Nine in fray for EESL smart meter order

Schneider Electric, Genus Power Infrastructures and HPL Electric and Power are among nine firms competing to supply 2.35 million smart electricity meters to Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), said two people aware of the development.

EESL has called bids for this smart meters’ contract following the cancellation of a previous order to Indonesia’s PT Hexing because of concerns over its failure to meet the local manufacturing criteria. The other firms vying for the contract are Avon Meters, Linkwell Telesystems, Zen Meter and Allied Engineering Works.

India is rolling out the world’s largest electricity smart metering programme to reduce power theft and help the country’s struggling distribution utilities become more efficient.