STATE
West Bengal has a population of 91 million people, and is India's sixth largest state in terms of economic size. It offers excellent connectivity to the rest of India in terms of railways, roadways, ports and airports. It has 12 growth centres for medium and large scale industries. The state is also a key producer of petroleum and petrochemicals.
Installed and Allocated Power Capacity
Electricity Generation from Different Sources
Power Supply
REC Demand
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Key Indicators
  • CEF state rating
    2.7 / 5
    Utility-Scale RE
  • Installed and allocated power capacity
    11037 MW
    as on March 2021
  • Installed and allocated RE capacity
    568 MW
    as on March 2021
  • RES in total electricity generation
    1.95 %
    in 2020-21
  • Ease of doing business rank
    10 / 36
    in 2017
Economic Indicators
  • Current GSDP (2016-17)
    INR 8792 billion
    5.72 % of national GDP
  • GSDP CAGR (at constant prices)
    4.79 %
    between FY 2012 to FY 2017
  • Gross Fiscal Deficit
    INR 297 billion
    in 2017-18
Infrastructure Indicators
  • Length of national highways
    3,004 km
    as of March 2017
  • Length of state highways
    3,612 km
    as on March 2016
  • Transmission capacity (>33KV)
    33831.98 MVA
    as of March 2019
  • Transmission length '000 (>33KV)
    14.04 Ckm
    as of March 2019
  • Exporting SEZs
    7
    as of Feb 2020
Key Regulations
  • Tariff Order
DISCOM
  • WBSEDCL
Key Govt. Agencies
  • State Nodal Agency

    WBREDA
  • State Electricity Regulatory Commission

    WBERC
  • State Load Despatch Centre

    WBSLDC
  • State Transmission Utility

    WBSETCL
Memos
  • Renewable
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