JSW Energy net profit slides 15%

JSW Energy on Wednesday reported 14.75 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 277.45 crore for the June quarter on lower generation and marginal fall in average realisation. The company had reported net profit of Rs 325.47 crore in the April-June quarter of last fiscal, 2014-15. Its total income for the first quarter of 2015-16 was Rs 2,106.99 crore, as against Rs 2,558.32 crore in the year-ago period - down 17.64 per cent. “The decline in profit is primarily due to lower generation and a marginal decline in average realisation,” JSW said in a statement.

In the quarter, the net generation declined to 4,480 million units (MU), as against 5,006 MU in the previous year. The company achieved an average deemed plant load factor (PLF) of 75 per cent as against 84 per cent in the first quarter of last fiscal. “The lower PLF was due to planned maintenance shutdown of identified units at Ratnagiri and Vijayanagar and weak demand leading to frequent back down,” the company said. The merchant sales during the quarter were 1,990 MU and the sales under long term PPA stood at 2,490 MU.

While Vijayanagar achieved a PLF of 81 per cent, Ratnagiri unit operated at a PLF of 66 per cent and Barmer at 80 per cent, against a PLF of 98 per cent, 68 per cent and  92 per cent, respectively in same quarter last fiscal. The fuel cost for the quarter declined by 17 per cent year-on-year to  Rs 974 crore.