Dynamics of the electricity supply and demand in Kerala

In the midst of a country-wide shortage of electricity, Kerala at the moment is said to enjoy a unique and envious position of having some margin of electricity supply over demand. Kerala is one of the few states in India where the cost of electricity production is one of the lowest and where the electricity system is purely hydro. It is a state where the per capita electricity consumption, however, is one of the lowest in the country. Kerala's power sector thus exhibits some unique characteristics which deserve to be studied. The present book may be viewed in this context and is the outcome of an attempt for a quantitative study of the supply and demand aspects of electricity in Kerala using some known analytical tools. The results reported in this book may be of interest particularly to electrical engineers, economists and planners concerned with power planning in this country and also to researchers in the field of energy economists.