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1 Report on Short-term Power Market in India: Economics Division Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

2 The contents from the report can be freely copied/used with due acknowledgement to CERC Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 2

3 Preface Electricity Act 2003 ushered in the reform process in the country and accelerated the development of Electricity Sector from a vertically integrated structure to a competition based model. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) was entrusted with an important responsibility of promoting competition, efficiency and economy in bulk power market, improving the quality of supply and promoting investments. CERC set this process in motion through Trading Licensee and Open Access regulations in Through its various regulations and orders CERC has created a framework for a robust and healthy short-term power market in the country. The short-term power market (including Deviation Settlement Mechanism) cover contracts of less than a year through bilateral agreements and power exchanges. It constitutes 9 % (about 100 BU) of the total electricity generation in In the last decade, the short- term power market has become an integral part of the electricity sector in the country. It has helped the electricity providers to balance their portfolios on day ahead basis and adjust to fluctuating power requirements. It has also enabled power producers and procurers to sell their surpluses. Access to information is one of the key elements to ensure efficiency and competition in the sector and strengthen the faith of the stakeholders and consumers in the system. CERC brings out monthly and annual short-term power market reports to keep market participants as well as stakeholders aware and updated on the state of the power market. The annual report provides a snapshot of the short-term power transactions through different instruments by various market participants. This report covers trends in short-term transactions of electricity on annual, monthly and daily basis, time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity, trading margin for bilateral transactions, analysis of various types of participants and effect of congestion on volumes traded on power exchanges. It also covers tariffs of long-term contracts and analysis of trading of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This report can be useful to all individuals and organizations interested in the power sector. In order to ensure ease of access, this report is available on the CERC website We are confident that market participants and stakeholders will find the Report on Short-term Power Market in India, useful. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 3

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5 Contents S.No Particulars Page No Preface 3 Contents 5 List of Tables 7 List of Figures 9 Abbreviations 11 Executive Summary 15 Introduction 19 1 Yearly Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity ( To ) 1.1 Total Short-term Transactions of Electricity with Respect to Total 20 Electricity Generation Electricity Transacted through Trading Licensees and Power 21 Exchanges Electricity Transacted through DSM Electricity Transacted Directly Between DISCOMs 26 2 Monthly Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity (April March 2015) 2.1 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Volume of Electricity Transacted in Various Price Slabs 34 3 Daily Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity (1 st April to 31 st March 15) 3.1 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Trends in Price of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges Trends in Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM 39 4 Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges 40 Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 5

6 S.No Contents Page No 4.1 Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity 40 Transacted through Traders 4.2 Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity 41 Transacted through Power Exchanges 5 Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees for Bilateral 43 Transactions 6 Analysis of Open Access Consumers on Power Exchanges Analysis of Various Types of Participants in Power Exchanges Analysis of Open Access Consumers in Power Exchanges 46 7 Major Sellers and Buyers of Electricity in the Short term market 52 8 Effect of Congestion on Volume of Electricity Transacted through 56 Power Exchanges 9 Tariffs of Long-term Sources of Power for Various Distribution 58 Companies 9.1 Tariff of Central Government power generating companies Levelised tariff of power projects under Case-I Bidding Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue of State Power Utilities Analysis of transactions of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) 64 through Power Exchanges Annexure-I: List of Trading Licensees as on Annexure-II: Historic Volatility Calculation 69 Annexure-III: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Calculation 70 Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 6

7 List of Tables Table No. Details Page No. Table-1 Total Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity with 21 Respect to Total Electricity Generation Table-2 Volume of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power 22 Exchanges Table-3 Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges as 23 Percentage of Total Volume of Short-Term Transactions Table-4 Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power 24 Exchanges Table-5 Size of the Bilateral Trader and Power Exchange Market in 24 Monetary Terms Table-6 Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM 25 Table-7 Volume of Electricity Transacted Directly between DISCOMs 26 Table-8 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity (MU), Table-9 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity as % of Total 29 Electricity Generation, Table-10 Percentage Share of Electricity Transacted by Traders and HHI, Table-11 Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity (`/kwh), Table-12 Weighted Average Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees 43 during to Table-13 Weighted Average Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees 44 during Table-14 Number of Open Access Consumers in IEX, Table-15 Number of Open Access Consumers in PXIL, Table-16 Volume of Open Access Consumers in Day Ahead Market of IEX, Table-17 Volume of Open Access Consumers in Day Ahead Market of 51 PXIL, Table-18 Major Sellers of Electricity through Traders, Table-19 Major Buyers of Electricity through Traders, Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 7

8 Table No. Details Page No. Table-20 Major Sellers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of IEX, Table-21 Major Buyers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of IEX, Table-22 Major Sellers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL, Table-23 Major Buyers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL, Table-24 Annual Details of Congestion in Power Exchanges, to Table-25 Details of Congestionin in Power Exchanges, Table-26 Annual Congestion Charges of Power Exchanges, to Table-27 Tariff of Central Thermal Power Stations, Table-28 Composite Tariff of Central Hydro Power Stations, Table-29 Capacity Contracted under Case-I Bidding Route, and Table-30 Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue (without subsidy) of 63 State Power Utilities Table-31 Forbearance and Floor Price for REC Transactions 64 Table-32 Annual details of Renewable Energy Certificates transacted through 65 Power Exchanges, Table-33 Volume and Price of Renewable Energy Certificates transacted through Power Exchanges, Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 8

9 List of Figures Figure No. Details Page No. Figure-1 Total Volume of Electricity Transacted through Traders 22 and Power Exchanges Figure-2 Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power 23 Exchanges as Percentage of Total Volume of Short-term Transactions Figure-3 Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power 24 Exchanges Figure-4 Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM 25 Figure-5 Volume of Electricity Transacted Directly between 26 DISCOMs Figure-6 Share of Different Segments in Total Electricity 27 Generation, Figure-7 Share of Different Segments in Short-term Transactions, Figure-8 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity, Figure-9 Percentage Share of Electricity Transacted by Traders, Figure-10 Concentration of Market Power: Number of Traders and 32 HHI, to Figure-11 Comparison of Price of Bilateral, Power Exchange and 33 Deviation Settlement Transactions in Figure-12 Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders during 34 Round the Clock, Peak and Off-peak Periods Figure-13 Volume of Bilateral Transactions at different Price Slabs, Figure-14 Volume of IEX Transactions at different Price Slabs, Figure-15 Volume of PXIL Transactions at different Price Slabs, Figure-16 Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity, Figure-17 Price and its Volatility in IEX during Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 9

10 Figure No. Details Page No. Figure-18 Price and its Volatility in PXIL during Figure-19 Price and its Volatility in DSM during Figure-20 Volume (Excluding Banking) and Price of Electricity 40 Transacted through Traders during RTC, Peak and OTP, Figure-21 Block-wise Market Clearing Volume and Price in IEX 41 during Figure-22 Block-wise Market Clearing Volume and Price in PXIL 41 during Figure-23 Region-wise and Block-wise Price of Electricity 42 Transacted through IEX, Figure-24 Region-wise and Block-wise Price of Electricity 42 Transacted through PXIL, Figure-25 Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees, to Figure-26 Sell and Buy Volume of Various Types of Participants in 45 IEX, Figure-27 Sell and Buy Volume of Various Types of Participants in 46 PXIL, Figure-28 State-Wise Number of Open Access Consumers in IEX in 47 March 2015 Figure-29 State-Wise Number of Open Access Consumers in PXIL in 47 March 2015 Figure-30 Participation of Open Access Consumers in IEX, Figure-31 Participation of Open Access Consumers in PXIL, Figure-32 Open Access Consumer Purchase Volume and Total 50 Volume in IEX, Figure-33 Open Access Consumer Purchase Volume and Total Volume in PXIL, Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 10

11 Abbreviations Abbreviation APL APM APPCC BEST Block BMMI BSEB BSPHCL BU CCGT CERC CGS CPP CSPDCL CSPTCL DAM DISCOMs DSM DVC ER FGUTPP GOHP/GoHP GPS GRIDCO GUVNL HEP HHI HPPC HPSEB HSD IFFCO IEX ISGS Expanded Version Adani Power Limited Administered Price Mechanism Andhra Pradesh Power Coordination Committee Bombay Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking 15 Minutes Time Block BMM Ispat Limited Bihar State Electricity Board Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited Billion Units (Billion kwh) Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Central Generating Stations Captive Power Producer/Plant Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited Chhatisgarh State Power Trading Company Limited Day Ahead Market Distribution Companies Deviation Settlement Mechanism Damodar Valley Corporation Eastern Region Firoz Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project Government of Himachal Pradesh Gas Power Station Grid Corporation of Orissa Limited Gujarat UrjaVikas Nigam Limited Hydro Electric Project Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Haryana Power Purchase Centre Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board High Speed Diesel Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited Indian Energy Exchange Limited Inter State Generating Station Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 11

