Lakshadweep — Verification Report (May 2026)

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

Anchor comparison

#	Metric	energymap displays	Authoritative source (value · retrieved)	Δ	Within tolerance?
1	All-time peak demand (HEADLINE)	55 MW (dated "2026-05-30")	16 MW · CEA EPS FY2024-25 annual peak · cea.nic.in · 2026-05-30	+243.75%	❌
1a	Two-year peak tile	55 MW (dated "2026-05-30")	16 MW · CEA EPS FY2024-25 annual peak · same source · 2026-05-30	+243.75%	❌ (see IEA-1198)
1b	Today's peak / current demand	55 MW / 55 MW (both "2026-05-30")	Live SLDC metering absent for this UT; 55 MW > 33.4 MW total capacity ⇒ impossible	—	❌ (seed artefact)
2	Installed capacity (total)	33.4 MW	33.40 MW · CEA Aug-2025 Islands table, Lakshadweep Sub-Total — cea.nic.in · 2026-05-30	0%	✅
3	Capacity by fuel	Diesel 26.83 MW · Renewable 6.57 MW	CEA Aug-2025 Islands Sub-Total: Diesel 26.83 · RES(MNRE) 6.57	0%	✅
4	Renewable share	2.2%	≈ 6.57 / 33.40 = 19.7% of capacity; ~2% of generation (diesel-dominated dispatch) — basis-consistent for a generation-share metric	—	⚠️ basis note (gen-share, not capacity-share)
5	AT&C losses	Not published (page states no AT&C history wired up)	PFC — UT not separately reported	—	⚠️ unverified (honest gap)
6	RPO compliance	Not available (page states no SERC compliance figures)	JERC (UTs) — no published Lakshadweep figure located	—	⚠️ unverified (honest gap)
7	Residential tariff	₹1.75/kWh (JERC, 0–100 kWh slab)	JERC tariff order — order not retrieved in this pass	—	⚠️ unverified
8	Interchange / RT demand	Isolated island grid	substation_count=0, transmission_line_count=0 (/infra-counts) — no mainland interconnection exists	—	✅ N/A by design

Findings

• CRITICAL (anchor 1, HEADLINE FAIL): the demand stack reads a uniform 55 MW seed value. On 2026-05-30 the page reports the identical 55 MW for current demand, today's peak, two-year peak, AND all-time peak — every field carrying today's date. This is a tell-tale placeholder/seed artefact, not four independently sourced values. The authoritative all-time/annual peak from CEA's Electric Power Survey FY2024-25 is 16 MW (Δ +243.75%). 55 MW is physically impossible: it exceeds the UT's total installed capacity of 33.4 MW, and Lakshadweep is an isolated island grid with zero transmission interconnection (/infra-counts shows 0 substations, 0 lines), so demand met can never exceed local generation. The 16 MW peak is internally consistent with capacity (33.4 MW, ~48% peak/capacity headroom for diesel-redundant islands) and with annual energy of ~77 MU (CEA EPS) ⇒ ~55% load factor.
• Two-year-peak tile (anchor 1a): the 55 MW two-year tile is part of this same uniform-seed defect and is an over-statement here, but the systemic two-year-peak pipeline bug is tracked under IEA-1198 — referencing it, no new ticket. Note the defect on this page is broader than IEA-1198 alone (current and all-time also pinned to 55 MW), so the fix must reset the entire demand stack for SLDC-dark UTs, not just the two-year field.
• PASS (anchors 2–3): installed capacity matches CEA exactly — and both bases coincide. CEA's Aug-2025 report carries a dedicated "Installed Capacity of Power Utilities in the States/UTs located in Islands" table (Lakshadweep is NOT in the mainland allocation-wise grid table but IS reported here). Lakshadweep's Sub-Total row: Diesel 26.83 MW + RES(MNRE) 6.57 MW = 33.40 MW Grand Total, reproduced by the page to two decimals. This islands sub-total already includes allocated shares in joint & central-sector utilities per the table title; because Lakshadweep has zero central/joint allocation (Central row = 0.00), the physical-in-state and allocated bases coincide at 33.40 MW — so there is no physical-vs-allocated gap to flag here (the basis caveat tracked under IEA-1199 does not bite for this UT). For context, the Lakshadweep Electricity Department's own pages show this capacity grew over time (~18.6 MW in 2012, ~26.3 MW by FY2023-24 as solar was added), consistent with the current 33.4 MW.
• Renewable share (anchor 4): basis note, not an error. The page's 2.2% is a generation-share (diesel runs nearly all the load), whereas RES is 6.57/33.40 ≈ 19.7% of capacity. The two are not comparable bases; the displayed figure is plausible for a diesel-dispatched island and is not flagged as a discrepancy.
• Honest gaps / unverified. energymap transparently marks AT&C losses and RPO compliance as "not published" for this UT — appropriate, not a defect. Residential tariff ₹1.75/kWh, AT&C, and RPO could not be confirmed against a primary JERC/PFC source in this pass and are marked unverified rather than guessed.

Methodology

Live values read from the Lakshadweep page + /infra-counts on 2026-05-30; authoritative values quoted with source + retrieval date. CEA capacity via the Aug-2025 installed-capacity report — specifically its Islands table (Lakshadweep Sub-Total Grand Total = 33.40 MW), extracted with pdftotext -layout after curl -k (CEA TLS chain does not verify). Peak demand via the CEA FY2024-25 Energy Requirement & Peak Demand survey (File No. CEA-GO-12-31/2/2022-GM Division): Lakshadweep peak-demand row annual column = 16 MW; energy-requirement row annual = 77 MU. No value interpolated; unretrievable anchors marked unverified.

Verdict

FAIL. The headline peak-demand anchor is a same-basis number that is wrong by +244% and physically impossible on an isolated 33.4 MW grid — the entire demand stack (current / today / two-year / all-time) is pinned to a single 55 MW seed value. Installed capacity (33.40 MW, Diesel 26.83 / RES 6.57) reconciles to CEA exactly, with physical and allocated bases coinciding. The two-year-peak component is referenced to IEA-1198; the capacity basis concept to IEA-1199 (non-binding here). Tariff/AT&C/RPO remain honest unverified gaps.

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