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Home2017November

Month: November 2017

Metering Billing & Collection

Big Plans: Metering market overview

November 25, 2017

After a period of slow growth, the Indian meter market is now witnessing a shift in demand and technology. It is upbeat about the revival of demand backed by various government schemes such as the […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Advanced Metering: Growing adoption of AMR and AMI

November 24, 2017

Metering technology has evolved significantly over the past few years, from manual meter reading to automated meter reading (AMR) and further to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). AMR and AMI are the building blocks of smart […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Managing Data: MDMS and MDAS improve utility operations

November 23, 2017

With growing technological advancements, consumer meters have become a storehouse of a large quantum of useful information, which allows utilities to enhance their operational efficiency. Meter data acquisition systems (MDAS) and meter data management systems […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Robust Networks: Discoms leverage communication technologies to strengthen their ecosystem

November 22, 2017

With the growing emphasis on digitalisation and communication technologies, utilities across the country have stepped up efforts to strengthen their ecosystems. Discoms in particular, have been deploying technologies such as smart meters and automated metering […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Smart Metering Solutions: Key advantages and challenges

November 21, 2017

In the past, the electromagnetic meters installed on consumer premises were read by the utility staff manually. As the number of consumers grew, the meter reading staff with the utility became inadequate. As a result, […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Utility Experience: Discoms take initiatives to improve metering coverage

November 20, 2017

Discoms in India are struggling with high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses. In order to reduce these losses and maintain their financial viability, discoms have adopted a number of strategies. These include improving metering […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Tamper Control: Smart meters to arrest power theft

November 19, 2017

One of the biggest challenges for utilities today is high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses. Despite significant efforts, on an average, AT&C losses across various discoms (excluding those of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram) […]

Metering Billing & Collection

Smart Metering Progress: State-wise targets and achievements

November 18, 2017

 

Metering Billing & Collection

Net Metering Uptake: Essential for driving rooftop solar installations

November 17, 2017

Of the 100 GW of solar capacity target by 2022, 40 GW is to come from rooftop solar. Net metering could play a key role in the uptake of rooftop solar installations. Net metering means […]

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Nagaland, A&N Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman & Diu to join UDAY

November 14, 2017

The central government has signed MoU with the Nagaland government and the union territories (UTs) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman & Diu under the UjwalDiscom Assurance Yojana (UDAY). […]

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MoP to make provisions under PPAs legally binding

November 14, 2017

The Ministry of Power (MoP) is working towards making provisions under the power purchase agreements (PPAs) legally binding. This is to ensure that the discoms have PPAs to cover 100 per cent of their energy […]

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Central Sector

MoP to promote installation of prepaid meters under Saubhagya scheme

November 14, 2017

The MoP is planning to promote the installation of prepaid meters under the Saubhagya scheme. Under the scheme, the government intends to provide electricity connections to over 30 million households in the rural and urban […]

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Central Sector

Central government considers implementing  checks on foreign companies in Indian power sector

November 14, 2017

The central government is mulling over the setting up of a panel to formulate a framework for mandating checks and clearances on foreign companies investing in the Indian power sector. This comes following the malware […]

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Central Sector

Central government plans “rent a roof” policy to meet solar rooftop capacity target

November 14, 2017

The central government is planning to launch a “rent a roof” policy to meet the 40 GW of installed solar rooftop capacity target by 2022. Under the proposed policy, solar power developers can rent rooftop […]

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Central government asks NTPC to use straw pellets in fuel mix to curb pollution in and around Delhi

November 14, 2017

In a bid to reduce pollution in Delhi and neighbouring states, the central government has asked NTPC Limited to use 10 per cent of straw pellets in its fuel mix. The utility will procure pellets […]

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Boiler explodes at Unchahar coal-fired plant, NTPC shuts down unit

November 14, 2017

NTPC Limited has shut down the 500 MW Unit 6 of its Unchahar coal-fired plant in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, after an explosion in the boiler on November 1, 2017 affecting around 80 people. Bharat Heavy […]

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Central Sector

Powergrid commissions Leh-Khalsti line section and GIS  substations in Leh and Khalsti, J&K

November 14, 2017

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has commissioned the 220 kV Leh-Khalsti line section of the 220 kV Alusteng (Srinagar)-Leh transmission line, along with the 220/66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations in Leh and […]

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Central Sector

CIL and IR in talks to increase daily rake loading to address coal shortage

November 14, 2017

Coal India Limited (CIL) is in talks with Indian Railways to increase the daily rake loading from 216 rakes to 250 rakes by March 2018 to address the coal shortage concerns of the power and […]

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Central Sector

NTPC to offer fee-based management services to stressed power plants in private sector

November 14, 2017

NTPC is planning to offer fee-based management services to stressed power plants in the private sector. For those stressed plants that are currently under implementation, NTPC will assist the project developers and lenders in completing […]

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Central Sector

NTPC finds offtakers for its 250 MW Kadapa Solar Park, Andhra Pradesh

November 14, 2017

NTPC is finding power offtakers for its 250 MW Kadapa Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh, which was auctioned in April 2017. The entire capacity was won by Solairedirect, a subsidiary of France-based Engie, at Rs […]

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