**Executive Summary**
This document presents the Government of India's response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1115 regarding transmission losses, losses suffered by State Electricity Boards (SEBs), and government efforts to make SEBs self-sustaining. Key information includes details on Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) losses, Aggregated Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses, and measures taken under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched in July 2021. The goal is to reduce AT&C losses and improve the financial viability of distribution utilities. The document refers to data until FY 2025 and was answered on 05.02.2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Transmission Losses:**
* Losses of the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) vary from 2.99% to 5.10%, with an average of 3.75%.
* State Transmission Utilities (STUs) transmission losses details are in Annexure-I (provided as a table).
* **Aggregated Technical and Commercial (AT&C) Losses:**
* Aggregated Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses of Distribution Utilities/Power Departments for the last three years are given in Annexure-II (provided as a table).
* The AT&C losses of distribution utilities decreased from 21.91% in FY 2021 to 15.04% in FY 2025.
* **Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS):**
* Launched in July 2021 to improve the quality and reliability of power supply.
* Aims to reduce AT&C losses to 12-15% pan-India and eliminate under-recovery per unit of electricity.
* Provides financial assistance for upgrading distribution infrastructure, system modernization, and advanced metering.
* Release of funds is dependent on the performance of States/UTs on various parameters.
* **Additional Measures for Financial Viability:**
* Implementation of Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules to ensure timely payments to generating companies.
* Introduction of cost-reflective tariffs and automatic pass-through of variations in power purchase and fuel costs.
* Ensuring timely issuance of tariff and true-up orders.
* Rules framed for timely subsidy payments by State Governments.
* Improved rules and operating procedures for energy accounting to enhance transparency and billing efficiency.
* Loans to state-owned Power Utilities linked to the performance of Distribution Utilities.
* Additional borrowing space (0.5% of GSDP) for State Governments conditional upon key power sector reforms.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: State Electricity Boards (SEBs)/Distribution Utilities**
* **Impact**: Affected by measures to improve financial viability, reduce AT&C losses, and comply with the RDSS.
* **Action Required**: Implement measures to reduce losses, improve performance on parameters linked to RDSS funding, and comply with LPS rules and tariff regulations.
**Stakeholder: State Governments**
* **Impact**: Responsible for timely subsidy payments and subject to conditions for accessing additional borrowing space.
* **Action Required**: Ensure timely subsidy payments to power utilities and undertake key power sector reforms to qualify for additional borrowing space.
**Stakeholder: Consumers**
* **Impact**: Affected by the quality and reliability of power supply and changes in tariffs and billing efficiency.
* **Action Required**: N/A
**Stakeholder: Generating Companies**
* **Impact**: Affected by the implementation of Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules to ensure timely payments.
* **Action Required**: N/A
Key Entities Referenced
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS): A scheme launched to improve the quality and reliability of power supply by reducing AT&C losses and under-recovery.
State Electricity Boards (SEBs): State-owned entities responsible for electricity distribution, facing challenges of transmission losses and financial viability.
AT&C losses: Aggregated Technical and Commercial losses in power distribution, targeted for reduction under RDSS.
Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules: Rules implemented to ensure timely payments by distribution companies to generating companies.
Ministry of Power: The primary government body responsible for formulating policies and programs related to the power sector in India.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1115
ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026
LOSS SUFFERED BY SEBs
1115. SHRI RAJEEV RAI:
Will the Minister of POWER
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of transmission losses in the country, State-wise;
(b) the details of losses suffered by State Electricity Boards (SEBs) during the last
three years; and
(c) the directions being issued by the Union Government to State Electricity Boards
to ensure that they become self sustaining?
A N S W E R
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
(a) : The losses of the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) in the country vary in
the range of around 2.99% to 5.10% with an annual average of 3.75%. The details of
State Transmission Utilities (STUs) transmission losses are given in Annexure-I.
(b) & (c): As per the 14th Annual Integrated Rating and Ranking of Power Distribution
Utilities Report, the Aggregated Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses of the
Distribution Utilities / Power Departments during the last three years are given in
Annexure-II.
