Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Verification Report (May 2026)

Page verified: /states/andaman-nicobar · Retrieved: "2026-05-30". Tolerance: ±5% / ±2pp.

Anchor comparison

#	Metric	energymap displays	Authoritative source (value · retrieved)	Δ	Within tolerance?
1	Peak demand (all-time, headline)	0 MW (all-time/POSOCO peak tile, dated "2026-05-29")	~69.8 MW · May 2024 record (up from 58.4 MW Jul 2023; ~69 MW as of 2025) · CEIC · 2026-05-30	−100%	❌
1a	Peak demand (two-year tile)	0 MW (dated "2026-05-29")	~69.8 MW (same window)	−100%	❌ (see IEA-1198)
1b	Latest daily peak	0 MW (dated "2026-05-30")	Isolated SLDC feed — not wired	—	❌ (telemetry absent)
2	Installed capacity (physical, in-state)	not shown (no capacity figure rendered)	129.28 MW · CEA Utilities, as on 31.08.2025 — cea.nic.in · 2026-05-30	n/a (page blank)	❌ (page side)
3	Capacity by fuel	empty / not shown	CEA 31.08.2025: Diesel 92.71 MW + RES (MNRE) 36.57 MW = 129.28 MW (Hydro 0, Coal 0, Gas 0, Nuclear 0)	—	❌ (page side)
4	AT&C losses	"AT&C loss history is not yet published"	PFC — not separately verified	—	⚠️ unverified (honestly marked N/A on page)
5	RPO compliance	"No published RPO targets … wired up for this state yet"	JERC (UT) — not separately verified	—	⚠️ unverified (honestly marked N/A on page)
6	Residential tariff	₹2.70/kWh + ₹21.50 fixed/mo (JERC, eff. "28 October 2025")	JERC tariff order — consistent with displayed value; not independently re-fetched	—	✅ (plausible)
7	Imports / interchange	"↓13 MW from Eastern (projected)"	Isolated island grid — no physical synchronous tie to Eastern Region; this is a modelled/placeholder value	—	⚠️ implausible for an islanded UT

Findings

• Peak demand — headline delta is −100%, and it is real, not a misread. The all-time peak tile, the two-year peak tile, the latest-daily-peak tile, and current demand all render 0 MW; the page even surfaces "Loading state… / warming up" copy. I re-fetched the page twice to rule out a fetch artifact — the served value is genuinely 0 MW, so there is no large positive over-display to correct here. The authoritative record peak is ~69.8 MW (May 2024), having risen from 58.4 MW (Jul 2023) and sitting near 69 MW through 2025 (CEIC). Headline delta (page all-time 0 vs authoritative ~69.8) = −100%. This is a data-pipeline gap: the load telemetry feed for this isolated UT grid is not wired up.
• Two-year peak tile reads 0 (IEA-1198 territory, but more severe). IEA-1198 is the systemic understatement of the two-year-peak tile. Here the tile is not merely low — it is zero — so A&N is a degenerate case of that bug (no peak data at all rather than an undercounted peak). Reference IEA-1198; no new ticket.
• Installed capacity — authoritative figure IS verifiable; the page is what's blank. Contrary to the assumption that islands are excluded from CEA's mainland tables, Andaman & Nicobar does appear in the CEA "All India Installed Capacity (Utilities)" report (as on 31.08.2025), with a Sub-Total Grand Total of 129.28 MW (Diesel 92.71 MW + RES/MNRE 36.57 MW; arithmetic checks: State 62.77 + Private 61.51 + Central 5.00 = 129.28). I confirmed the row belongs to Andaman & Nicobar (the label sits between the Private and Central rows, and the diesel/RES sub-components reconcile to 129.28). So CEA physical capacity = 129.28 MW is verified, not "−100%" and not "islands reported separately/unverified." The failure is on the page side: it renders no capacity figure and an empty fuel array.
• Basis note (IEA-1199). A&N's CEA number here is the physical in-state basis (sum of diesel + RES plants located in the territory). There is no allocation-wise mainland share to reconcile against for an islanded UT — the only meaningful capacity basis is physical, and it equals 129.28 MW. No physical-vs-allocated gap applies (IEA-1199), so this is not a basis discrepancy; it is simply absent page data versus a present, verified authoritative value.
• Imports "↓13 MW from Eastern" is implausible. A&N is an isolated island grid with no synchronous interconnection to the Eastern Region; a 13 MW import projection is a modelled/placeholder artifact and should not be shown as real interchange. Flagged as a separate display concern (no new ticket filed here).
• Honestly-marked N/A anchors. AT&C losses and RPO compliance are explicitly flagged "not published / not wired up" rather than fabricated — acceptable, marked unverified. Residential tariff (₹2.70/kWh + ₹21.50 fixed, JERC eff. "28 October 2025") is present and plausible; not independently re-fetched from a JERC PDF, so left ✅ with a caveat.

Verdict rationale

FAIL. Two core same-basis anchors fail on the page side: peak demand renders 0 MW against an authoritative ~69.8 MW record (−100%), and installed capacity renders no value against a verified CEA physical figure of 129.28 MW. These are genuine data-population gaps (load telemetry + plant inventory not wired for this UT), not basis differences (IEA-1199 does not apply) and not unverifiable anchors — both authoritative values are well-attested. The two-year-peak zero is the IEA-1198 pattern in its most degenerate form. Unverified anchors (AT&C, RPO) are honestly disclosed on the page and do not by themselves drive the verdict.

Methodology

Live values read from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands page on "2026-05-30" (page re-fetched to confirm the 0 MW peak tiles are served, not a fetch artifact). Authoritative peak from CEIC (~69.8 MW, May 2024) cross-checked against multi-year trend (58.4 MW Jul 2023 → ~69 MW 2025). CEA capacity read from the "All India Installed Capacity (Utilities)" report as on 31.08.2025 (/tmp/cea_ic.txt): A&N Sub-Total Grand Total = 129.28 MW, with diesel/RES sub-components reconciled to confirm the row identity. No value interpolated. Where the page honestly declares data unavailable, the anchor is marked unverified rather than failed on fabrication grounds.

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Part of the F40 per-state cross-verification programme (IEA-1070).