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There are 7 (seven)
nos. of organisations who are engaged in Generation, Transmission
and Distribution of Electricity in West Bengal. Those are
detailed hereunder.
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Calcutta Electricity Supply Company, A 100
years old concern run by Private Capital engaged in Generation
& Distribution of Electricity in……Square K.M.
area of city of Kolkata and suburban areas of Howrah, Hoogly,
24 - Parganas(N), 24 - Parganas(S) Districts having of ….nos.
consumers (Domestic, Commercial, & Industrial).
B) National Thermal Power
Corporation (N.T.P.C.), A Govt. of India Undertaking,
Only Generates Power and some percentage of its generation
are sold to W.B.S.E.B. (West Bengal State Electricity Board).
Only one power generating station namely Farakka Super Thermal
Power Station of this concern is situated in West Bengal having
1630 M.W. installed capacity.
C) Damodar Valley Corporation
(D.V.C.). A Govt. of India undertaking engaged mainly
in generation of Thermal and Hydro Electric Power. This concern
directly sells Electricity to Industries, Coal fields, located
in Burdwan District. They also sell Power to W.B.S.E.B. and
C.E.S.E. They have installation capacity of 980 M.W. out of
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D) Durgapur
Projects Limited (D.P.L.), A Govt. of West Bengal
undertaking having 390 M.W. installed capacity mainly supplies
power in Durgapur city. Some powers are sold to C.E.S.E. directly.
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E) Disergarh
Power Station Company (D.P.S.C.), A private concern
having 40 M.W. installed capacity mainly sells power to W.B.S.E.B.
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F) West Bengal
Power Development Corporation Limited (W.B.P.D.C.L.),
A Govt. of West Bengal undertaking was formed in 1985 having
2900 M.W. installed capacity of Thermal Power generation.
The concern mainly sells power to W.B.S.E.Board and from time
to time directly sells power to other states through Power
Trading Corporation. Installation of further 710 Mega Watt
at Bakreswar and Santaldihi Power Stations is under active
process. To generate power efficiently and to generate capital
for more power stations this organization was formed dividing
W.B.S.E.Board. The dream has partly been successful. Refer
Web site http://www.wbpdcl.com.
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G) West Bengal
State Electricity Board (W.B.S.E.B.), An autonomous
body under Govt. of West Bengal now engaged in generation
of Hydro Electricity, Transmission and Distribution of Power
in districts of West Bengal except in the command area of
C.E.S.E., D.V.C. & D.P.L. as stated above. Salient features
of this Organisation are stated as follows: - 1.Generation
Capacity (Hydro Electricity): 164.10 M.W. 2. Command area:
Sq. K.M. 3. No. of Consumers: a) Industrial b) Commercial
c) Domestic d) Agriculture e) Lok Deep 4. No. Substations
in Transmission System a) 400 K.V. Sub. Stn. Nos. b) 220 K.V.
Sub. Stn. Nos. c) 132 K. V. Sub. Stn. Nos. d) 33/11 K.V. Sub.
Stn. Nos. 5. Length of Transmission Line a) High Tension b)
Low Transmission c) Distribution 6. Revenue Earnings: a) From
Industrial b) From Commercial c) From Domestic d) From Agriculture
e) From Lok Deep (Kutir Jyoti).
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Salient features of this Organisation are stated as follows
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1.Generation Capacity (Hydro Electricity): 164.10 M.W.
2. Command area: 87000 Sq. Km. out of Total 89,000 Sq.
Km.
3. No. of Consumers :
a) Industrial : 84512
b) Commercial : 568314
c) Domestic : 3617210
d) Agriculture : 103526
e) Lok Deep & Others : 139854
4. No. Substations in Transmission System
a) 400 K.V. Sub. Stn. 2 Nos.
b) 220 K.V. Sub. Stn. 8 Nos.
c) 132 K. V. Sub. Stn. 50 Nos.
d) 66 K.V. Sub. Stn. 14 Nos.
e) 33/11 K.V. Sub. Stn. .... Nos.
5. Length of Transmission Line
a) High Tension : 400 kv - 733.143 CKM
--------------------220 kv -
2042.58 CKM
--------------------132 kv -
9232.36 CKM
----------------------66 kv -
527.07 CKM
b) Low Transmission : 33 kv - 8366.77 CKM
c) Distribution : 11/6.6 kv - 72550.25 CKM
-------------------M&LV -
28675.52 CKM
6. Revenue Earnings : Total - Rs. 2711.93 Crores (2002-03)
a) From Industrial
b) From Commercial
c) From Domestic
d) From Agriculture
e) From Lok Deep (Kutir Jyoti)
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Lok Deep Prakalpa
was undertaken by Govt. of West Bengal to provide minimum
electricity in the huts of down trodden people of West Bengal.
W.B.S.E.B. is a losing concern. Various endeavours are being
taken to minimise the losses and such endeavours are being
partly successful. With the introduction Electricity Act'
2003 W.B.S.E.B. will be dismantled and restructuring of this
organisation is under process by Govt. of West Bengal. Govt.
of West Bengal has decided to manage both Generation and Transmission
& Distribution of electricity under Govt. Sector. It is
a challenge both to the people of West Bengal and employees
of W.B.S.E.B., W.B.P.D.C.L. and D.P.L. whether they will be
able to continue to electricity business mainly under state
sector fighting back the challenges of private sectors. We
are hopeful to meet the challenge successfully.
Generation of Electricity is now in excess in West Bengal
and the excess Powers are exported to the other states of
the country. But we have some shortfall in peak hour's demand.
We have another problem that we are not fully successful in
generating quality electricity and this is mainly for we produce
very little quantity of Hydro electricity and our transmission
networks are not also up to the mark and to combat the problems
Purulia Pump Storage Project (900 Mega Watt - installation
capacity) has been undertaken and side by side various sub
- stations (all shorts of) are being set up. We hope this
will help us to a great extent to produce quality Power and
the power load factors of generating stations will also be
improved to a hand some quality.
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