Power generating capacity in the country at the end of the Eleventh Plan (as on 31.03.2012) was 1,99,877 MW and during Twelfth Plan it is 2,55,012 MW (as on 30.11.2014). This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that the addition in power transmission has generally kept pace with the power generating capacity addition. The total length of transmission lines of 220 kV and above voltage level has increased from 1,98,407 circuit kilometers (ckm) at the end of 10th Plan to 2,57,481 ckm at the end of 11th Plan and 3,03,051 ckm by the end of October, 2014. Similarly, the transformation capacity has increased from 2,57,439 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) at the end of 10th Plan to 4,09,551 MVA by the end of 11th Plan and 5,65,905 MVA by the end of October, 2014.
During 12th Plan 1,07,440 ckm of transmission line and 2,82,750 MVA of transformation capacity addition is planned, the Minister added.
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The Minister further stated that the addition in power transmission has generally kept pace with the power generating capacity addition. The total length of transmission lines of 220 kV and above voltage level has increased from 1,98,407 circuit kilometers (ckm) at the end of 10th Plan to 2,57,481 ckm at the end of 11th Plan and 3,03,051 ckm by the end of October, 2014. Similarly, the transformation capacity has increased from 2,57,439 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) at the end of 10th Plan to 4,09,551 MVA by the end of 11th Plan and 5,65,905 MVA by the end of October, 2014.
During 12th Plan 1,07,440 ckm of transmission line and 2,82,750 MVA of transformation capacity addition is planned, the Minister added.
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