Lok Sabha Question No. 4129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Installation of Prepaid Meters
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4129 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## INSTALLATION OF PREPAID METERS

†4129.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any action plan to install prepaid meters in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of States where prepaid meters have been installed so far; and
- (d) the details of the companies installing prepaid meters along with the price fixed for installation of each meter?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) : Distribution  of  electricity  and  planning  of  infrastructure  thereof,  including metering, is done by the States and their Utilities. The Government of India supports the Utilities by providing financial assistance towards improving the infrastructure.

Government have issued an advisory to States in August, 2019 to draw up road maps to switch over to smart meters in prepaid mode for all consumers.

- (c) : Government of India have sanctioned Smart meters, capable of working in prepaid mode, and stand-alone prepaid meters in several States under it's schemes such as  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  and  National  Smart  Grid  Mission (NSGM) as per details given in Annexure-A
- 1.56 Lakh meters have been installed under the Smart Grid pilots in various States as per details given in Annexure-B. Ms Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a  Joint  venture  of  Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  under  the  Ministry  of Power has installed over 8.2 Lakh Smart meters in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, NDMC Delhi, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
- (d) : No price has been fixed for installation of Smart prepaid meters. The work of installation of Smart meters is included in the overall work of setting up of an advanced metering Infrastructure (AMI) which is discovered through a competitive bidding process.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4129 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2019.

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Details  of  Smart  Meters  and  Prepaid  Meters  sanctioned  under  System  Strengthening  projects  of Integrated Power Development Scheme(IPDS):-

## (i) Details of Smart Meters under Smart Grid Projects sanctioned under National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM):

| Sl.            | Utility / State                                     | No. of Meters   |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1              | Chandigarh (Sub Division 5), CED, UT                | 29,500          |
| 2              | Chandigarh City (excluding Sub Division 5), CED, UT | 1,84,000        |
| 3              | Ranchi, JBVNL, Jharkhand                            | 3,60,000        |
| 4              | Rourkela, OPTCL, Odisha                             | 90,000          |
| 5              | Kochi, KSEB, Kerala                                 | 87,000          |
| Total 7,50,500 | Total 7,50,500                                      | Total 7,50,500  |

## (ii) Details of Prepaid meters sanctioned under Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)

| S.No.   | State               | Utility     | Pre-Paid Meter (No)   | Pre-Paid Meter (No)   |
|---------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|         |                     |             | Sanctioned Qty        | Installed             |
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar | AN-DISCOM   | 450                   | 0                     |
| 2       | Islands Assam       | APDCL       | 2,553                 | 701                   |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh        | CSPDCL      | 45                    | 0                     |
| 4       | Jammu & Kashmir     | JKPDD       | 365                   | 0                     |
| 5       | Kerala              | CPT         | 700                   | 700                   |
| 6       |                     | KSEBL       | 0                     | 0                     |
| 7       | Madhya Pradesh      | MPMKVVCL-C  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 8       |                     | MPPKVVCL-E  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 9       |                     | MPPKVVCL-W  | 2,260                 | 0                     |
| 10      | Maharashtra         | BEST        | 0                     | 0                     |
| 11      |                     | MSEDCL      | 0                     | 0                     |
| 12      | Manipur             | Manipur-PD  | 35,460                | 35,409                |
| 13      | Meghalaya           | MePDCL      | 6,400                 | 3,960                 |
| 14      | Mizoram             | Mizoram-PD  | 0                     | 0                     |
| 15      | Nagaland            | Nagaland-PD | 19,000                | 5,000                 |
| 16      | Punjab              | PSPCL       | 547                   | 0                     |
| 17      | Rajasthan           | AjVVNL      | 0                     | 0                     |
| 18      |                     | JaVVNL      | 108                   | 108                   |
| 19      |                     | JoVVNL      | 0                     | 0                     |
| 20      | Sikkim              | Sikkim-PD   | 26,713                | 0                     |
| 21      | Telangana           | TSNPDCL     | 0                     | 0                     |
| 22      |                     | TSSPDCL     | 6,375                 | 6,375                 |
| 23      | Tripura             | TSEC        | 27,447                | 0                     |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh       | DVVNL       | 0                     | 0                     |
| 25      |                     | KESCO       | 500                   | 0                     |
| 26      |                     | MVVNL       | 0                     | 0                     |
| 27      |                     | PaVVNL      | 2,553                 | 0                     |
| 28      |                     | PoVVNL      | 0                     | 0                     |
| 29      | West Bengal         | DPL         | 100                   | 0                     |
| 30      |                     | WBSEDCL     | 0                     | 0                     |
|         | Total :             |             | 1,31,576              | 52,253                |

Source: PFC

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(iii) Details of Smart Meters sanctioned under Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS):

| Sl. No.   | State            | Utility    | Nos. Sanctioned*   |
|-----------|------------------|------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | APEPDCL    | 284444             |
| 2         |                  | APSPDCL    | 25000              |
| 3         | Bihar            | NBPDCL     | 350700             |
| 4         |                  | SBPDCL     | 434600             |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh     | CSPDCL     | 181997             |
| 6         | Gujarat          | DGVCL      | 32882              |
| 7         |                  | MGVCL      | 100000             |
| 8         |                  | PGVCL      | 103555             |
| 9         |                  | UGVCL      | 38950              |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh | HPSEBL     | 135716             |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir  | JKPDD      | 95                 |
| 12        | Karnataka        | CESCOM     | 332850             |
| 13        |                  | HESCOM     | 343100             |
| 14        |                  | KSEBL      | 341800             |
| 15        | Kerala           | CPT        | 800                |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh   | MPPKVVCL-W | 420893             |
| 17        | Maharashtra      | MSEDCL     | 400000             |
| 18        | Mizoram          | Mizoram-PD | 5220               |
| 19        | Punjab           | PSPCL      | 88100              |
| 20        | Rajasthan        | AjVVNL     | 188860             |
| 21        |                  | JaVVNL     | 281782             |
| 22        |                  | JoVVNL     | 97158              |
| 23        | Telangana        | TSNPDCL    | 65000              |
| 24        |                  | TSSPDCL    | 13000              |
|           | Total :          |            | 42,66,502          |

Source: PFC

* As per information available, 98,280 meters have already been installed.

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ANNEXURE-B ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

4129 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2019. ***************

Details of Smart Meters installed under Smart Grid Pilot Projects:

| Sl. No.   | Pilot Project / State     | No. of Meters   | Meters Supplier                    |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | APDCL, Assam              | 14,259          | M/s Sinhal Udyog                   |
| 2         | CESC, Karnataka           | 20,916          | M/s El Sewedy, M/s L&T, M/s Elster |
| 3         | HPSEB, Himachal Pradesh   | 1,335           | M/s Genus Power                    |
| 4         | IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 28              | M/s Sumeru Verde & M/s HPL         |
| 5         | PED, Puducherry           | 28,910          | M/s Dongfang Electronics           |
| 6         | SGKC, Manesar, Haryana    | 10              | M/s Genus Power                    |
| 7         | TSECL, Tripura            | 43,081          | M/s JNJ PowerCom                   |
| 8         | TSSPDCL, Telangana        | 8,882           | M/s ECIL                           |
| 9         | UHBVN, Haryana            | 10,188          | M/s Lotus Wireless                 |
| 10        | UGVCL, Gujarat            | 23,760          | M/s Genus Power                    |
| 11        | WBSEDCL, West Bengal      | 5,164           | M/s CMS & M/s Sumeru Verde         |
| Total     | Total                     | 1,56,533        |                                    |

Source: NSGM

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