Reliable Data: A Prerequisite for Effective Energy Auditing
AT&C loss reduction is one of the key elements in UDAY’s strategy for making DISCOMs financially viable. Energy auditing forms an integral part of AT&C loss reduction as it helps with the identification of areas plagued with leakage and wastage of electricity in a DISCOM’s jurisdiction. The prerequisite for an effective energy audit is the availability of accurate and reliable data for energy input at the feeder and energy received at the consumer end.
Tackling Increasing Subsidy in Agriculture Sector
The subsidy to the agricultural sector in Karnataka has seen a whopping increase of 86% - from INR 4,993 crore in FY13 to INR 9,295 crore in FY18 - in just five years. A large portion of this subsidy can be saved by the government by merely mapping the already segregated agricultural feeders with associated distribution transformers and irrigation pump (IP) sets. Mapping will help the distribution company (DISCOM) assess the actual number of active IP sets drawing power, resulting in a better estimate of electricity consumed by them.
FRAMES model for financially sustainable DISCOMs
CSTEP has developed a framework for feeder-wise revenue analysis and monitoring of energy sales (FRAMES) at the 11 kV-feeder level.