12 Abbreviation J&K JPL JSPL JSWEL JVVNL KSEB kwh KWHEP/S LNG LOI Ltd MCP MEPL MPPMCL MPPTCL MSEDCL MU MW MWh NCTP NDMC NEEPCO NER NEW Grid NHDC NHPC NLC NLDC NPCL NR NTPC OA OAC OTP Expanded Version Jammu & Kashmir Jindal Power Limited Jindal Steel and Power Limited JSW Energy Limited Jaipur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited Kerala State Electricity Board Kilo Watt Hour KarchamWangtoo Hydro Electric Power Station Liquefied Natural Gas Letter of Intent Limited Market Clearing Price Meenakshi Energy Private Limited M P Power Management Company Limited Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company Limited Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited Million Units Mega Watts Mega Watt Hour National Capital Thermal Power Plant (Dadri) New Delhi Municipal Corporation North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited North Eastern Region Northern, Eastern, Western and North-Eastern Region Grid National Hydro Development Corporation Limited National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited National Load Dispatch Centre Noida Power Company Limited Northern Region National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Open Access Open Access Consumer Other than RTC and Peak period Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 12

13 Abbreviation Expanded Version PFC Power Finance Corporation PPA Power Purchase Agreement PSEB Punjab State Electricity Board PX/PXs Power Exchange/Power Exchanges PXIL Power Exchange India Limited REC/RECs Renewable Energy Certificates REL Reliance Energy Limited ROR Run of River RTC Round The Clock S1 Southern Region 1 S2 Southern Region 2 SEB/SEBs State Electricity Board SR Grid Southern Region Grid St Stage STPS Super Thermal Power Station TAM Term Ahead Market THDC Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited TPCL Tata Power Company Limited TPS Thermal Power Station TSSPDCL Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited UPCL Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited UPPCL Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited UT Union Territory W1 Western Region 1 W2 Western Region 2 W3 Western Region 3 WBSEDCL West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd WR Western Region Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 13

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15 Executive Summary An analysis of short-term transactions of electricity in India has been made in this Report on Short-term Power Market 1 for the year Here, short-term transactions of electricity refers to contracts of less than one year period for electricity transacted under bilateral transactions through Inter-State Trading Licensees (only inter-state part) and directly by the Distribution Licensees (also referred as Distribution Companies or DISCOMs), Power Exchanges (Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX) and Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL)), and Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM). The analysis includes (i) Yearly/monthly/daily trends in short-term transactions of electricity; (ii) Time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges; (iii) Trading margin charged by trading licensees for bilateral transactions (iv) Analysis of open access consumers on power exchanges; (v) Major sellers and buyers of electricity in the short term market; (vi) Effect of congestion on volume of electricity transacted through power exchanges; (vii) Tariffs of long-term sources of power for various distribution companies; and (viii) Analysis of transactions of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through power exchanges. listed below. Salient features of the report that are discussed in detail in subsequent sections are 1. Of the total electricity procured in India in , the short-term power market comprised 9%. The balance 91% of generation was procured mainly by distribution companies through long-term contracts and short-term intra-state transactions. 2. In terms of volume, the size of the short-term market in India was 98.99BU (Billion Units) in the year As compared to the volume of electricity transacted through short-term market in the year (104.64BU), this was about 5% lower. This 1 Although Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) is not a market mechanism, electricity transacted under DSM is often considered a part of short-term transaction. Also, electricity transacted bilaterally directly between the distribution companies (without involving trading licensees or power exchanges) is also considered a part of short-term market. In the year , the volume of DSM was about 19.45BU and that between distribution companies was about 15.58BU. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 15

16 negative growth in volume of -5.65BU was accounted mainly by the negative growth in transactions through DSM (-2.02 BU) and by direct bilateral transactions between the DISCOMs (-1.81 BU). 3. Excluding DSM and direct bilateral sale between the DISCOMs, the volume of electricity transacted was 63.96BU in This was about 3% lower than in Volume of electricity transacted through power exchanges witnessed a decrease of about -4%, whereas the volume of electricity transacted through inter-state trading licensees witnessed decrease of -2% over In monetary terms, the size of this segment of the short-term market was `25,089 crore in the year , which was 5% more than in the year Of this, `10,288 crore was the value of electricity transacted through power exchanges (16% more than in ), and the balance of `14,801crore was the value of inter-state transaction of electricity through trading licensees (about 2% less than in ). 4. The volume of DSM in decreased by 9% over The share of DSM as a percentage of total volume of short-term transactions of electricity continued the downward trend in past years and it declined from 39% in to 20% in In terms of volume, the direct bilateral transactions between DISCOMs witnessed a decrease of about 10% in as compared to The share of direct bilateral transactions between DISCOMs as a percentage of total short term transaction volume increased from 15% in when compared with the previous year The weighted average price of electricity transacted through power exchanges was `3.50/kWh and through trading licensees it was `4.28/kWh in The corresponding values for the year were `2.90/kWh and `4.29/kWh, respectively. In the year , the weighted average price of electricity transacted through Day Ahead Market sub-segment of the power exchanges was `3.49/kWh and that through Term Ahead Market sub-segment was `3.77/kWh. 2 Excluding transactions pertaining to banking transactions. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 16

17 7. During , about 96% of the volume of electricity transacted through traders was at less than `6/kWh. About 54% of the volume was transacted at less than `4/kWh. 8. During , IEX transacted 96% of the volume of electricity at price less than `6/kWh. About76% of the volume was transacted at less than `4/kWh. During the year, PXIL transacted 100% of the volume of electricity at price less than `6/kWh. About 90% of the volume was transacted at less than `4/kWh. 9. During , of the total electricity bought under bilateral transactions from traders, 93.56% was bought on round the clock (RTC) basis, followed by 5.83% exclusively bought in periods other than RTC and peak (OTP) and 0.61% was exclusively bought during peak hours. The per unit price of electricity procured during RTC was high (`4.30/kWh) when compared with the price during Peak period (`3.89/kWh) and OTP (`3.67/kWh). 10. It is observed from the block-wise and region-wise prices of electricity transacted through power exchanges in that the price of electricity in Southern Region (S1 and S2 regions) was high when compared to the price in other regions in both the power exchanges. 11. Level of competition among the trading licensees is shown for the period from to During the period, number of traders who were undertaking trading increased from 4 to 28 and concentration of market power (HHI based on volume of trade undertaken by the licensees) declined from high concentration (HHI of ) to moderate concentration (HHI of ). The competition among the trading licensees resulted an increase in volume and decrease in prices in the short-term bilateral market. 12. The weighted average trading margin charged by the trading licensees in was `0.038/kWh, which is in line with the CERC Trading Margin Regulations, The procurement of power by the industrial consumers through power exchanges was began in the year In both power exchanges, Open Access industrial consumers Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 17

18 bought 12.19BU of electricity, which formed 43% of the total day ahead volume transacted in the power exchanges during The weighted average price of electricity bought by open access consumers at IEX was lower (`3.05/kWh) compared to the weighted average price of total electricity transacted through IEX (`3.49/kWh). The weighted average price of electricity bought by open access consumers at PXIL was lower (`2.88/kWh) compared to the weighted average price of total electricity transacted through PXIL (`3.09/kWh). 15. The year also witnessed constraints on the volume of electricity transacted through power exchanges, mainly due to transmission congestion. During , the actual transacted volume was about 10% less than the unconstrained volume. Because of congestion and the splitting of day ahead market at both the power exchanges, the congestion amount collected during the year was ` crore. 16. In , the number of Solar RECs transacted on IEX and PXIL were 1,00,661 and 62,839 respectively and the market clearing price of these RECs was `7850/MWh on both IEX and PXIL. During the year, market clearing volume of Non-Solar RECs transacted on IEX and PXIL were 14,46,963 and 14,51,459 respectively and the market clearing price of these RECs was `1500/MWh on both IEX and PXIL. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 18

