Annual Report on the Working of
State Electricity Boards & Electricity Department, April 1999
Power & Energy Division, Planning Commission

Annexure 3.9
 PLANT LOAD FACTOR OF THERMAL STATIONS (%)

S.No. Agency
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
I.SEBs                
Northern Region 55.20 58.80 62.00 64.00 59.10 62.00 64.70 66.70
1 Haryana 34.50 45.80 49.90 40.50 44.70 42.90 47.70 49.40
2 Punjab 52.90 52.80 58.30 63.50 56.70 55.00 65.70 69.10
3 Rajasthan 42.80 65.70 77.00 81.00 75.60 73.70 75.60 80.50
4 U.P. 52.10 44.30 50.50 50.30 43.90 47.30 49.10 48.80
5 Delhi(DVB) 50.70 57.20 54.00 49.00 53.90 51.70 41.70 47.20
Western Region 57.70 59.60 59.70 63.40 63.80 68.10 70.20 70.30
6 Gujarat 57.70 56.90 61.60 60.40 60.50 65.30 64.80 65.60
7 Maharashtra 58.10 61.30 59.70 64.10 61.20 64.90 68.70 68.30
8 Madhya Pradesh 52.70 49.20 52.50 56.10 58.20 58.70 62.30 66.00
Southern Region 61.70 60.80 62.60 68.30 69.10 74.70 75.80 77.10
9 Andhra Pradesh 65.80 62.10 65.00 68.70 70.20 77.40 78.30 82.00
10 Tamil Nadu 58.30 55.70 65.20 69.00 68.10 76.10 72.30 68.10
11 Karnataka 76.20 59.10 49.40 66.90 64.90 67.70 70.20 75.20
Eastern Region 36.50 37.30 39.80 44.80 43.70 42.70 42.20 43.00
12 Bihar 23.90 21.30 25.20 24.40 20.00 17.40 15.30 16.10
Tenughat V             51.70
13 Orissa  * 33.90 30.00 34.50 35.50 29.00 67.00 69.40 65.30
14 West Bengal 30.90 30.80 31.10 40.50 41.20 34.60 39.20 40.00
WBPDC 57.30 61.40 58.10 68.20 60.40 57.60 56.50 52.80
DPL 24.40 17.80 28.70 26.30 26.60 26.50 29.50 25.30
N.E.Region 24.60 24.60 24.30 19.90 26.80 28.60 27.10 21.30
15 Assam 24.60 24.60 24.30 19.90 26.70 28.60 27.10 21.30
All SEBs 51.30 50.60 54.10 56.60 55.00 58.00 60.30 60.90
II. Central Sector 58.10 64.50 62.70 69.80 69.20 70.90 71.00 70.40
1 N.T.P.C.(STPS) 60.90 69.20 68.80 76.90 76.20 76.70 76.40 74.40
2 NLC 69.80 66.30 56.40 55.50 60.40 67.60 70.30 72.50
3 D.V.C. 33.30 33.60 32.30 42.30 38.20 37.80 35.60 38.40
III.Private Sector 58.40 64.50 54.10 56.60 65.90 72.30 71.20 71.10
1 A.E.Co. 67.10 67.30 62.50 67.00 69.10 69.30 71.40 71.30
2 Trombay 54.60 53.00 54.30 48.80 60.60 72.80 68.80 63.50
3 C.E.S.C. 60.80 58.30 67.50 71.30 75.60 78.90 74.90 76.90
4 BSES           55.30 73.20 82.40
IV. All India 53.90 55.30 57.10 61.00 60.00 63.00 64.40 64.70

* : 1994-95 onwards figures are of OPGC.