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ID150771
Title ProperEffect of regulatory governance on efficiency of thermal power generation in India
Other Title Informationa stochastic frontier analysis
LanguageENG
AuthorGhosh, Ranjan ;  Kathuria, Vinish
Summary / Abstract (Note)This paper investigates the impact of institutional quality – typified as regulatory governance – on the performance of thermal power plants in India. The Indian power sector was reformed in the early 1990s. However, reforms are effective only as much as the regulators are committed in ensuring that they are implemented. We hypothesize that higher the quality of regulation in a federal Indian state, higher is the efficiency of electric generation utilities. A translog stochastic frontier model is estimated using index of state-level independent regulation as one of the determinants of inefficiency. The dataset comprises a panel of 77 coal-based thermal power plants during the reform period covering over 70% of installed electricity generation capacity. The mean technical efficiency of 76.7% indicates there is wide scope for efficiency improvement in the sector. Results are robust to various model specifications and show that state-level regulators have positively impacted plant performance. Technical efficiency is sensitive to both unbundling of state utilities, and regulatory experience. The policy implication is that further reforms which empower independent regulators will have far reaching impacts on power sector performance.
`In' analytical NoteEnergy Policy Vol. 89, No.89; Feb 2016: p.11–24
Journal SourceEnergy Policy 2016-02 89, 89
Key WordsStochastic Frontier Analysis ;  Regulatory Governance ;  Indian Thermal Efficiency