate electricity
and store it so that
when they disconnect
from the grid, they
function with energy
self-sufficiency.
They incorporate
renewable generation
and storage system.
13.
Smart electricity meters
can help detect electricity
theft and meter tampering.
Smart meters in the US
have capability to send
electricity consumption
data back to the utility
company remotely so a
meter reader does not
have to come by your
house.
14.
Energy could be stored in units at power
stations, along transmission lines, at
substations, and in locations near customers
Flywheels store energy by spinning
Supercapacitors store energy by separating
charges.
In Madrid, Beijing and other cities, cabinets
full of supercapacitors buffer electric trains.
15.
California completed a large-scale pilot with
2,500 customers to estimate dynamic pricing
impacts.
Analysis of experimental data shows
residential customers dropped peak loads on
critical-peak days by 13%.
customers with smart thermostats dropped
loads by almost twice as much as the average
residential customer
