CEA to put in place a feeder code that will help identify power leakages

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) wants to put in place a feeder code that will help them to identify power leakages, which could potentially reduce distribution companies (discoms) losses.

Feeders, as the name suggests, are power lines which transmits electricity from generating station to a sub station, which is then distributed to end consumers. Every state discom has a feeder code, which is referred to as a feeder code. This code is similar to a vehicle number plate which helps in identifying where the vehicle has been registered.

For example, the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company has a four-character alpha-numeric code.