19 Introduction A brief analysis of the short-term transactions of electricity in India has been done in this Report on Short-term Power Market 3 for the year Here, short-term transactions of electricity refers to the contracts less than one year for the following trades: (a) Electricity traded under bilateral transactions through Inter-State Trading Licensees (only inter-state trades), (b) Electricity traded directly by the Distribution Licensees (also referred as Distribution Companies or DISCOMs), (c) Electricity traded through Power Exchanges (Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX) and Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL)), and (d) Electricity transacted through Deviation Settlement Mechanism(DSM). The analysis includes: (i) Yearly/monthly/daily trends in short-term transactions of electricity; (ii) Time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges; (iii) Trading margin charged by trading licensees for bilateral transactions; (iv) Analysis of open access consumers on power exchanges; (v) Major sellers and buyers of electricity in the short term market; (vi) Effect of congestion on volume of electricity transacted through power exchanges; (vii) Tariffs of long-term sources of power for various distribution companies; and (viii) Analysis of transactions of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through power exchanges. 3 Although Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) is not a market mechanism, electricity transacted under DSM is often considered a part of short-term transaction. Also, electricity transacted bilaterally directly between the distribution companies (without involving trading licensees or power exchanges) is also considered a part of short-term market. In the year , the volume of DSM was about 19.45BU and that between distribution companies was about 15.58BU. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 19

20 1. Yearly Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity ( to ) The analysis on yearly trends in short-term transactions includes the electricity transacted through the following segments: trading licensees (inter-state part only) under bilateral transactions or bilateral trader segment, power exchange segment with transactions in both Day Ahead and Term Ahead Markets, DSM segment, and Direct transactions of electricity between DISCOMs. Inter-state trading licensees (traders) have been undertaking trading in electricity since 2004 and the power exchanges started operating since The two power exchanges, IEX and PXIL started their operations in June 2008 and October 2008 respectively. As of March 2015, there were 47 inter-state trading licensees (list is enclosed at Annexure-I) and two power exchanges Total Short-term Transactions of Electricity with respect to Total Electricity Generation Total volume of short-term transactions of electricity increased from 65.90BU in to 98.99BU in The annual growth in volume was 24% from to , 16% from to , 5% from to , 6% from to and -5% from to Total volume of short-term transactions of electricity as percentage of total electricity generation was varied between 9% and 11% during the period from to (Table-1). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 20

21 Table-1: Total Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity with respect to Total Electricity Generation Year Total Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity (BU) Total Electricity Generation (BU) Total volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity as % of Total Electricity Generation % % % % % % Source: NLDC The analysis of yearly trends of short-term transactions of electricity for various segments, i.e. electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges, DSM, and directly between DISCOMs is included in the sections that follow Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges Table-2, Table-3, Figure-1 & Figure-2 show details of volume of electricity transacted through traders under bilateral transactions and through power exchanges for the period from to The volume of electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges increased from 24.69BU in to 63.96BU in The share of electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges (in volume terms) as a percentage of total short-term transactions of electricity has increased from 51.45% in to 64.62% in It can be observed from the table that the share of electricity transacted through traders and power exchanges as a percentage of total shortterm transactions of electricity has continuously increased during the period. However, the growth in volume for this segment during the year was negative as compared to and it was -1.82BU(-3%). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 21

22 Volume (BU) Table-2: Volume of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges Year Electricity Transacted through traders (BUs) Electricity Transacted through IEX (BUs) Day Ahead Market Term Ahead Market Electricity Transacted through PXIL (BUs) Day Ahead Market Term Ahead Market Electricity Transacted through IEX and PXIL (BUs) Total (BUs) Note1: The volume of electricity transacted through traders in (April to July 2008) includes cross border trading and intra-state trading volume Figure-1: Total Volume of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 22

23 Table-3: Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges as percentage of Total Volume of Short-term Transactions Year Volume of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges (BUs) Total Short-term Transactions of Electricity (BUs) Electricity Transacted through traders and PXs as % to Total Volume of Short-term % % % % % % 65% 60% Figure-2: Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power exchanges as Percentage of Total Volume of Short-term Transactions 60% 63% 65% 55% 51% 53% 54% 50% 45% 40% The prices of electricity transacted through traders and Power Exchanges are shown in Table-4 and Figure-3. The weighted average price of electricity transacted through tradersand power exchanges declined from`7.29/kwh and `7.49/kWh respectively in to `4.28/kWh and `3.50/kWh respectively in The decreasing trend in weighted average prices affected the market size of this segment in monetary terms (Table-5). In volume terms (BU terms) the size of this segment registered a negative growth by about -3 % in the year compared to , whereas in monetary terms the growth was positive by about 5%. The power exchange sub-segment registered a negative growth of about -4% in volume terms and a high growth of about 16% in monetary terms. The bilateral trader segment registered a negative growth in both volume terms (-2%) and monetary terms (-2%). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 23

24 Price (`/kwh) Table-4: Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges Year Price of Electricity transacted through Traders (`/kwh) Price of Electricity transacted through Power Exchanges (DAM+TAM) (`/kwh) Figure-3: Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders Price of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges Year Table-5: Size of the Bilateral Trader and Power Exchange Market in Monetary Terms Electricity Transacted through traders (BU) Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders (`/kwh) Size of bilateral trader Market in `Crore Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges (BU) Price of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges (`/kwh) Size of Power Exchange Market in ` Crore Total Size of the bilateral trader + Power Exchange Market (`Crore) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 24

25 Volume (BU) Price ( `/kwh) Electricity Transacted through DSM The volume and price of electricity transacted through DSM is shown in Table-6 and Figure-4.It can be observed from Table-6 that the volume of electricity transacted through DSM declined from BU in to BU in , and the volume of DSM as percentage of total short-term volume declined to 20% in from 39% in It can also be observed from the table that the average price of DSM declined from `4.62/kWh in to `2.26/kWh in Year Table-6: Volume and Price of Electricity transacted through DSM Volume of Electricity Transacted through DSM (BU) Total Volume of Short term (BU) Volume of DSM as % of total volume of Short term Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM (`/kwh) % % % % % % Figure-4: Volume and Price of Electricity transacted through DSM Volume of Electricity Transacted through DSM (BU) Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM (`/kwh) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 25

26 Volume (BU) Electricity Transacted Directly Between DISCOMs The volume of electricity transacted directly between DISCOMs is shown in Table- 7 and Figure-5. It can be observed from the table that the volume of electricity transacted directly between DISCOMs increased from 6.19 BU in to BU in It can also be observed that the share of electricity transacted directly between DISCOMs as percentage to total volume of short-termtransaction of electricity also increased from 9% to 16% in the same period. When compared to , the volume of electricity transacted directly between DISCOMs decreased, whereas the share of electricity transacted directly between DISCOMs as percentage of total volume of short-term increased in Year Table-7: Volume of Electricity Transacted Directly between DISCOMs Volume of Electricity Transacted Directly between DISCOMs (BU) Total Volume of Short term (BU) Volume of Bilateral Direct as % of total volume of Short term % % % % % % Figure-5: Volume of Electricity Transacted Directly between DISCOMs Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 26

27 2. Monthly Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity (April 2014-March 2015) During , the share of the total short-term transactions in volume terms, including DSM as a percentage of total electricity generation in the country was about 9% (Figure-6 and Table-8). Figure-6: Share of Different Segments in Total Electricity Generation, % 91% 1% 3% 2% Bilateral Transactions through traders Bilateral Transactions between DISCOMS Power Exchange Transactions Transactions through DSM Long Term Transactions The share of different segments within the total short-term transaction for the year has been shown in the Figure-7 below. Figure-7: Share of Different Segments in Short Term Transactions, % 19.6% 34.9% Bilateral through Traders Bilateral between DISCOMS Power Exchange Transactions Transactions through DSM 15.7% Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 27

28 2.1. Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity The volume of short-term transactions of electricity during different months of with break-up for different segments is shown in Table-8 and Figure-8. Table-8: Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity (MU), Period Bilateral through Traders Bilateral between DISCOMS Total Bilateral transactions Power Exchange transac-tions (DAM+TAM) Transactions through DSM Total Shortterm transactions Total Electricity Generation Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Total % share in total 3% 1% 5% 3% 2% 9% 100% generation % share in Shortterm Volume 34.9% 15.7% 50.7% 29.7% 19.6% 100% It is observed from Figure-8 that there is a cyclical trend in the total volume of short-term transactions of electricity. A similar trend is also observed in the volume of bilateral transations. It is also observed from the figure that the volume of all other segments of the short-term transactions of electricity does not reflect any trend of increase or decrease. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 28

