Can Coimbatore bakeries spend rupees (Rs) 190 crore a year on energy when the cluster turns over Rs 105 crore?

Almost certainly not. The profile by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) prints an energy bill of Rs 1,907 million, Rs 190.7 crore, against a turnover it gives as more than Rs 105 crore. At its own prices the same quantities cost about Rs 21.9 crore, so three fuel rows look ten times too large (our reading).

What is printed

• Prices: wood Rs 6,000 a tonne, electricity Rs 4.50 a kilowatt hour (kWh), diesel Rs 54 a litre, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Rs 60 a kilogram.
• Annual energy bill, million rupees: electricity 31, diesel 615.6, LPG 720, wood 540. Total 1,907.
• Cluster turnover: more than Rs 105 crore, which is Rs 1,050 million. The profile words it as 'more than', so Rs 1,050 million is a floor.

Multiply quantity by price

• Diesel: 1,140 kilolitres is 1,140,000 litres x Rs 54 = Rs 61.56 million. Printed 615.6.
• LPG: 1,200 tonnes is 1,200,000 kg x Rs 60 = Rs 72.0 million. Printed 720.
• Wood: 9,000 tonnes x Rs 6,000 = Rs 54.0 million. Printed 540.
• Electricity: 7.0 million kWh x Rs 4.50 = Rs 31.5 million. Printed 31, which ties.
• Total at the table's prices: 31 + 61.56 + 72 + 54 = Rs 218.56 million, Rs 21.9 crore. The printed 1,906.6 is Rs 190.7 crore.

Which column is off?

• The bill column is the odd one out (our reading). The quantities convert to the printed tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) at 0.95 toe a kilolitre of diesel, 1.18 toe a tonne of LPG and 0.30 toe a tonne of wood. The carbon column implies factors close to today's for diesel and LPG, 2.55 and 2.99 kg. The prices are the profile's own price table. Only the three fuel bills are off, each by exactly 10.
• The printed total is 182% of that floor (1,906.6 / 1,050), which is not plausible for a cluster whose turnover is a little above it (our reading). At the table's prices, energy is 21% of turnover (218.56 / 1,050 = 20.8%).
• The profile does not say why the three rows are ten times too high. Its own turnover figure fits the lower total.

What it means for your own bakery

• On the corrected numbers energy is about a fifth of turnover. The Allahabad profile on this site says energy is about 25% of production cost, which is a different base, so the two do not conflict.
• Use your own invoices. LPG, diesel and wood in particular differ widely by oven type, and a lender asks for recent bills.

The bill, rebuilt from the profile's quantities and prices

• Diesel: 1,140,000 litres x Rs 54 = Rs 61.56 million (printed 615.6)
• LPG: 1,200,000 kg x Rs 60 = Rs 72.0 million (printed 720)
• Wood: 9,000 tonnes x Rs 6,000 = Rs 54.0 million (printed 540)
• Electricity: 7.0 million x Rs 4.50 = Rs 31.5 million (printed 31)
• Total: 31 + 61.56 + 72 + 54 = Rs 218.56 million = Rs 21.86 crore. Share of Rs 1,050 million turnover: 20.8%. Printed total 1,906.6: 181.6%

Quantities, prices and turnover are the profile's, which is dated 2016. Today's prices differ.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records, so your own LPG, diesel and power spend sits next to the litres and kilograms behind it. It does not check a published bill column.

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Sources: TERI, Cluster profile: Coimbatore bakery industries (SAMEEEKSHA)

Last reviewed 2026-11-06. Figures are the profile's own, dated 2016, at its prices. The ten times difference is our arithmetic on its tables; the profile does not comment on it.