In Uttar Pradesh, the Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (MVVNL) has issued a tender to set up bi-directional smart meters. The bi-directional smart meters will be set up for each state-owned power distribution company (DISCOM) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The bid-submission deadline is February 13, 2019.<\/p>\n
The entire tender will benefit 4.5 million consumers across all DISCOMs, namely: MVVNL, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL), Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited and Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited. According to MVVNL, a single bidder can bid for more than one DISCOM and in case a single bidder bids for more than one, they will have to indicate their preference.<\/p>\n
The scope of work includes the supply, installation, commissioning, implementation, and operation and maintenance of the bi-directional smart metering solutions. The meters will be installed on build own operate transfer (BOOT) basis and the successful bidders will provide eight years of operation and maintenance services.<\/p>\n
Operation and maintenance service contract can be extended by another two years upon mutual agreement.<\/p>\n
Uttar Pradesh\u2019s power sector has one of the highest aggregate transmission and commercial (AT&C) loss percentages. The state has turned to net-metering to get rid of the scourge of power theft. In November 2018, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) approved a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. (UPPCL) regarding the rollout of smart meters in the state.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) successfully completed the pilot phase of its satellite-based smart meter project in a village in Varanasi in which 5,000 households received smart meters.<\/p>\n
Other states are also turning to smart meters to tackle power theft and to increase their revenue. The Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL), a joint venture of the public-sector units of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, has joined states with many states in the country to facilitate their transition to energy efficient devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Uttar Pradesh, the Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (MVVNL) has issued a tender to set up bi-directional smart meters. The bi-directional smart meters will be set up for each state-owned power distribution company (DISCOM) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The bid-submission deadline is February 13, 2019. The entire tender will benefit 4.5 million consumers across all DISCOMs, namely: MVVNL, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL), Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited and Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited. According to MVVNL, a single bidder can bid for more than one DISCOM and in case a single bidder bids for more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}