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Sector majors line up for power ministry's 10 mn smart meter tender

The first phase of the tender is for procurement of 25 lakh meters which would be installed in states in the Central and Western region of the country

HPL Electric bags Rs 179-crore order for supplying smart meters

HPL Electric & Power on Tuesday said it has won an order worth Rs 178.9 crore for supplying smart meters. The order has been received from the largest private utility of a state in eastern India, it said in a BSE filing. This further strengthens HPL Electric & Power's leadership position in smart meter manufacturing sector across the Indian market, it added. At a time when reports of power shortages are making headlines, smart meters will definitely reduce distribution losses, remove theft and pilferage of power. "This is a big win for us, fortifying our leadership position in smart meter technology once again," the company's Joint Managing Director Gautam Seth said. "At a time when country is facing several challenges due to the present scenario, this project comes at a crucial juncture when Indian government has earmarked a sum of Rs 22,500 crore as the central government grant for the installation of 25 crore smart prepaid meters across the country under the Rs 3-lakh-crore

Power ministry issues timelines for installing smart electricity meters

The Ministry of Power on Thursday provided timelines for replacing existing electricity meters with smart meters with pre-payment feature in government offices, commercial establishments and industrial units, among others. According to a notification issued by the ministry on Thursday, all consumers (other than agricultural users) in areas with communication network shall be supplied electricity with smart meters working in pre-payment mode. All union territories, electrical divisions having more than 50 per cent consumers in urban areas with AT&C (aggregate technical and commercial) losses more than 15 per cent in 2019-20, other electrical divisions with AT&C losses more than 25 per cent in FY20, all government offices at block level and above, and all industrial and commercial consumers shall be metered with smart meters by December 2023. However, it provided that the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions may extend the period of implementation, after giving reasons, ...

Power min to govt offices: Switch over to prepaid smart meters on priority

The power ministry has advised all central ministries and departments to switch to pre-paid smart electricity meters. "The Ministry of Power has issued an advisory to all central ministries of the government to direct organisations under their administrative control to ensure switch over to prepaid smart meters on priority," a power ministry statement said. As part of the same process, the ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling orders in this regard. This follows a clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance enabling all central ministries and central departments to make advance payments for pre-paid metered electricity without insisting on any bank guarantees, while at the same time ensuring proper accounting arrangements, it stated. Prepaid smart metering in all government departments would not only go a long way in ensuring the commitment of the government in bringing DISCOMs back on the path of financial sustainability, promotion of energy efficiency but woul

AEML to bring additional 2000 mw power to Mumbai to plug outages, says CEO

AEML will increase renewable energy supply as part of Adani Group's commitment to lower carbon footprint, says Kandarp Patel.

IoT meter adoption needs to pick up pace

The rise of Internet of Things (IoT)-based meters is attempting to bring accountability in a poorly regulated sector

Electricity Consumer Rights: Power Ministry publishes first draft

While the Act currently has a consumer charter, the latest draft empowers users and has introduced new supply rights for them

Smart metering will improve discoms' efficiency, high cost a hurdle: Crisil

India's traditional power metering system is inadequate, resulting in MBC (metering, billing and collection) inefficiencies, high commercial losses and revenue leakages, Crisil Ratings said

Why smart meters are imperative for discoms

The Covid-19 crisis is also an opportunity for accelerating the rollout and adoption of smart metering

UPPCL scraps consignment of Chinese smart meters over military standoff

Smart meters are believed to improve energy efficiency through realtime monitoring and transmition of power consumption data

UP energy dept to probe supply of Chinese smart meters

It is alleged that the Chinese company had bid through a shell entity in Indonesia

Budget 2020: 100% smart prepaid metering trips on target and funds

Power ministry has been planning it for two years, but with limited success

EESL, NIIF form joint venture to deploy smart meters across India

The new joint venture, named IntelliSmart Infrastructure will implement, finance and operate the smart meter roll-out program of power distribution companies

Drive to install smart meters in every household is off to a slow start

Supply has been lagging, but EESL says earlier kinks in system getting smoothened

UP power utility faces heat for installing 3G smart meters in the age of 4G

UP energy regulator issues notice to power utility seeking report on installations, impact on future opex

Govt's new move to revive discoms: Install 300 mn smart meters in 3 years

As part of the plan, the federal government is mulling providing subsidies to partially cover the costs

Chinese firms eye smart meters market as govt wants to bring down prices

Domestic meter makers have expressed displeasure over the entry of Chinese companies in the smart meter tender