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According to paper dated 15,Oct`15, "Indian Railways have been procuring power through the State Utilities at an average rate of Rs 6.75 per unit. Adani Power Ltd have been awarded the contract at a landed tariff of Rs 3.69 per kWH (unit) for a period of three years,"
The annual peak consumption is 4000 MW which costs Rs 12,000 crore.
The range of per unit is Rs 4 to Rs 9. Power suppliers prefer to sell electricity to Railways as it pays higher per unit charges compared with households. Also, it buys more...
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power at night, when demand is typically lower. Railways’ average cost of power purchase has shot up from Rs 4.4 per unit in 2009-10 to Rs 6.45 a unit 2013-14. The Railways’ locomotives also consume 2.6 billion litres of diesel annually. Its fuel bill — electricity traction cost apart from diesel — accounted for Rs 28,592 crore, or 22%, of its total working expenses in 2013-14. Diesel accounted for around 70% of the fuel bill.