29 Volume (MU) Figure-8: Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity, Bilateral Transactions (Traders+Discoms) Transactions through DSM Power Exchange transactions (DAM+TAM) Total Short-term transac-tions The volume of short-term transactions of electricity as percentage of total electricity generation varied between 7.93% and 10.79% during the months from April 2014 to March 2015 (Table-9). Table-9: Volume of Short-term transactions of electricity as % of total electricity generation, Period Short-term transactions as % of total electricity generation Apr % May % Jun % Jul % Aug % Sep % Oct % Nov % Dec % Jan % Feb % Mar % There were 47 inter-state trading licensees as on Of the total, 28 trading licensees actively traded during the year (Table-10). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 29

30 The volume of electricity transacted through traders (traders inter-state bilateral transactions + traders transactions through Power Exchanges) has been analysed using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) for measuring the competition among the traders (Table-10). Increase in the HHI generally indicates a decrease in competition and an increase of market power, whereas decrease indicates the opposite. A HHI value below 0.15 indicates no concentration of market power, the value between 0.15 to 0.25 indicates moderate concentration, the value above 0.25 indicates high concentration of market power. The HHI, based on the volume of electricity transacted through traders during was , which indicates moderate concentration of market power among the traders. Sr No Table-10: Percentage Share of Electricity Transacted by Traders and HHI, Name of the Trader Share of Electricity transacted by Traders in Herfindahl Herschman Index (HHI) 1 PTC India Ltd % Tata Power Trading Company (P) Ltd. 9.56% Mittal Processors (P) Ltd. 9.53% JSW Power Trading Company Ltd 8.47% GMR Energy Trading Ltd. 6.03% Adani Enterprises Ltd. 5.65% NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. 5.26% Knowledge Infrastructure Systems (P) Ltd 4.90% Shree Cement Ltd. 4.07% Manikaran Power Ltd. 3.35% Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. 2.07% Reliance Energy Trading (P) Ltd 1.81% National Energy Trading & Services Ltd. 1.53% RPG Power Trading Company Ltd. 1.22% Instinct Infra & Power Ltd. 0.90% Arunachal Pradesh Power Corporation (P) ltd 0.79% Essar Electric Power Development Corp. Ltd. 0.56% Ambitious Power Trading Company Ltd. 0.34% My Home Power Private Ltd. 0.32% SN Power Markets Pvt. Ltd. 0.27% Indrajit Power Technology (P) Ltd. 0.10% Customized Energy Solutions India (P) Ltd. 0.09% HMM Infra ltd. 0.02% Pune Power Development (P) Ltd. 0.02% Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 30

31 25 Parshavanath Power Projects Private Ltd 0.02% Adhunik Alloys Private Ltd 0.01% Vandana Vidyut Ltd 0.01% Vedprakash Power Private Ltd % Total Volume % Share of the Top 5 Trading 66.70% Note: Percentage share in total volume transacted by Traders in computed based on the volume which includes the volume traded by inter-state traders through bilateral and power exchanges. Source: Information submitted by Traders. The percentage share of electricity transacted by major traders in the total volume of electricity transacted by all the traders is shown in Figure-9. Figure-9: Percentage Share of Electricity Transacted by Traders, PTC India Ltd. 33% 33% Tata Power Trading Company (P) Ltd. Mittal Processors (P) Ltd. JSW Power Trading Company Ltd GMR Energy Trading Ltd. 6% 8% 10% 10% Others Level of competition among the traders (HHI based on volume of trade undertaken by the traders) is shown in Figure-10 for the period to Number of traders, who were undertaking trading bilaterally or through power exchanges or through both, increased from 4 in to 28 in It can be observed from the figure that there is an inverse relationship between number of traders and the HHI. The concentration of market power declined from high concentration (HHI of 0.55) in to moderate concentration (HHI of ) in The competition among the traders resulted in increase in volume and decrease in prices in the short-term bilateral market (Table-5). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 31

32 No. of Traders HHI Figure-10: Concentration of Market Power: Number of traders and HHI Number of Traders undertaking trading Herfindahl Hirschman Index (HHI) 2.2. Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity The monthly trends in price of short-term transactions of electricity are shown in Table-11 and Figure-11&12. The price analysis is mainly based on the average price of DSM and the weighted average price of other short-term transactions of electricity. The price of bilateral trader transactions represents the price of electricity transacted through traders. The trends in price of electricity transacted through traders(bilateral trader transactions) were studied separately for total transactions as well as for the transactions undertaken Round the Clock (RTC), during Peak, and during Off-peak periods. Table-11: Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity (`/KWh), Period Bilateral through Traders Power Exchange DSM RTC Peak Offpeak Total IEX PXIL All India Grid Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 32

33 Price (`/kwh) Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Figure-11: Comparison of prices of Bilateral, Power Exchange and Deviation Settlement transactions in Price of Bilateral Transactions through traders Price of Power Exchange Transactions (TAM+DAM) Price of Deviation Settlement Transactions It can be observed from the above figure that the price of electricity transacted through traders was relatively high when compared with the price of electricity transacted through power exchanges and DSM during all the months except in August In August 2014 the price of electricity transacted through power exchanges was marginally high when compared with the price of electricity transacted through traders. The trends in price of electricity transacted by traders during RTC, Peak and Offpeak periods are shown in Table-11 & Figure-12. It can be observed from the figure that the price of electricity during peak period is higher in most of the months from July to November 2014 and in February 2015 when compared with the price during RTC and off peak periods. The price of electricity during RTC is high from April 2014 to June 2014, 4 The comparison between the price of power exchanges and the price of bilateral transactions should also be seen in the light that the delivery point for transactions of power exchanges is the periphery of regional transmission system in which the grid connected entity is located whereas the delivery point for bilateral transactions may vary from transaction to transaction. The delivery point may be state or regional periphery or any other point as per the contract executed. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 33

34 Price `/(kwh) December 2014, January and March 2015 when compared with the price during peak and off peak periods Figure-12: Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders during Round the Clock, Peak and Off Peak periods RTC Peak Off-peak 2.3 Volume of Electricity Transacted in Various Price Slabs Volume of electricity transacted in various price slabs is shown for bilateral trader segment and power exchange segment separately. In the case of power exchanges, it is the Day Ahead Market sub-segment that has been considered. Volume of bilateral transactions at different price slabs in is depicted in Figure -13. The figure shows that 54% of the volume of electricity was transacted through traders at less than `4/kWh and 96% of the volume was transacted through traders at less than `6/kWh. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 34

35 Cumulative Volume (%) Volume in Price Range (%) Cumulative Volume % Volume in Price Range (%) Figure-13: Volume of Bilateral Transactions at different Price Slabs, % 60.0% 100% 50.0% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Cumulative Volume % 0% 4% 54% 70% 96% 100% 100% 100% Volume in Price Range (%) 0.04% 4% 50% 17% 26% 4% 0.03% 0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Volume of IEX transactions at different price slabs in is depicted in Figure -14. The figure shows that 76% of the volume of electricity was transacted through IEX at less than `4/kWh and 96% of the volume was transacted through IEX at less than `6/kWh. Figure-14: Volume of IEX Transactions at different Price Slabs, % 100% 35% 30% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Cumulative Volume (%) 11% 43% 76% 88% 96% 98% 99% 100% 100% 100% Volume in Price Range (%) 11% 32% 33% 12% 8% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Volume of PXIL transactions at different price slabs in is depicted in Figure -15. The figure shows that 90% of the volume of electricity was transacted through PXIL at less than `4/kWh and 100% of the volume was transacted through PXIL at less than `6/kWh. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 35

36 Cumulative Volume (%) Volume in Price Range (%) Figure-15: Volume of PXIL Transactions at different Price Slabs, % 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Cumulative Volume (%) 12% 50% 90% 97% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Volume in Price Range (%) 12% 38% 41% 7% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% The Volume of electicity transacted at `4/kWh or less is more in PXIL (90%) when compared to IEX (76%). This was mainly due to different set of participants in different exchanges. In PXIL most of the participants were state utilities whereas there were mixed participants in IEX. The state utilities generally buy or sell electricity at restricted price when compared to others. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 36

