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Smart Metering: To help Indian
utilities address the revenue
challenge
B. S. Babel - President, IEEMA
Indian Electrical & Electronics Mfg. Association
India‟s energy scenario
India is the 3rd largest
producer of electricity in the world
The world loses $89.3 billion
annually through power theft
India loses US$ 10- 15 billion
annually
240 million Indians live without
access to electricity
For generation,
availability of fuel and
renewable energy
infusion has been
addressed. Additional
transmission capacity
and inter regional
capacity is being
addressed .
The distribution
sector is struggling
Indian Power Sector- an Overview
Both central & state govt.
involved in power sector
Discoms accumulated
losses
70Billion$
240 million consumers
Very High losses 23-
25%
Low revenue
/Per capita use ~1010
kWh
Load Growth
6-8%
Peak shortage
1.5%
Energy shortage
1.0%
Energy produced 1200 Twh
Info. need for distribution management
System
Maintenance
Customer
Billing
Energy
Accounting
Disconnections
& Reconnections
Tariff
design
System
Losses
Revenue
Protection
Load
Control
Distribution
Automation
Load
Forecasting
Customer
Relationship
Power
Quality
Transfers &
Vacancies
Managing
Credit
Collecting
Cash
System
Operation
System
Expansion
Information through
smart metering
?
Customers
Profiles
Wires
Readings
Geography
Accounting
& Payments
Assets
Indian discom story Positives: Early adapters of electronic meters for all segments. Meters with high accuracy and tamper detection capability
Could not appreciate
• Changes required in discom processes to convert data to business decisions
• Many did not build computing and IT system and support team
• Indian power system conditions. Surges, spikes, over voltage, high temperature, poor installation
• Social side of power theft
Lagging :Moving in circles on meter data collection
Impact • No details around the drivers and variability of energy loss
• Outcome, no real benefits out of installing electronic meters for several discoms
Metering Industry Status At par with global technological developments. World’s first smart meter jointly developed in India in
1988
World leaders in addressing Tamper & fraud issues
Comprehensive design and manufacturing capability in India : Around 25-30 million per year.
Indian companies are ready with smart meters and have implemented AMI solutions in Developed and Developing economies. Smart meters exported out of India
Around 1/3rd of global “Smart Meter”/Smart technologies design/Engg. is based in India.
Around 700k meters with switches deployed, began a decade ago in the country.
Around 5 million meters with various communication links working. Bulk supply points success.
Discoms experienced mixed success. few really utilised the data. System integration challanges faced
“What is SMART”today and in foreseeable future What do we desire from a Smart meter
An overview
• Which provides desired results in quickest possible time deploying
appropriate technology at affordable cost for today and tomorrow
• Key business drivers today and in foreseeable future
• For Owner/Service provider and for end user
• What does it take to adopt and grow it . Change management issues
• System versus standalone equipment
• Smart meter to AMI to smart grid Journey
Smart meter records consumption in intervals of 30mins or less. communicates information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and billing. enable two-way communication. Provides on line update to the user through web or in home display to help efficient energy usage and reduce bill. Sensor for smart grid..
24x 7 power supply
Improved customer services
Key Drivers -Smart Metering in India
Value delivery from smart meter
Planning
Operation
efficiency ENGG.
Revenu
e
leakage
Asset
Managem
ent
Custom
er
Service
Demand
Managem
ent
Field Crew
Managem
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Meterin
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Ad
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Meteri
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Billin
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Utility operations benefited by
Walk by reading
Utility operations benefitted by adapting Smart
Metering
Data
Analytics
Smart
Grid
Renewable
Integration
Reliability
UDAY, innovative effort to address the problems faced by discoms. It will address the issue of high interest burden and effective power purchase. The elephant in the room is high AT&C losses. Increasing with increased generation “UDAY” has provision for smart metering and related IT support
The key challenge for Indian discoms is reducing AT&C losses
Let‟s talk about
the elephant in
the room
An overview
Understanding the root causes of AT&C losses
Revenue Losses
Non-Technical Losses
Metering Related
Errors & defects
Data Fraud
Tamper
Other
Unmetered supplies
Illegal connections
Commercial Losses
Commercial Practice
Data Flows
Long Cash Cycle
Debt Management
Won’t Pay
Can’t Pay
Technical Losses
Unavoidable Losses
Avoidable Losses
• 2 years back 14 smart grid pilots started.
• Focus more on Smart metering
• RFPs floated for approx. 300k Smart meters
• Orders decided for approx. 150K Smart Meters.
• Unfortunately, revenue could only be recognized for 5k Meters
• Lack of standard specification of meter
• Selection of communication technology
• Regulatory support missing
• SLA not being achieved, field issues etc..
• All are new entrants.
Smart Grid pilots experience
Challenge with utilities:
• Improve revenue and reduce losses : Credit management
• Load / demand side management
• Last mile (Distribution) is a constraint and many Discoms are loss making
Complex meter design
• Support of various revenue protection features: High theft
• Customization based upon utilities specific requirements
• L-1 buying low initial cost expected
Poor electrical system condition due to:
● Geography & age of the network.
● Surges, spikes and voltage variations
High ambient temperature
Dusty and humid in many areas
Poor installation practices
Challenges in Indian Contexts
Technology alone cannot solve problems
Consider value delivered rather than cost alone
People, processes and technology must come together
Results
People
Dedicated IT team
People with good analytical ability
Keeping abreast with technology
Technology
Cost effectiveness
Total cost of ownership
Sociology of technology
Processes
Simple & effective
Transparency in service levels
Creating multiple payment option
Customer education
USA
• Quantity 100 million
• Around 100 USD
United Kingdom
• Quantity 60 million
• Around 100 USD
Australia
• Quantity 2.9 million
• 150-170 USD
France
• Quantity 35 million
• 150-200 Euro
World wide smart metering projects
Cost vs Volume
Key message
An overview
Act on the root causes of losses. Use cost effective, end to end systems /
solutions suitable for Indian conditions
Share experiences of successful implementations by various discoms.
Use best practice examples.
Consider outsourcing metering, billing and collection services where
appropriate
Procurement should be based on quality and cost after assessing the
capability of the vendors. Partner with India based vendors with domain
knowledge.
Before adopting a new technology address issues with people and
processes.
Create an organisation for effective revenue management. Create effective
engineering cells for monitoring, selecting the right technology to solve
the problems. Provide necessary training and exposure.
Launch a mass communication campaign against power theft.
IEEMA is committed to partner
An overview
The solutions are available!
And are
Made in India
• Must be socially and political acceptable by Indians
• Indian utilities must be able to run with the processes
• Must be cost effective
• Will not be instant or there will be no „miracle cures‟.
• “Sociology of technology” is critical.
• We need to communicate with the masses
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