Automation of a state electric transmission & distribution department in India

BACKGROUND
Our client is a professionally managed utility in North India, supplying reliable and cost efficient electricity to 4 DISCOMS constituting 64 Districts and 168 Towns, with over 40 lakh consumers It wanted to reform the power distribution sector during the 11th plan to help reduce AT&C losses, bring about commercial viability, reduce outages and interruptions, and increase consumer satisfaction

CHALLENGES / OBJECTIVES
Phase A: Preparation of a Base-line Data System for the project area covering Consumer Indexing, Geographic Information Systems [GIS] Mapping, Automated Meter Reading [AMR] & Automatic Data Logging & Asset Management Adoption of IT applications for Meter Reading, Billing, Energy Accounting & Audit, Management Information Systems [MIS] and addressing consumer grievances Phase B: Reduction in losses by 15%, by investing in core utility infrastructure

SNAPSHOT
Vertical: Energy & Utilities Service Offerings: ADM, Implementation Meter Data Acquisition, Energy Audit, GIS, Asset Mapping, Centralized customer care services, MIS, Web Self Services, Identity and Access Management System Technologies: Oracle (CC&B, WAM, BI), GIS, Hardware (Sun Solaris)

THE SOLUTION
HCL is setting up a smart grid that can intelligently integrate generators and consumers to balance supply and demand, and allow greater robustness, efficiency and flexibility than the existing power systems. It will deliver electricity to customers homes and control appliances to increase energy efficiency and reduce power use. To this end, HCL has: Prepared a Base-line Data System providing specialized features like Consumer Indexing, GIS Mapping, and Automatic Metering (AMR) on Distribution Provided an Enterprise GIS Application based on Miner & Miner ArcFM and ESRI ArcGIS Server technology, Transformers & Feeders, and Automatic Data Logging for all Distribution Transformers & Feeders and a SCADA / DMS system Undertaken Asset Mapping of the entire distribution including the adoption of IT applications for meter reading, billing & collection, energy accounting & auditing, and MIS Provided for redressal of consumer grievances and the establishment of IT enabled consumer service centers Modules Developed: Meter Data Acquisition, Energy Audit, New Connection, Disconnection & Dismantling, GIS based customer indexing & Asset Mapping Miner & Miner ArcFM & ESRI ArcGIS Server implementation, Interfaces of GIS system with other business systems like Work & Asset Management, Energy Audit, Meter Data, SCADA, Customer Care & Billing, GIS based integrated network analysis module: Centralized customer care services, Management Information System, Web Self Services, Identity and Access Management System, System Security Requirement Solution Highlights: SOA, Modular design, Web-based solution, N Tier architecture, Message-based integration, Role-based access, Single sign-on, Workflows, Document management, Business Intelligence & Reports, Data backups and recovery, Mail integration, Interfacing with other systems

RESULTS / BENEFITS
An ongoing project, our client is witnessing several results, key of which include: Significant reduction in transmission losses Commercial viability Reduced outages and interruptions Increased consumer satisfaction

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