R-Infra receives Rs. 185 Crores order to digitize Bihar's power distribution network...

 

Reliance Infrastructure Limited (R-Infra) has bagged a Rs. 185 Crores order from the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) to digitize its customer service which will allow the utility to reduce losses, improve billing and load distribution to its 12 lakh consumers.

 

Under the said contract, R-Infra will cover North and South Bihar Discoms which are having around 71 towns. The It implementation project to be carried out by R-Infra will help business processes of Bihar's SEBs using IT platforms, which will result in enhanced customer service, reduction in power theft, revenue realization and improved efficiency.

The project will involve implementation of key IT technologies like geographical information system (GIS) and network service provision will result in a drastic improvement in network. Real time monitoring and energy audit will further ensure reduction of losses. As a result of this, the cost of subsidy will be reduced and this will reduce tariffs for consumers. Apart from this, R-Infra will carry out system integration (SI) for utilities and deploy key applications, including management information system, document management system, asset management, IT infrastructure, network & IT security. It will ensure faster execution and more accountability to stakeholders.

R-Infra will also train the resources of utilities for all its IT applications to help them become IT savvy. After the completion of the project, R-Infra will carry out management & maintenance of system for five years.

According to the R-Infra, the project will be completed in one and a half years.

The company is executing IT consultancy and implementation projects for utilities in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Karnataka. This is R-Infra's ninth project under the government's R-APDRP Program.

 

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Ganga Power signs an MoU with BSEB for 1320 super critical power project...

Ganga Power & Natural Resources of Adhunik Group has signed an MoU with Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) for setting up a 1320 MW super critical thermal power project at Pirpainty in Bhagalpur district. The power project has qualified for long term coal linkage. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has sent a recommendation to the coal ministry for 6.9 million metric tonnes of coal per annum (MTPA) to the project. Bihar government has allotted 60 million cubic meter of water for this plant. A no-objection certificate has already been received from the Central Water Commission. For environment clearance, a project report has been sent to the Bihar State Pollution Control Board. The public hearing is expected by the month-end, said an official.

An application has been submitted to the department of industries for acquisition of 900 acres of land spread over Jairambandhu, Rajganj, Govindpur, Laxmipur, Hiranand and Roshanpur villages in Pirpainty.

The power project is expected to be commissioned in December 2014.

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Tariff hike in Bihar by BERC....

Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) on  Monday announced a marginal increase in power tariff with effect from January 2011 bills.

A common domestic consumer consuming 100 units of power per month will now have to pay around Rs 10 more than what s/he is paying. Application fee for new connections, meter rent, service connection charges, meter testing fee and other existing miscellaneous charges have been left untouched.

According to Spark Network distribution transformers are one of the important areas for reducing distribution losses.

BERC has asked BSEB to fix a target of maintaining 32% line loss this year. The commission has also directed BSEB to go in for procurement of distribution transformers of up to 200kVA with 'two star' rating to minimize the losses.

BERC has also recommended meters in every 33kV and 11kV feeder and distribution transformer so that proper energy audit and accounting can be done. For energy saving, BERC has favored power supply to BPL (Below Poverty Line) consumers with CFL lamps. This will save a lot of energy with there being 7.76 lakhs BPL consumers.

A rebate of 15% has been allowed to commercial consumers for availing power supply during off-peak hours from 11pm to 5am. A surcharge of 20% would be levied on power consumption during peak hours from 5pm to 11pm.

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