India’s electricity consumption has increased by about 12.4 per cent during the last three financial years, from 2022-23 to 2024-25, according to information provided by the government in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
The information was provided by Minister of State for Power Shripad Naik.
“The consumption of electricity has consistently increased by approximately 12.4 per cent in the country during the last three financial years i.e. from 2022-23 to 2024-25,” Naik said.
The minister stated that actual power supply has generally been sufficient to meet energy requirement, with no impact of shortage on the economy and industrial growth.
“Energy Supplied has been commensurate to the Energy Requirement with only a marginal gap which is generally on account of constraints in the State transmission or Distribution network. Hence, there is no impact of shortage on the economy and industrial growth,” the minister said.
According to data shared in the reply, the energy requirement rose from 1,513,497 million units in 2022-23 to 1,693,959 million units in 2024-25, while energy supplied increased from 1,505,914 million units to 1,692,369 million units during the same period.
The reply also details generation and transmission planning measures to meet the increasing electricity requirement.
As per the National Electricity Plan, installed generation capacity is projected to be approximately 874 gigawatts by 2031-32, with capacity expected to remain ahead of peak demand.
Around 17,360 megawatts of thermal capacity is already under construction as of March 2025, while additional coal-based capacity is under planning.
Hydro electric projects totalling 12,973.5 megawatts are under construction, and 6,600 megawatts of nuclear capacity is being developed for completion by 2029-30.
Renewable capacity additions include 67,280 megawatts of solar, 15,200 megawatts of wind, and 10,000 megawatts of new hydel power, along with battery energy storage systems.
Transmission expansion is planned with about 1,91,474 circuit kilometres of transmission lines and 1,274 gigavolt ampere transformation capacity to be added during the ten-year period from 2022-23 to 2031-32.
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