4.10.2 Commission’s approved consumption estimates for various categories of consumers

As the methodology adopted by the Commission for estimating the consumption for various categories of consumers for FY 2001-02 to FY 2004-05 proved to be more accurate, the Commission has followed the same methodology for estimating the consumption for FY 2005-06, which is based on the Average Annual Load Factor (ALF). The consumption for each category in the ensuing year has then been derived by applying the average ALF on the average projected connected load of each category.

Based on the above methodology, the consumption estimate for FY 2005-06 works out to be 6798 MUs.  The category-wise details are summarised in the table 4.27:

Table 4.27 - Estimation of approved Sales to Consumers (Million Units)