With the objective of improving the quality and reliability of power supply to
consumers through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution
Sector, Government of India, in July 2021, launched the Revamped Distribution Sector
Scheme (RDSS). The scheme aims to reduce the AT&C losses to pan-India levels of
12-15% and under-recovery per each unit of electricity supplied to zero.
Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to the eligible Distribution
Utilities for upgradation of distribution infrastructure and system modernization, and
communicable system metering along with smart pre-paid metering in the country.
The release of funds under the scheme is contingent on performance of States/UTs on
various parameters.
Further, Government of India has taken the following measures, in addition to
RDSS, to improve the financial viability of distribution utilities.
Implementation of Late Payment Surcharge (LPS) Rules has ensured that
distribution companies pay their dues to generating companies on time. Rules have been introduced to ensure cost-reflective tariffs and the automatic
pass-through of variations in power purchase and fuel costs on a monthly basis.
Ensuring that tariff and true-up orders are issued on time for reducing revenue
gaps.
Rules have been framed for timely payment of the subsidies promised by the State
Governments.
Rules and operating procedures for energy accounting have improved
transparency, and billing and collection efficiency.
Loans to state owned Power Utilities have been linked to the performance of
Distribution Utilities.
Additional Borrowing space of 0.5% of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has
been allowed to State Governments conditional upon key power sector reforms.
With collective effort of Central and State/UT governments and the reform
measures taken under various schemes, the AT&C loss of distribution utilities has
reduced from 21.91% in FY 2021 to 15.04% in FY 2025.
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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.
1115 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.02.2026
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Details of State/UTs transmission losses are as below:
Sl. No. State/UTs Transmission Loss in %
1 Andhra Pradesh 2.46
2 Gujarat 3.29
3 Haryana 1.99
4 Maharashtra 3.28
5 Telangana 2.11
6 Madhya Pradesh 2.69
7 Arunachal Pradesh 3.00
8 Assam 3.21
9 Bihar 2.56
10 Chhattisgarh 3.00
11 Delhi 0.95
12 Goa 4.50
13 Jharkhand 2.23
14 Karnataka 2.87
15 Kerala 3.10
16 Meghalaya 3.18
17 Odisha 3.00
18 Puducherry 1.50
19 Rajasthan 4.20
20 Uttar Pradesh 3.18
21 West Bengal 2.70
22 Himachal Pradesh 2.77
23 Punjab 2.21
24 Tamil Nadu 0.77
25 Uttarakhand 1.03
26 Manipur 7.15
27 Mizoram 3.08
28 Nagaland 8.00
29 Sikkim 14.50
30 Chandigarh 8.00
31 Jammu & Kashmir 3.00
32 Tripura 3.00
33 Daman & Diu - Dadra & Nagar
3.50
Haveli
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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 1115 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05.02.2026
