New Delhi: State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has announced the completion of installation of 3 million smart meters across India under the government’s Smart Meter National Programme.
“Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a joint venture under the administration of the Ministry of Power, is transforming India’s power sector through its Smart Meter National Program (SMNP),” an EESL statement said.
As part of the programme, the company has installed around 30 lakh smart meters in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, NDMC-Delhi, Bihar and the Union Territory of Andaman.
The company has signed agreements with state-designated agencies and utilities in these areas to install smart meters on a large scale. It further states that the target is to install a total of over 47 lakh smart meters by December 2023.
Recently, EESL completed the installation of over 10.5 lakh ready smart meters in Bihar. The company has installed around 11.57 lakh smart meters in Uttar Pradesh, more than 1.24 lakh smart meters in Rajasthan, more than 5.3 lakh smart meters in Haryana, about 64,000 smart meters in NDMC Delhi and more than 74,000 smart meters in Andaman. a statement.
Prepaid smart meters will optimize the operational performance of distribution companies (discoms) by providing demand side management (DSM) options to consumers as well as increasing billing and collection efficiency, reducing operation and maintenance costs and enhancing service quality.
Arun Kumar Mishra, CEO, EESL said in the statement, “EESL is deploying India’s first large-scale smart metering project in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, New Delhi and Andaman under the Smart Meter National Program (SMNP). EESL has taken IoT services from BSNL, Jio and Vodafone Idea for network connectivity in DISCOMs.We are also working with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Robert Bosch and EDF Energy to provide unique system integration solutions “
Other benefits of prepaid smart metering include significant reduction in peak power purchase cost, ability to conduct power quality analysis in near-real time like power factor, maximum demand, voltage etc. and sharp reduction in carbon footprint. Reduce patrolling for meter reading, disconnection/reconnection, outage detection etc.
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