Indian States Electricity Transition

This executive summary describes the States’ Electricity Transition (SET) Scoring system developed by Ember to evaluate the electricity transition across 16 Indian states, which represent 90% of India's annual power requirement. The analysis focuses on four dimensions: decarbonisation, power system performance, power ecosystem readiness, and policies and political commitments. While some states like Karnataka show strong performance across all metrics, others, particularly Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, require significant improvements in decarbonisation and system performance to meet national targets.

• India's progress toward its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets is hindered by a lack of concrete action plans and roadmaps, necessitating stronger cooperation and leadership from individual states.
• The States’ Electricity Transition (SET) Scoring system evaluated 16 Indian states, representing 90% of the country's annual power needs, based on four dimensions: decarbonisation (shifting from fossil-based power), power system performance (incentivising green market participation), power ecosystem readiness (system reliability), and policies and political commitments.
• Karnataka is identified as the top-performing state, scoring well across all four dimensions of the clean electricity transition, including decarbonisation, power system performance, ecosystem readiness, and political commitment. Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab also demonstrated notable efforts in overall preparedness.
• Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal are noted as underperforming in decarbonising their power sectors and power system performance. Specifically, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh need power system improvements, while West Bengal requires more proactive policies to move away from a fossil fuel-intensive sector.
• Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, while leaders in adding new renewable capacity and showing progress in decarbonisation, have not maintained consistent progress across all dimensions, specifically falling short in power sector performance and readiness for transition.

APA

Ember (2023). Indian States Electricity Transition. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/indian-states-electricity-transition

Chicago

Ember. Indian States Electricity Transition. 2023. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/indian-states-electricity-transition.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ember2023indian, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{Indian States Electricity Transition}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/indian-states-electricity-transition}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }