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Monday, Nov 17, 2003
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Power IT could help reduce power losses: Expert Our Correspondent
Madurai , Nov. 16 INFORMATION technology has a greater role to play in the prevention of power loss, said Dr Channakeshava, Advisor, Central Power Research Institute. He was addressing presspersons after inaugurating a seminar on "Challenges in meeting the demand for quality in power supply" organised by the Institution of Engineers as part of its 19th national convention of electrical engineers, held here recently. Dr Channakeshava said that distribution loss was high in India, estimated to be in the range of 25 to 45 per cent, compared to 12 per cent loss in developed countries. While technical deficiencies in distribution contributed to around 20 per cent of the losses, power theft by consumers, especially by commercial establishments, is a cause for worry. Remote metering is one of the ways, by which this could be arrested. The idea is still at a conceptual level. This could be tried for high-end users initially, he suggested. The electricity boards could go in for upgradation of technology for preventing unnecessary loss during transmission and distribution, he said. The Union Ministry for Power is providing 50 per cent soft loan for the purpose with a 10 per cent subsidy. The State Government should take care of the rest of the loan. The size of the loan is proportionate to the amount of work taken up to prevent power loss, he mentioned. Pre-paid energy metering is also under consideration, he added. Speaking at the seminar earlier, Dr Channakeshava said that though the total power generation capacity in the country has crossed one lakh MW last year, there is 10 to 12 per cent of shortage in peak demand. He stressed the importance of condition monitoring of power equipment for enhancing reliability of power supply. Pointing out that online condition monitoring is cost effective, he said it would help detection of incipient faults beforehand. Mr K.R. Syed Abdul Subhan, former Chief Engineer, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), said that islanding the TNEB grid from the other three States, has avoided a number of blackouts in Tamil Nadu.
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