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Read NowUttarakhand sits within the Northern Regional grid (NR zone) and is structurally one of India's most renewables-dominated state grids, deriving 92.5% of its generation from renewable sources as of 2026-06-01T02:00:00 UTC. The state's generation mix is anchored overwhelmingly in run-of-river and storage hydropower, a function of its Himalayan geography rather than recent policy intervention. At 47.2 gCO2/kWh (averaged over the recent ~48h window), Uttarakhand's carbon intensity is among the lowest observable in the NR zone, consistent with that hydro-dominant profile. Peak supply adequacy is at the p95 level: the peak deficit stood at 0.0% as of 2026-05-30, indicating no measurable supply shortfall at the tail of the demand distribution. Real-time demand telemetry, open-access charge data, and DISCOM AT&C loss figures are not yet integrated, which constrains depth of commercial and distribution-side analysis in this snapshot.
Uttarakhand's generation portfolio, as measured at the most recent hourly fuel-mix slice (2026-06-01T02:00:00 UTC), shows 92.5% renewable penetration. The recent ~48h window delta is +21.05 percentage points, indicating that RE's share of instantaneous generation rose sharply over that short window — most plausibly reflecting hydro availability improving with seasonal inflows or thermal backing off. This is a recent window delta, not a multi-year structural trend; multi-year demand CAGR data is not yet integrated. Real-time demand in MW is unavailable for Uttarakhand, as the state's SLDC does not yet feed live telemetry into the Atlas platform; absolute scale of consumption cannot be anchored in this snapshot. On the supply-adequacy side, the p95 peak deficit over the recent daily POSOCO PSP series stands at 0.0%, meaning at the 95th percentile of observed peak-hour deficit days, Uttarakhand recorded no unmet peak demand. Transmission ATC and TTC figures are also not yet integrated, so inter-regional headroom or constraints cannot be quantified. Taken together, available metrics indicate a state that, during this window, is meeting peak demand in full and doing so predominantly through renewable sources.
At 92.5% RE share (2026-06-01T02:00:00 UTC), Uttarakhand's current generation mix is structurally decarbonised relative to the national average, driven by its hydro base. The recent ~48h window delta of +21.05 pp confirms the direction of travel in this short window is strongly positive for RE penetration, though this should not be read as a confirmed multi-year trend — the long-term demand CAGR aggregator and any multi-year RE trajectory data are not yet integrated into Atlas. Carbon intensity averaged 47.2 gCO2/kWh over the recent ~48h window, a figure that reflects the high hydro share; residual intensity is attributable to the non-RE fraction of the fuel mix and any grid-import carbon accounting applied. RPO compliance data is not yet integrated (no SERC report ingested for Uttarakhand per IEA-58), so formal regulatory compliance against state RPO targets cannot be assessed. The transition posture is, on the available evidence, one of an already-transitioned generation base rather than a state in mid-transition. The structural risk is dependence on hydrological variability; that cannot be quantified from the current metric set but is the dominant physical driver of the +21.05 pp recent swing.
Available commercial metrics for Uttarakhand's distribution sector are sparse in this snapshot. Open-access charge stack (CSS + wheeling + transmission + losses at HT voltage) is not yet integrated for the state, removing the principal proxy for cost-of-power signals available to C&I consumers. AT&C loss figures are also absent — no rows exist in the Atlas DISCOM losses table for Uttarakhand (IEA-57 gap) — so distribution efficiency cannot be scored. Residential tariff data is likewise unavailable pending Atlas API key provisioning. What the data does support: the p95 peak deficit of 0.0% implies that DISCOM procurement has been sufficient to cover peak demand at the tail, at least over the recent POSOCO PSP window ending 2026-05-30. This is a necessary but not sufficient indicator of DISCOM health; it says nothing about procurement cost, cross-subsidy structure, or loss levels. A complete DISCOM health assessment requires AT&C loss integration and tariff order data, neither of which is currently available.
Over a 1–3 year horizon, Uttarakhand's energy posture is defined by two structural features visible in current data: a near-fully-renewable generation mix (92.5%) with 0.0% p95 peak deficit, and a carbon intensity (47.2 gCO2/kWh) that already meets standards relevant to green power procurement and carbon accounting frameworks. The near-term risk is hydrological: the +21.05 pp recent window delta signals strong current inflows, but run-of-river dependence creates seasonal and inter-annual variability that the current metric set cannot quantify. Absence of open-access charge data, AT&C loss figures, residential tariff data, multi-year demand CAGR, and IEX DAM price feed means that the commercial viability of incremental capacity — both from an investor return and a consumer-cost standpoint — cannot be assessed from Atlas alone. Immediate analytical priorities are: (1) integration of AT&C loss and tariff data to assess DISCOM financial health; (2) ingestion of long-term demand aggregator to size investment headroom; (3) OA charge stack to evaluate C&I open-access economics. Until those gaps close, investment and policy decisions should be supplemented with UPERC tariff orders and POSOCO annual reports.
