Over the past couple of years, upgrading metering infrastructure with the adoption of smart meters has been one of the key focus areas of distribution utilities. Smart meters can improve the operational and financial performance […]
The distribution sector is undergoing a transformation catalysed with the large-scale adoption of smart grids and digital solutions. These developments have the potential to reinvent the relationship between customers and distribution companies (discoms), enhance the […]
The power distribution segment continues to be the weakest link in the power sector. High aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, poor billing and collection efficiency and delays in tariff hikes have significantly deteriorated the […]
The Covid-19 crisis has posed widespread challenges for discoms as the decline in demand has led to revenue losses and liquidity concerns. The pan-India lockdown to control the spread rendered the commercial and industrial (C&I) […]
The power distribution segment has witnessed a series of central initiatives in the past few years aimed at improving the financial and operational health of discoms. The key amongst these is the Ujwal Discom Assurance […]
Smart meter adoption is an integral part of the modernisation efforts in the power distribution segment. Smart meters play a key role in aggregate technical and commercial loss reduction, renewable energy integration, demand forecasting, load […]
Power distribution utilities are increasingly adopting new and advanced technologies to improve operations. For equipment such as cables, switchgear and distribution transformers (DTs), they are introducing various safety and efficiency improvements. They are also undertaking […]
The distribution segment continues to be the weakest link in the power sector. The poor financial and operational performance of the discoms characterised by high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, mounting discom debt and […]
Over the past few years, the central government has launched a number of schemes for improving the health and infrastructure of the power sector. Primary among them was the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), launched […]
The adoption of smart meters is an essential requirement for modernising the power distribution infrastructure. Smart meters are useful for aggregate technical and commercial loss reduction, renewable energy integration, demand forecasting, load management and energy […]
Utilities across the world are focusing on digitalisation and automation through smart grid technologies to facilitate modernised distribution operations. In India, too, discoms have been working towards the roll-out of smart grid technologies in association […]
In the distribution segment, utilities are embracing new technologies driven by the need to lower losses, ensure proper energy accounting, enable data-driven decision-making and deliver better services to end consumers. In conventional distribution equipment such […]
The distribution franchise (DF) model is slowly gaining prominence in the power sector as the government is looking at it as a potential way to increase private participation. As per the recently released draft Electricity […]
By Dr Atul Agrawal, Research Officer, CERC On April 17, 2020, the Ministry of Power issued the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (henceforth referred to as the present bill). Interestingly, in the proposed bill […]
One of the government’s top agendas for the power sector is distribution segment reforms. In a strong move, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has recently mandated discoms to open and maintain a letter of credit […]
One of the recent notable achievements in the power sector has been near 100 per cent household electrification in the country under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya). All states except Chhattisgarh […]
Over the past couple of years, there has been an increasing focus on the implementation of smart meters in the country. It is a key component of various central government schemes and programmes such as […]
Reliable power supply is one of the key goals of power distribution utilities. The government’s thrust to provide quality power to each village and every household through various schemes like DDUGJY, IPDS and Saubhagya has […]
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