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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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