37 1-Apr Apr Apr May May Jun Jun-14 8-Jul Jul-14 5-Aug Aug-14 2-Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Nov Nov-14 9-Dec Dec-14 6-Jan Jan-15 3-Feb Feb-15 3-Mar Mar Mar-15 Volume (MU) 3. Daily Trends in Short-term Transactions of Electricity (1 st April 2014 to 31 st March 2015) 3.1Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Trends in daily volume of short-term transactions are shown in Figure-16. It can be observed from the figure that there was a cyclical trend in the volume of electricity transacted through bilateral transactions during It can also be observed that there is no definite trend in the volume of electricity transacted through power exchanges and through DSM during the year Figure-16: Volume of Short-term Transactions of Electricity, Bilateral Transactions (Traders+Direct) PX Transactions (IEX+PXIL) Transactions through DSM 3.2 Price of Short-term Transactions of Electricity Trends in daily price of short-term transactions have been illustrated in this section for power exchanges and DSM Trends in Price of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges The weighted average price of electricity transacted through IEX and its volatility is shown in Figure-17. Volatility in the Price of electricity transacted through IEX has been Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 37

38 01/04/14 15/04/14 29/04/14 13/05/14 27/05/14 10/06/14 24/06/14 08/07/14 22/07/14 05/08/14 19/08/14 02/09/14 16/09/14 30/09/14 14/10/14 28/10/14 11/11/14 25/11/14 09/12/14 23/12/14 06/01/15 20/01/15 03/02/15 17/02/15 03/03/15 17/03/15 31/03/15 Price (`/kwh) Volatility (%) 01/04/14 15/04/14 29/04/14 13/05/14 27/05/14 10/06/14 24/06/14 08/07/14 22/07/14 05/08/14 19/08/14 02/09/14 16/09/14 30/09/14 14/10/14 28/10/14 11/11/14 25/11/14 09/12/14 23/12/14 06/01/15 20/01/15 03/02/15 17/02/15 03/03/15 17/03/15 31/03/15 Price (`/kwh) Volatility (%) computed using daily data for and it works out to 9.63%. (See Annexure-II for historic volatility formula) Figure-17: Price and its Volatility in IEX during % 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% -10.0% -20.0% -30.0% -40.0% -50.0% Price Volatility The weighted average price of electricity transacted through PXIL and its volatility is shown in Figure-18. Volatility in the price of electricity transacted through PXIL has been computed using daily data for and it works out to 11.47%. Figure-18: Price and its Volatility in PXIL during % 40% 20% 0% -20% -40% -60% Price Volatility Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 38

39 UI Price (`/Kwh) Trends in Price of Electricity Transacted through DSM in Figure-19. The average price of electricity transacted through DSM and its volatility is shown Figure-19: Price and its Volatility in DSM during % 100% 50% % -50% -100% -150% Price Volatility Volatility in the price of electricity transacted through DSM has been computed using daily data for and it works out 34.03%. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 39

40 Volume (MU) Price in `/kwh 4. Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders and Power Exchanges In this section, time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through traders has been illustrated for RTC (Round the Clock), Peak period and other than RTC & Peak period. Time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through power exchanges is shown block-wise. Price of electricity transacted through power exchanges is also shown region-wise and block-wise. 4.1 Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders Time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through bilateral trader transactions during is shown in Figure-20. The volume of the traders represents inter-state transaction volume i.e. excluding banking transaction volume. Time of the day variation in volume is shown during RTC (Round the Clock), Peak period and OTP (other than RTC & Peak period). Of the total volume, 93.56% was transacted during RTC followed by 5.83% during OTP, and 0.61% during peak period. It can be observed from the figure that there is hardly any volume transacted during peak period. It can also be observed that the weighted average price during RTC is high (`4.30/kWh), when compared with the price during Peak period (`3.89/kWh) and OTP (`3.67/kWh). Figure-20: Volume (Excluding banking) and Price of Electricity Transacted through Traders during RTC, Peak and OTP, RTC Peak OTP Type of Transaction Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 40

41 Volume (MU) Price (`/kwh) Volume (MU) Price(`/kWh) 4.2 Time of the Day Variation in Volume and Price of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges Time of the day variation in volume and price of electricity transacted through IEX and PXIL (Day ahead market) during are shown block-wise in Figure-21 and Figure-22. It can be observed from the figure that the weighted average price in both the power exchanges was higher during peak period (between hours 18:00 to 23:00), when compared to the weighted average price in rest of the hours. Figure-21: Block-wise Market Clearing Volume and Price in IEX during Minute Blocks Market Clearing Volume Market Clearing Price Figure-22: Block-wise Market Clearing Volume and Price in PXIL during Market Clearing Volume 15 Minute Blocks Market Clearing Price Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 41

42 Price (`/kwhr) Price (`/kwhr) Region-wise and hour-wise prices of electricity transacted through power exchanges are shown in Figure-23 and Figure-24. It can be observed from the figures that during the entire , the price of electricity in Southern region (S1 and S2 regions) was high when compared with the price in other regions in both the power exchanges. It can also be observed that in the evening peak period, the price in the Southern region was even much higher in IEX when compared with other regions. This is mainly due to high demand for electricity in the southern region. The prices were high due to congestion between southern region and rest of the regions, accompanied by market splitting on the power exchanges. 11 Figure-23: Region-wise and Block-wise Price of Electricity Transacted through IEX, MCP S1 S2 NR WR (W1+W2) W3 ER NER 6 Figure-24: Region-wise and Block-wise Price of Electricity Transacted through PXIL, MCP S1 S2 NR WR (W1+W2) W3 ER NER Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 42

43 5. Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees for Bilateral Transactions During the year (when trading started through licensees), the licensees voluntarily charged 5 paise/kwh or less as the trading margin. However, trading margin increased in 2005 and the weighted average trading margin charged by the licensees went up to 10 paise/kwh during April to September 2005 period. The Commission then decided to regulate the margin and fixed the trading margin at 4 paise/kwh vide"cerc (Fixation of Trading Margin) Regulations" notification dated As a result of these trading margin regulations, the licensees charged trading margin of 4 paise or less from onwards until revised Trading Margin Regulations, 2010 came into existence on (see Table-12 & Figure-25). Based on feedback and experience with 2006 regulations and considering various risks associated with the electricity trading business, CERC revised the trading margin in As per the CERC (Fixation of Trading Margin) Regulations, 2010, the trading licensees are allowed to charge trading margin up to 7 paise/kwh in case the sale price exceeds `3/kWh, and 4 paise/kwh where the sale price is less than or equal to `3/kWh. The trading licensees have been charging the trading margin accordingly, and weighted average trading margin for bilateral transactions during to is given in Table-12. Table -12: Weighted Average Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees, to Period Trading Margin (`/kwh) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 43

44 Trading Margin (`/kwh) Note: Weighted Average Trading Margin is computed based on all Inter-state Trading Transactions excluding Banking Transactions Figure-25: Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees, to CERC Trading Margin Regulations CERC Trading Margin Regulations Weighted average trading margin charged by the trading licensees for bilateral transactions for different sale price ranges during is provided in Table-13 below. Table -13: Weighted Average Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees during Sale Price of Electricity Transacted by Trading Licensees(`/kWh) Weighted Average Trading Margin Charged by Trading Licensees(`/kWh) When Sale Price is less than or Equal to `3/kWh When Sale Price is greater than `3/kWh Note 1: Weighted Average Trading Margin is computed based on all Inter-state Trading Transactions excluding Banking Transactions Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 44

45 Volume (MU) 6. Analysis of Open Access Consumers on Power Exchanges This section contains analysis of various types of participants and analysis of open access consumers in day ahead market of power exchanges. 6.1 Analysis of Various Types of Participants in Power Exchanges There are seven types of participants in IEX, as shown in Figure-26. It can be observed from the figure that major sellers of electricity through IEX were independent private producers followed by state utilities, and captive power plants. It can also be observed that major buyers of electricity through IEX were state utilities followed by industrial consumers, and private distribution licensees Figure-26: Sell and Buy Volume of Various Types of Participants in IEX, Captive Power Plants (CPP) Industrial Consumers owning CPP Industrial consumers Independent Power Producers ISGS/CGS Private Distibution Licensees State Utilities Sell volume (MU) Buy volume (MU) There are six types of participants in PXIL, as shown in Figure-27. It can be observed from the figure that major sellers of electricity through PXIL were state utilities and independent private producers. It can also be observed that major buyers of electricity through PXIL were state utilities followed by industrial consumers, and industrial consumers owning CPP. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 45

