SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

SDG7 : Affordable And Clean Energy

Dr. AK Verma, IFS

Joint Secretary Ministry of Power, Government of India

Access Reliability Sustainability Affordability

1 2 3 4

Increase share of

RE in the global

energy mix

Targets to be

achieved by

2030

Increase rate of

improvement in

energy efficiency

Expand infrastructure,

upgrade technology for

increased energy access in

all in developing countries

Enhance international

cooperation/ investment in

clean energy research

and technology

Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services

Key Objectives and Targets under SDG 7

ACCESS

Access to Electricity…(1/2)

Current Status of Household

Electrification in India

*Estimated figures. Actual numbers may vary

About 50 million

un-electrified

households*

Key Ingredients of Electricity Access

Creation of basic

electricity

infrastructure

Last mile

connectivity to

consumers

Reliable and Quality power supply at affordable rates

Financial sustainability

1 2

4 3

Major Stakeholders

Government

of India State

Governments

DISCOMs

SERCs

Consumers

Approach to achieve increased access to electricity

Enabling Act/Policy

• Rural Electrification

Policy, 2006

• National Electricity

Policy, 2005

• National Tariff Policy

2006

• EA’03 Amendment

Stakeholder Collaboration

Investment Schemes

Energy Efficiency

Interventions

Outreach/ Transparency

Promotion of Renewables

Technology advancement

• IPDS

• DDUGJY

• UDAY

• 24X7 Power or All

• GOIs Joint Action

Plans with States/UTs

• NGOs/Industry

support

• Government support

(loans/grants)

• Subsidies

• Multilateral

Institutions/IFIs

• RE target of 175 GW

by 2022

• UJALA

• PAT

• ESCO model

• NSGM (Smart Grids)

• Digital India

Dashboards/Web

Portals and helpline o GARV

o URJA

o Urja Mitra

o TARANG

o DEEP

o Vidyut Pravah

Access to Electricity…(2/2)

RELIABILITY

Rs. 32,812 crore with a GBS

of Rs. 20,462 crore

Reliability

24X7 Power for All

Approach:

Estimation of Demand and Supply

Review of various Plans- T&D, Energy

Efficiency, Financial Sustainability,

Capacity Building

Monitoring Mechanism:

Central– Monthly (Joint Secretary),

Quarterly (Secretary).

State- Committee headed by Principal

Secretary and State Project Monitoring Unit

State specific

roadmap and

Action Plan

DDUGJY – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana- Rural

Separation of

agricultural and non-

agricultural feeders

Strengthening/ augmentation of

sub-transmission/ distribution

infrastructure in rural areas,

metering etc.

Rural electrification Scheme

Components

Outlay Rs. 43,033 crore with a GBS of Rs. 33,453 crore

Rs. 32,860 crore with a GBS

of Rs. 29,574 crore

IPDS – Integrated Power Development Scheme- Urban

Strengthening of

sub-transmission

and distribution

networks

Metering of feeders / distribution

transformers / consumers in the

urban area

IT enablement and

strengthening work

under R-APDRP

Scheme

Components

Rs. 32,612 crore with a GBS of Rs. 25,354 crore Outlay

AFFORDABILITY

Affordability…(1/2)

Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY)

Financial

turnaround of

DISCOMs

Operational

improvement of

DISCOMs

Reduction in cost of

generation of power

Falling price of RE

Energy efficiency &

conservation

Key areas of focus

Components under UDAY

Reduction in

Interest Cost Reduction in

Cost of Power

Removal of

Operational

Inefficiencies

Incentive &

Disincentive

Affordability…(2/2)

Tariff Commensurate with Cost of Power

Cross Subsidy- CSR

Differentiated Tariff

Subsidy provided by the State Government

Demand Side Management (DSM)

Independent Regulators

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2

3

4

5

6

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability

High RE Target

Grid Extension and Stabilization

Discom Reforms- (UDAY)

Decentralized Distribution Generation (DDG)

Loss Reduction- (AT&C and Transmission losses)

Efficient Apparatus- (Star rating equipment)

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2

3

4

5

6

Sustainable Management of Discoms

7

100% Electrification

8

Thank You

Comments & Suggestions

arun.verma@nic.in