As per information available with Central Electricity Authority, details of private sector investment from 2009-10 to 2012-13 is as under:
Thermal Power Plant
(Rs. in crores)
| Private Investment | 2009-10 | 2010-11 (P) | 2011-12 (P) | 2012-13 (P) |
| Thermal projects | 36764 | 70028 | 90551 | 52511 |
| Hydro projects | 5517 | 5855 | 3436 | 1622 |
| Transmission | 2965 | 3602 | 2294 |
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| Distribution | 2815 | 2103 | 1737 |
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| Total Invt. | 48061 | 81588 | 98018 | 54133 |
- No data is available as yet on transmission and distribution for 2012-13.
- Transmission data for 2011-12 are based on figures furnished to the Expert Committee on
- Private Investment (ECPI).
- Data on generation excludes captive power plants, renewable and nuclear energy plants.
- (P) Provisional
As per extant policy, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100% is permitted in the power sector, under the automatic route, for:
Ø Generation and transmission of electric energy produced in hydro electric, coal/lignite based thermal, oil based thermal and gas based thermal power plants;
Ø Non-Conventional Energy Generation and Distribution;
Ø Distribution of elective energy to households, industrial, commercial and other users; and
Ø Power Trading.
Accordingly, any foreign power company can enter power sector through FDI route.
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