46 Volume (MU) 600 Figure-27: Sell and Buy Volume of Various Types of Participants in PXIL, Captive Power Plants (CPP) Industrial Consumers owning CPP Industrial consumers Independent Power Producers Private Distibution Licensee State Utilities Sell Volume (MU) Buy Volume (MU) 6.2 Analysis of Open Access Consumers in Power Exchanges The year witnessed collective open access transactions, a significant development in procurement of power by the industrial consumers through power exchanges. It can be observed that 3269 Open Access (OA) Consumers were procuring part of their power requirements through IEX at the end of March These consumers were mostly located in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan (Figure-28). During the year, these OA consumers procured a total of 12084MU of electricity through IEX. In , the weighted average price of electricity bought by OA consumers at IEX was lower (`3.05/kWh) when compared to the weighted average price of total electricity transacted through IEX (`3.49/kWh). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 46

47 Figure-28: State-wise Number of Open Access Consumers in IEX in March About 517 OA consumers procured a part of their power requirements through PXIL. These consumers were mostly located in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Punjab (Figure- 29). During the year, these OA consumers procured a total of about 103MU of electricity through PXIL. In , the weighted average price of electricity bought by open access consumers at PXIL was lower (`2.88/kWh) when compared to the weighted average price of total electricity transacted through PXIL (`3.09/kWh). Figure-29: State-wise Number of Open Access Consumers in PXIL in March Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 47

48 In Table-14 & Figure-30, a month-wise comparison is made between the number of OA consumer participants and the total number of portfolios in IEX. It can be seen that the number of OA consumers as a percentage of total number of portfolios in IEX was varying between 95.88% and 96.03% during It can be observed from the figure that there is an increasing trend in the number of OA consumers and total number of portfolios in IEX. Table-14: Number of Open Access Consumers in IEX, Month No. of Open Access Consumers Total No. of Portfolios in IEX % of Open Access Consumers Apr % May % Jun % Jul % Aug % Sep % Oct % Nov % Dec % Jan % Feb % Mar % Figure-30: Participation of Open Access Consumers in IEX, No. of Open Access Consumers Total No. of Portfolios in IEX Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 48

49 In Table-15 & Figure-31, month-wise comparison is made between the number of OA consumer participants and the total number of portfolios in PXIL. It can be seen that the number of OA consumers as a percentage of total number of portfolios in PXILwas varying between 29.06% and 33.88% during It can be observed from the figure that there is an increasing trend in the number of OA consumers and total number of portfolios in PXIL. Table-15: Number of Open Access Consumers in PXIL, Month No. of Open Access Consumers Total No. of Portfolios in PXIL % of Open Access Consumers Apr % May % Jun % Jul % Aug % Sep % Oct % Nov % Dec % Jan % Feb % Mar % Figure-31: Participation of Open Access Consumers in PXIL, No. of Open Access Consumers Total No. of Portfolios in PXIL Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 49

50 Volume (MU) In Table-16 & Figure-32, month-wise comparison is shown between purchase volume of OA consumers and total volume of IEX. During , volume of electricity procured by OA consumers as a percentage of total volume transacted in IEX was varying between 21.48% and 67.97%. For the year as a whole, the volume procured by OA consumers as a percentage of total volume transacted in IEX was 42.94%. Table-16: Volume of Open Access Consumers in Day Ahead Market of IEX, Month OAC Purchase Volume (MU) IEX Total Volume (MU) % OAC Purchase Participation Apr % May % Jun % Jul % Aug % Sep % Oct % Nov % Dec % Jan % Feb % Mar % Total % Figure-32: Open Access Consumer Purchase Volume and Total Volume in IEX, OAC Purchase Volume (MU) IEX Total Volume (MU) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 50

51 Volume (MU) In Table-17 & Figure-33, month-wise comparison is shown between purchase volume of OA consumers and total volume of PXIL. During , volume of electricity procured by OA consumers as a percentage of total volume transacted in PXIL was varying between 13.41% and 80.62%. For the year as a whole, the volume procured by OA consumers as a percentage of total volume transacted in PXIL was 30.12%. Table-17: Volume of Open Access Consumers in Day Ahead Market of PXIL, Month OAC Purchase Volume (MU) PX Total Volume (MU) % OAC Purchase Participation Apr % May % Jun % Jul % Aug % Sep % Oct % Nov % Dec % Jan % Feb % Mar % Total % Figure-33: Open Access Consumer Purchase Volume and Total Volume in PXIL, OAC Purchase Volume (MU) PX Total Volume (MU) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 51

52 7. Major Sellers and Buyers of Electricity in the Short term market Table-18 and Table-19 show top 10 sellers and buyers of electricity through traders(bilateral trader segment transactions). The same data for IEX is shown in Table-20 and Table-21 and for PXIL in Table-22 and Table-23. It can be seen that the dominant sellers, both at the power exchanges and traders, are a mixed group comprising of independent power producers, distribution companies, state government agencies, and captive power plants. The major buyers from traders and at power exchanges are mostly state distribution companies. Table-18: Major Sellers of Electricity through Traders, S.No. Seller State Volume (MU) Approximate Percentage of total volume transacted through Traders Weighted Average Sale Price `/kwh 1 APL Gujarat % JSWEL Karnataka % JPL Chattisgarh % GOHP Himachal Pradesh % Sterlite Energy Ltd Odisha % Simhapuri Energy Andhra Ltd Pradesh % MEPL Andhra Pradesh % BMM-I Karnataka % HPSEB Himachal Pradesh % CSPDCL Chattisgarh % 3.69 Note : Volume sold by major sellers and total volume transacted through traders does not include the volume through banking arrangement Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 52

53 Table-19: Major Buyers of Electricity through Traders, S.No. Buyer State Volume (MU) Approximate percentage of total volume transacted through traders Weighted Avearage Purchase Price `/kwh 1 APPCC Andhra Pradesh % PSEB Punjab % BEST MSEB Maharashtra % BSEB Bihar % KSEB Kerala % TPCL Maharashtra % UPPCL Uttar Pradesh % UPCL Uttarakhand % NPCL Uttar Pradesh % MSEDCL Maharashtra % 3.35 Note : Volume Bought by major buyers and total volume transacted through traders does not include the volume through banking arrangements From Table-19 it can be seen that weighted average purchase prices of electricity of major buyers such as APPCC, BSEB and KSEB from traders (bilateral transactions) were higher than the weighted average price for the entire bilateral trader segment (`4.28/kWh). Table-20: Major Sellers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of IEX, S.No Name of Seller State Sell Volume (MU) Percentage of the total volume transacted in IEX Weighted Average Sale Price (`/kwh) 1 GOHP H.P % Sesa Sterlite Sterlite Energy % 3.52 Ltd 3 JPL Jindal Power % JSPL Jindal Steel and Power % 2.96 Ltd 5 MPPMCL Madhya Pradesh % HPPC Haryana % GUVNL Gujarat % JPL Stage 2 Jindal Power Ltd Stage % 3.26 Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 53

54 9 KWHEP KarchamWangtoo % 3.41 HEP 10 CSPDCL Chhattisgarh % 3.20 Note: Total Volume transacted through Day Ahead Market in IEX was about MU. Table-21: Major Buyers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of IEX, S.No Name of Buyer State Buy Volume (MU) Percentage of the total volume transacted in IEX Weighted Average Buy Price (`/kwh) 1 Essar Steel India Ltd Gujarat % MSEDCL GEPL Maharashtra % UPPCL U.P % UPCL Uttarakhand % BSPHCL Bihar % WBSEDCL West Bengal % Torrent Power Ltd Gujarat % JVVNL Rajasthan % TSSPDCL Telangana % Reliance Infrastructure Ltd Maharashtra % 3.62 Note: Total Volume transacted through IEX was about 28140MU. From Table-21 it can be seen that weighted average prices of electricity for major buyers such as MSEDCL, UPPCL, BSPHCL, WBSEDCL, Torrent Power Ltd, JVVNL, TSSPDCL and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd in the day ahead market of IEX were higher than the weighted average price for the entire day ahead market of IEX (`3.49/kWh). Table-22 : Major Sellers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL, S. No Name of the Seller State Sell Volume (MU) Percentage of total volume transacted in PXIL Weighted Average Sell Price (`/kwh) 1 NDMC Delhi % 3.10 Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 54

