TPDDL starts installation of smart meters, aims to cover five lakh consumers in next two years

Delhi's power discom TPDDL will start its ambitious project to install smart meters covering all its 16 lakh consumers in the national capital from this month.

The discom is set to install smart meters and also launch a mobile app for consumers to access real time energy consumption.

In the first phase, two lakh smart meters would be installed in North and North-West Delhi in the next one year. Five lakh meters are planned to be installed in the next two years and in the third phase all 16 lakh consumers are to be covered by 2025, said a spokesperson of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL).

Deployment of large scale smart meters and communication system, for its entire operation area of 510 square km, is a significant step to bring smart grid technology in India," said Sanjay Banga, chief executive officer of TPDDL