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Beyond crisis

Khurana, Mani, Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh

2014,2015

Overview

At the end of 2011, the Indian power sector found itself in financial crisis, just a decade after the 2001 bailout of state electricity boards (SEBs) by the central government. Bankrupt state power distribution utilities in several states were unable to pay their bills or repay their debts. Despite the passage of the landmark 2003 Electricity Act and implementation of a broad set of reforms over the past decade, the sector today is looking at another rescue from the center, four times larger than before. This financial rescue scheme amounts to about Rs 1.9 trillion (

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY / ACCOUNTING / ADVERSE IMPACTS / AFFORDABLE PRICES / AGRICULTURE / AMOUNT OF POWER / APPROACH / ARREARS / Assets / AVAILABILITY / BAILOUT / BALANCE / BALANCE SHEET / Banking / BENCHMARK / BENCHMARKING / BIDS / BILATERAL TRANSACTIONS / BUSINESS MODELS / CAPABILITIES / CAPACITY PLANNING / CAPITAL ADEQUACY / CAPITAL EXPENDITURES / CASH FLOWS / Checks / COAL / COAL CONSUMPTION / COAL PRODUCTION / COLLECTION EFFICIENCY / COMMERCIAL BANKS / COMPETITIVE BIDDING / COMPETITIVE MARKETS / COMPETITIVE POWER MARKETS / COMPETITIVE PRICES / COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT / COMPOSITION OF DEBT / CONSUMERS / COPYRIGHT / Corporations / COST ASSUMPTIONS / COST OF POWER / COST RECOVERY / CREDITORS / CUSTOMER RELATIONS / CUSTOMER SATISFACTION / CUSTOMER SERVICE / DEBT / DEBTOR / DEBTS / DEFICITS / DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY / DEMAND FOR ENERGY / DEMAND FOR POWER / DEVELOPMENT FINANCE / DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES / DISTRIBUTION LOSSES / DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY / DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS / DOMAIN / DOMESTIC COAL / E-MAIL / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT / EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS / EFFICIENT POWER PROCUREMENT / ELECTRIC POWER / ELECTRICITY / ELECTRICITY CAPACITY / ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION / ELECTRICITY GENERATION / ELECTRICITY SECTOR / ELECTRICITY SUPPLY / ENERGY CONSUMPTION / ENERGY EFFICIENCY / ENERGY GENERATION / Energy industries / ENERGY SHORTAGE / Finance / FINANCES / FINANCIAL CRISIS / FINANCIAL DISTRESS / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE / FINANCIAL SUPPORT / FINANCIAL VIABILITY / FISCAL DEFICIT / FIXED COSTS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / FOREIGN INVESTORS / FUEL / FUEL COSTS / FUTURE DEMAND / GAS / GDP / GENERATION / GENERATION CAPACITY / GOVERNMENT BONDS / GOVERNMENT BUDGETS / GOVERNMENT POLICIES / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROWTH RATE / HEAT / HEAT RATE / HEAT RATES / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RESOURCES / HYDROPOWER / INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS / INDEPENDENT REGULATION / India / INEFFICIENCY / INFLATION / INFORMATION SYSTEMS / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / INSTITUTION / INSTRUMENT / INTEREST COSTS / INTEREST PAYMENTS / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL ENERGY / INVESTMENT FLOWS / KILOWATT HOUR / LICENSE / LICENSES / LIQUIDITY / LLC / LOAD FACTOR / LOAD FACTORS / LOAD PROFILE / LOAN / LOANS FROM BANKS / LONG-TERM LOANS / MARKET DATA / MARKET DEVELOPMENT / MARKET REFORM / MARKET REFORMS / MARKET STRUCTURE / MARKET STRUCTURES / MONOPOLY / MONOPOLY SUPPLIER / NETWORK ACCESS / NETWORK PLANNING / NETWORKS / NONPAYMENT / NONPERFORMING LOANS / OIL / OIL CONSUMPTION / OPEN ACCESS / OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY / OPPORTUNITY COST / OUTSOURCING / OUTSTANDING LOANS / PEAK DEMAND / PHOTO / POLICY FRAMEWORKS / POWER / POWER CAPACITY / POWER CORPORATION / POWER COSTS / POWER DISTRIBUTION / POWER GENERATION / POWER GENERATORS / POWER GRID / POWER INDUSTRY / POWER PLANTS / POWER PROCUREMENT / POWER PRODUCERS / POWER PURCHASE / POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS / POWER PURCHASE COSTS / POWER PURCHASES / POWER REQUIREMENT / Power resources / POWER SECTOR / POWER SECTOR DEVELOPMENT / POWER SECTOR REFORM / POWER SECTORS / POWER SHORTAGE / POWER STATIONS / POWER SYSTEM / PRIMARY ENERGY / PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY / PRIVATE CREDITOR / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION / PUBLIC SECTOR / QUALITY OF ENERGY / QUERIES / REGRESSION ANALYSIS / RENEWABLE ENERGY / RENEWABLE SOURCES / RESERVE / RESERVE BANK / RESULT / RESULTS / RETAIL MARKETS / RETAIL TARIFFS / RETURN / REVENUE COLLECTION / RISK PROFILE / RURAL ELECTRIFICATION / SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS / SHORT-TERM BORROWING / SOLVENCY / STATE UTILITIES / TARGETS / TARIFF CHANGES / TARIFF REFORMS / TARIFF REVISIONS / TARIFF STRUCTURE / TAX / TELEPHONE / THERMAL PLANTS / THERMAL POWER / THERMAL POWER GENERATION / THERMAL POWER PLANT / TOTAL COSTS / TOTAL DEBT / TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY / TRADING / TRANSACTION / TRANSLATION / TRANSMISSION / TRANSMISSION LINES / TRANSMISSION SYSTEM / TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS / TRANSPARENCY / TURNOVER / UNIVERSAL ACCESS / UTILITIES / VALUE CHAIN / VARIABLE COST / VARIABLE COSTS / WHOLESALE MARKET / WIND
• ISBN: 1464803927, 9781464803925