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The details of Aggregated Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses suffered by State/
State Electricity Boards (SEBs) during the last three years are as below:
Sl. AT&C loss (in %)
No. State/ SEBs
FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
A
State Sector 15.47 16.33 15.40
1 Andaman & Nicobar
Islands 19.77 20.76 24.14
Andaman & Nicobar
PD 19.77 20.76 24.14
2 Andhra Pradesh 7.74 12.05 7.87
APCPDCL 10.33 11.37 7.95
APEPDCL 5.94 10.41 7.70
APSPDCL 8.08 13.95 7.99
3 Arunachal Pradesh 51.70 42.86 46.20
Arunachal PD 51.70 42.86 46.20
4 Assam 16.22 14.03 15.44
APDCL 16.22 14.03 15.44
5 Bihar 23.45 20.32 15.51
NBPDCL 21.42 17.06 14.49
SBPDCL 25.05 22.89 16.35
6 Chhattisgarh 16.14 15.88 14.25
CSPDCL 16.14 15.88 14.25
7 Delhi 10.67 12.82 8.36
NDMC 10.67 12.82 8.36
8 Goa 17.09 9.09 10.39
Goa PD 17.09 9.09 10.39
9 Gujarat 10.72 8.97 8.25
DGVCL 1.62 1.87 4.26
MGVCL 9.67 6.88 8.37
PGVCL 18.41 15.11 12.73
UGVCL 9.35 8.08 6.16
10 Haryana 12.01 11.30 11.76
DHBVNL 13.17 12.73 12.20
UHBVNL 10.32 9.15 11.12
11 Himachal Pradesh 10.57 10.88 19.44
HPSEBL 10.57 10.88 19.44
12 Jharkhand 27.46 30.51 28.19
JBVNL 27.46 30.51 28.1913 Karnataka 14.19 11.89 11.92
BESCOM 12.78 10.23 12.50
CHESCOM 10.22 9.38 8.76
GESCOM 19.25 9.56 13.48
HESCOM 18.12 17.92 12.14
MESCOM 9.20 12.48 10.02
14 Kerala 5.65 7.44 6.61
KSEBL 5.64 7.44 6.61
TCED 7.08 7.19 6.94
15 Ladakh 38.61 42.46 26.82
Ladakh PD 38.61 42.46 26.82
16 Madhya Pradesh 20.45 22.89 22.76
MPMKVVCL 22.89 29.09 29.60
MPPaKVVCL 12.60 12.33 12.78
MPPoKVVCL 27.09 28.20 26.66
17 Maharashtra 16.96 23.86 17.69
BEST 4.18 6.68 5.07
MSEDCL 17.37 24.39 18.09
18 Manipur 13.82 13.41 12.90
MSPDCL 13.82 13.41 12.90
19 Meghalaya 17.75 17.51 17.52
MePDCL 17.75 17.51 17.52
20 Mizoram 26.53 28.01 32.31
Mizoram PD 26.53 28.01 32.31
21 Nagaland 47.28 47.11 48.86
Nagaland PD 47.28 47.11 48.86
22 Puducherry 21.83 17.75 14.72
Puducherry PD 21.83 17.75 14.72
23 Punjab 11.23 10.96 19.21
PSPCL 11.23 10.96 19.21
24 Rajasthan 15.44 22.13 15.18
AVVNL 10.00 15.43 9.22
JdVVNL 20.99 28.84 21.42
JVVNL 14.59 20.89 13.75
25 Sikkim 26.41 27.84 21.84
Sikkim PD 26.41 27.84 21.84
26 Tamil Nadu 10.92 11.39 10.96
TANGEDCO 10.92 11.39 10.96
27 Telangana 18.65 19.01 19.84
TGNPDCL 22.19 20.00 23.22
TGSPDCL 17.20 18.62 18.51
28 Tripura 24.91 69.01 29.61
TSECL 24.91 69.01 29.6129 Uttar Pradesh 22.18 16.39 19.54
DVVNL 24.04 20.00 19.70
KESCO 11.33 9.60 14.29
MVVNL 23.46 15.53 17.70
PVVNL 17.06 14.25 11.91
PuVVNL 27.27 17.33 30.70
30 Uttarakhand 14.41 14.69 15.08
UPCL 14.41 14.69 15.08
31 West Bengal 17.43 17.13 17.17
WBSEDCL 17.43 17.13 17.17
B Private Sector 11.87 11.00 10.05
1 Delhi 6.86 6.74 6.48
BRPL 6.92 6.52 6.70
BYPL 7.29 7.71 7.15
TPDDL 6.48 6.35 5.70
2 Gujarat 3.93 3.92 3.63
Torrent Power
Ahmedabad 4.04 4.16 3.80
Torrent Power Surat 3.69 3.41 3.24
3 Maharashtra 6.48 5.39 4.99
AEML 6.48 5.39 4.99
4 Odisha 21.67 19.59 17.81
TPNODL 17.25 14.61 12.51
TPSODL 30.59 26.75 23.36
TPWODL 20.26 17.90 17.64
TPCODL 22.64 21.86 19.11
5 Uttar Pradesh 8.02 7.75 8.48
NPCL 8.02 7.75 8.48
6 West Bengal 6.47 4.64 4.77
IPCL 6.47 4.64 4.77
Grand Total 15.22 15.97 15.04
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