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CEA

Central Electricity Authority

The Central Electricity Authority of India advises the government on policy matters and formulates plans for the development of electricity systems. It is a statutory organisation constituted under section 3 of Electricity Supply Act 1948, which has been superseded by section 70 of the Electricity Act 2003. Its vision is to provide 24x7 quality power supply to all consumers in the country at reasonable prices.

Central Electricity Authority seeks to achieve the vision by providing support base to the Ministry of Power and other stakeholders in the form of National Electricity Plan, technical standards & regulations, techno-economic advice, project monitoring, data repository etc. for ensuring 24x7 quality power to all consumers.

For more information, visit: https://cea.nic.in/?lang=en

Datasets​

CEA_EL_GEN​

Central Electricity Authority India Power Generation

Schedule​

The schedule for collecting CEA power gneration update is around 21:00 IST daily.

Sample File​

Sample file for CEA Power Generation

Type​

The dataset is stored as #Electricity

Data ID and Name​

Example data id and name

Data IdName
CEA.IN.GEN.NORTH.DL.IPCCPPCEA Power Generation from Northern region, in Production Unit I.P.CCPP of Production Type THER (GT) Daily

Attributes​

NameValue
SourceCEA
Source NameCentral Electricity Authority
DatasetCEA_EL_GEN
Dataset NameCentral Electricity Authority India Power Generation
FrequencyDaily
UnitMW
MarketStatistics
CommodityPower
CategoryGeneration
ProductPower Generation
LocationIndia
RegionAsia
Quote CalendarDaily

Validation​

Data is checked for missings.

Licensing​

Data is freely available in the vendor website and can be used by clients without permissions.