This document summarizes key points from a presentation on issues in power distribution and open access in India.
1) There is a large mismatch between power generation capacity and demand in India, with suppressed demand from lack of connections, pumpsets running on diesel, and unelectrified rail corridors.
2) The 12th Five Year Plan aims to increase generation capacity by 88,536 MW and invest over 350,000 crores in transmission and distribution. Key targets include reducing technical and commercial losses.
3) Distribution faces major challenges including high power purchase costs, inadequate tariffs, and accumulated losses of over 1.2 lac crores for utilities. Reforms proposed include cost-reflective tariffs, financial re