55 2 GUVNL Gujarat % Jindal Steel Plant Chhattisgarh % Sterlite Energy Ltd Odisha % GRIDCO Ltd Odisha % Vandana Vidyut Ltd Chhattisgarh % CSPDCL Chhattisgarh % MSEDCL Maharashtra % JVVNL Rajasthan % MPPTCL Madhya Pradesh % 2.51 Note :The Volume transacted in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL was about 340MU Table-23 : Major Buyers of Electricity in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL, S.No. Name of the Buyer State Buy Volume (MU) Percentage of total volume transacted in PXIL Weighted Aerage Buy Price `/kwh 1 UPCL Uttarakhand % UPPCL UP % Essar Steel India Ltd Gujarat % Bodal Chemical Ltd Gujarat % KSEB Kerala % Bhansali Engineering Polymers Ltd Rajasthan % IFFCO Plant Kandla Gujarat % BSPHCL Bihar % Oracle Granito Ltd Gujarat % Orient Abrasives Ltd Gujarat % 2.81 Note : Total Volume transacted in the Day Ahead Market of PXIL was about 340 MU From Table-23 it can be seen that weighted average prices of electricity for major buyers such as UPPCL, KSEB, BSPHCL and Dishman Pharmaceutica and Chemicals Ltd in the PXIL Day Ahead Market were higher than the weighted average price for the entire day ahead market in the PXIL (`3.09/kWh). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 55

56 8. Effect of Congestion on Volume of Electricity Transacted through Power Exchanges The volume of electricity transacted/sold through power exchanges is sometimes constrained due to transmission congestion. The details of congestion in both the power exchanges are shown in Table-24 and Table-25. Annual details of congestion in power exchanges are shown in Table-24. It can be observed from the table that there is an increasing trend in the unconstrained cleared volume and actual volume transacted (excluding the year ). Unconstrained cleared volume and actual volume transacted increased from 8.10 BU and 7.09 BU respectively in to 31.61BU and 28.46BU respectively in It can also be observed from the table that there is an increasing trend in the volume of electricity that could not be cleared (i.e. the difference of unconstrained cleared volume and actual volume transacted) as % to unconstrained cleared volume from to and a declining trend from to Congestion has been reduced since grid integration (integration of NEW Grid and SR Grid) in December 2013, therefore, there is a declining trend in the volume of electricity that could not be cleared as % to unconstrained cleared volume in both the power exchanges in and Table-24: Annual Details of Congestion in Power Exchanges, to Year Unconstrained Cleared Volume* (MU) Actual Cleared Volume and hence scheduled (MU) Volume of electricity that could not be cleared due to congestion (MU) Volume of electricity that could not be cleared as % to Unconstrained Cleared Volume (2-3) 5 (4/2) % % % % % % * This power would have been scheduled had there been no congestion. Source: IEX, PXIL & NLDC Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 56

57 During , in the IEX, the unconstrained cleared volume and the actual volume transacted were 31.26BU and 28.12BU respectively (Table-25). The actual transacted volume was 9.94% lesser than unconstrained volume. During the same year, in PXIL, the unconstrained cleared volume and the actual volume transacted were 0.38BU and 0.34BU respectively. The actual transacted volume was 10.52% lesser than unconstrained volume. Table-25: Details of Congestion in Power Exchanges, Details of Congestion IEX PXIL A Unconstrained Cleared Volume* (MU) B Actual Cleared Volume and hence scheduled (MU) C Volume of electricity that could not be cleared and hence not scheduled because of congestion (MU) (A-B) D Volume of electricity that could not be cleared as % to Unconstrained Cleared Volume 9.94% 10.52% * This power would have been scheduled had there been no congestion. Source: IEX, PXIL & NLDC Congestion, consequent market splitting, and the resultant difference in market prices in different regions give rise to congestion charges. The annual congestion charges of both power exchanges for the period from to is provided in Table-26. Table-26: Annual Congestion Charges of Power Exchanges, to Year Congestion Charges in IEX (`Crore) Congestion Charges in PXIL (`Crore) Total (`Crore) Source: NLDC Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 57

58 9. Tariffs of Long-term Sources of Power for Various Distribution Companies It can be seen that short-term market, which includes power transacted through traders (inter-state part), bilateral power transactions directly between DISCOMs, power transacted through power exchanges and DSM, met about 9% of the power requirement of the distribution companies in the year The balance 91% power requirement of the distribution companies was met from power procured under long-term contracts with state and central government owned power generating companies and independent power producers, and also intra-state power purchases from traders under bilateral transactions. The details on tariff of central government power generating companies, tariff (levelised tariff) of power projects under Case-1 bidding, and the details on average cost of supply and average revenue of state power utilities have been provided below. 9.1 Tariff of Central Government power generating companies In , the central government power generating companies were accounted for about 37.67% of the total power generation in the country. The prices paid by distribution companies to procure power from central government owned generating companies in (under long-term Power Purchase Agreements) are shown in Table-27 and 28. It can be seen that, on an average, the distribution companies paid between `1.63 and `8.24 per kwh for procuring power from coal based stations, between `4.31 and `6.57 per kwh from natural gas based power stations, between `7.93 and `15.00 per kwh from liquid fuel based power stations (Table- 27), and between `0.79 per kwh and `7.65 per kwh from hydro stations (i.e. excluding latest hydro stations of Teesta-LDP and Parbati-III) (Table-28). Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 58

59 Table-27: Tariff of Central Thermal Power Stations, Sl. No. Name of the Generating Station Installed Capacity (MW) as on March, 2015 Fixed charges (`/kwh) Energy Charges (`/kwh) Total Tariff (`/ kwh) I: Coal Based thermal generating Stations of NTPC A. Pit head Generating Stations 1 Rihand STPS (St-I) Rihand STPS (St-II) Rihand STPS (St-III) Singrauli STPS Vindhyachal STPS (St-I) Vindhyachal STPS (St II) 7 Vindhyachal STPS (St III) 8 Vindhyachal STPS (St IV) 9 Korba STPS (St-I & II) Korba STPS (St-III) Ramagundam STPS (St I&II) 12 Ramagundam STPS (St III) 13 Talcher TPS Talcher STPS (St-I) Talcher STPS (St-II) Sipat STPS (St-I) Sipat STPS (St-II) Sub-Total (A) B. Non-Pit head Generating Stations 18 FGUTPP TPS (St-I) FGUTPP (St-II) FGUTPP (St-III) NCTP Dadri (St-I) NCTP Dadri (St-II) Farrakka STPS (St-I&II) Farrakka STPS (St-III) Tanda TPS Badarpur TPS Kahalgaon STPS (St-I) Kahalgaon STPS (St-II) Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 59

60 Sl. No. Name of the Generating Station Installed Capacity (MW) as on March, 2015 Fixed charges (`/kwh) Energy Charges (`/kwh) Total Tariff (`/ kwh) 29 Simhadri (St-I) Simhadri (St-II) Mauda STPS (St-I) Barh STPS (St-II) Sub-Total (B) Total Coal (A+B) II: Natural Gas (APM & Non-APM)/LNG/Liquid Fuel based generating stations of NTPC A: Using Natural Gas(APM) as Fuel 1 Anta CCGT Auraiya GPS Dadri CCGT Faridabad GPS Gandhar GPS Kawas GPS Total APM Gas 3658 B: Using Natural Gas(Non-APM) as Fuel 1 Gandhar GPS Kawas Gas Total Non-APM Gas 1314 C: Using LNG as Fuel 1 Anta CCGT Auraiya GPS Dadri CCGT Faridabad GPS Gandhar GPS Kawas GPS Total Naphtha/HSD 3658 D: Using Liquid Fuel (Naphtha/HSD) as Fuel 1 Auraiya GPS Dadri CCGT Kayamkulam CCGT Total Liquid Fuel 1853 Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 60

61 Name of Generating Company NHPC Table-28: Composite Tariff of Central Hydro Power Stations, Name of the Type Installed Annual Fixed Generating Capacity Charges Station (MW) (`/Lakhs) Composite Tariff (`/kwh) 1 Baira siul Pondage Loktak Storage Salal ROR Tanakpur ROR Chamera-I Pondage Uri-I ROR Rangit Pondage Chamera-II Pondage Dhauliganga-I Pondage Dulhasti ROR Teesta-V Pondage Sewa-II Pondage Chamera-III* Pondage Chutak* ROR Uri-II* ROR Nimoo Bazgo* Pondage Teesta-LDP Pondage Parbati-III* ROR Total 4990 NHDC 1 Indira Sagar Storage Omkareshwar Storage Total 1520 THDC 1 Tehri Stage-I Storage Koteshwar* Pondage SJVNL 1 Naptha Jhakri RoR Rampur HP RoR NEEPCO 1 Khandong Storage Kopili Stage-I Storage Doyang Storage Ranganadi Pondage Kopili Stage-II Storage Total 770 * Provisional Tariff Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 61

62 9.2 Levelised tariff of power projects under Case-I Bidding Table-29 indicates long-term levelised tariff for power available from power projects bid in the year and under Case-I. During , the price of the power projects under Case-I for long-term varied in the range of `4.52 per kwh to `5.59 per kwh. During , the price of the power projects under Case-I for long-term varied in the range of `3.60 per kwh to `4.29 per kwh. The price of power through competitive bidding was relatively low in when compared with the price of power in Table-29: Capacity Contracted under Case-I Bidding Route, & S.No. State Name of the Developer/Plant 1 Gujarat Adani Power Ltd, Mundra 2 Rajasthan Maruti Clean Coal and Power Ltd Capacity (MW) Levelized Tariff (`/KWh) Fuel Type Imported & Domestic Coal Date of LOI Rajasthan DB Power Ltd Rajasthan Lanco Power Ltd, Dabandh 5 Uttar Pradesh 6 Uttar Pradesh PTC India Ltd(TRN Energy Ltd) LancoBabandh Power Ltd Uttar KSK Mahanadi Pradesh Power Company 8 Ltd Domestic Uttar PTC India Ltd Coal Pradesh Kerala Jindal Power Ltd Kerala Jindal Power Ltd Kerala Jabua Power Ltd Kerala Jabua Power Ltd Kerala Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd 14 Kerala Jindal Thermal Power Ltd 15 Kerala Bhavanapadu Thermal Power Project Source: Forum of Regulators Medium /Long Term Long Term Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 62

63 9.3 Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue of State Power Utilities The data on average cost of supply to state power utilities (SEBs, Power Deptts., DISCOMs) and average revenue (revenue from sale of power by state power utilities) without subsidy has been taken from the Report on the Performance of the State Power Utilities published by Power Finance Corporation (Table-30). Table-30: Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue (without subsidy)of State Power Utilities Year Average Cost of Supply (`/kwh) Average Revenue (without subsidy) (`/kwh) Source: PFC, "The Performance of State Power Utilities for the years, to and to The average cost of supply increased from `3.40/kWh in to `5.01/kWh in The average revenue (without considering subsidy booked) increased from `2.63/kWh in to `3.76/kWh in Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 63

64 10. Analysis of transactions of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through power exchanges. The concept of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) seeks to address mismatch between geographical availability of renewable energy sources and the requirement of the obligated entities to meet their renewable purchase obligation by purchasing green attributes of renewable energy. The REC mechanism is a market based instrument, to promote renewable sources of energy and development of market in electricity. One REC is equivalent to 1 MWh of electricity injected into the grid from renewable energy sources. The REC is exchanged only in the power exchanges approved by CERC within the band of a floor price and forbearance (ceiling) price as notified by CERC from time to time. The forbearance price and floor price notified by CERC are as under: Type of REC Table-31: Forbearance and Floor Price for REC transactions Forbearance and Floor Price w.e.f 1st April 2012 Floor Price (`/MWh) Forbearance Price (`/MWh) Forbearance and Floor Price w.e.f 1st March 2015 Floor Price (`/MWh) Forbearance Price (`/MWh) Solar Non-Solar The first REC trading session was held on power exchanges in March The details of REC transactions are shown in Table-32 and Table-33. The market clearing volume of Solar RECs transacted in on IEX and PXIL were and respectively and the weighted average of market clearing price of these RECs was `7850/MWh on both IEX and PXIL. Market clearing volume of Non-Solar RECs transacted in on IEX and PXIL were and respectively and the weighted average of market clearing price of these RECs was `1500/MWh on both IEX and PXIL. The gap between the volume of buy and sell bids of RECs placed through power exchanges shows that there was less demand for both Solar RECs and Non-Solar RECs. For Solar RECs, the ratio of buy and sell bids was 0.03 and 0.02 in IEX and PXIL Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 64

65 respectively. For Non-Solar RECs, the ratio of buy and sell bids was 0.03 in both IEX and PXIL. Table-32 : Annual details of Renewable Energy Certificates transacted through Power Exchanges, Sr.No. Details of REC Transactions RECs transacted on IEX RECs transacted on PXIL Solar Non-Solar Solar Non-Solar A Volume of Buy Bid B Volume of Sell Bid C Ratio of Buy Bid to Sell Bid Volume D E Market Clearing Volume (MWh) Market Clearing Price (`/MWh) Month-wise volume and price of RECs transacted through power exchanges are shown in the following table (Table-33). Table-33 : Volume and Price of Renewable Energy Certificates Transacted through Power Exchanges, Month Volume of REC Transactions (MWh) IEX Weighted Average Price of REC Transactions (`/MWh) Volume of REC Transactions (MWh) PXIL Weighted Average Price of REC Transactions (`/MWh) Solar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 65

66 Feb Mar Non-Solar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 66

67 List of Trading Licensee as on Annexure-I Sr. No. Name of Trading Licensee Date of Issue of License Present Category of License 1 Tata Power Trading Company Ltd I 2 Adani Enterprises Ltd I 3 PTC India Ltd I 4 Reliance Energy Trading (P) Ltd I 5 NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd I 6 National Energy Trading & Services Ltd I 7 Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Ltd I 8 JSW Power Trading Company Ltd I 9 GMR Energy Trading Ltd I 10 Global Energy (P) Ltd I 11 Knowledge Infrastructure Systems (P) Ltd I 12 Shree Cement Ltd I 13 Jai Prakash Associates Ltd I 14 SN Power Markets (P) Ltd I 15 Pan India Network Infravest Ltd I 16 IL&FS Energy Development Company Ltd I 17 Essar Electric Power Development Corporation Ltd II 18 RPG Power Trading Company Ltd II 19 Mittal Processors (P) Ltd II 20 Manikaran Power Ltd II 21 Instinct Infra & Power Ltd III 22 Indrajit Power Technology (P) Ltd III 23 PCM Power Trading Corporation Ltd III 24 My Home Power (P) Ltd III 25 DLF Energy (P) Ltd III 26 Arunachal Pradesh Power Corporation (P) Ltd III 27 Solar Energy Corporation of India III 28 Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd III 29 Jai International (P) Ltd III 30 IPCL Power Trading (P) Ltd III 31 Suryachakar Power (P) Corporation Ltd IV 32 Visa Power Ltd IV 33 Pune Power Development (P) Ltd IV 34 Greenko Energies (P) Ltd IV 35 Vandana Vidyut Ltd IV 36 Audhunic Alloys & Power Ltd IV 37 Indiabulls Power Trading Ltd IV Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 67

68 38 Ambitious Power Trading Company Ltd IV 39 Shyam Indus Power Solutions (P) Ltd IV 40 Customised Energy Solutions India (P) Ltd IV 41 Gemac Engineering Services (P) Ltd IV 42 Green Fields Power Services (P) Ltd IV 43 HMM Infra Ltd IV 44 Newfields Advertising (P) Ltd IV 45 Vedprakash Power (P) Ltd IV 46 Parshavnath Power Projects (P) Ltd IV 47 Provestment Services Ltd IV Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 68

69 Annexure-II Historic Volatility Calculation Volatility = Standard deviation of daily prices returns. 1. Daily prices returns = Ln (y i / yi-1). 2. yiis price today; y i-1 is price on previous day. 3. Ln is natural logarithm 4. n is the number of observations 5. u is the average daily returns Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 69

70 Annexure-III Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Calculation Formula for computing the HHI is as under: N HHI = s i 2 i =1 wheres i is the market share of firm i in the market, and N is the number of firms. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) ranges from 1 / N to one, where N is the number of firms in the market. Equivalently, if percents are used as whole numbers, as in 75 instead of 0.75, the index can range up to or 10,000. A HHI index below 0.01 (or 100) indicates a highly competitive index. A HHI index below 0.15 (or 1,500) indicates an unconcentrated index. A HHI index between 0.15 to 0.25 (or 1,500 to 2,500) indicates moderate concentration. A HHI index above 0.25 (above 2,500) indicates high concentration. There is also a normalized Herfindahl index. Whereas the Herfindahl index ranges from 1/N to one, the normalized Herfindahl index ranges from 0 to 1. Report on Short-term Power Market in India, Page 70