RE: Found a good read after a brutal week - Bihar30 Sep 2023 21:22
Tony , IF CC managed to get Bihar out of a situation where GPRS alone could not complete the SLA then form the numbers provided , and if Bihar stick with a hybrid solution ( considering that they concentrated on urban areas initially) then the future in Bihar looks very promising IMO. for Cyan.
Recent account of the initial rollout that hopefully CC helped rectify - September 23
"With installation of more than 12.50 lakh Smart Pre-paid Meters in urban areas which constitutes more than 50% of the total consumers of urban areas, there has been significant improvement in quality of meter reading and billing resulting in increased collection and a significant reduction in AT&C losses also. Now DISCOMs are facing practically no issues related to revenue matters wherever these meters has been installed along with no expenditure on meter reading billing and its collection. "
On the basis of this success,
The report states
"After successful implementation of Smart Prepaid metering in urban areas of Bihar, a decision was taken during 2021-22 for extending the implementation of smart prepaid metering covering entire rural areas of Bihar having 1.48 Crore Rural Consumers in Phases under HYBRID Model "
Just as an aside , this report from June 23.
"Currently, two softwares are used to take care of smart prepaid meter billing activities ( in Bihar).
The first one is managed by Energy Efficiency Services Limited and the second one by NIC.
Due to these two software, SBPCL and NBPDCL are facing problems in their operations (as they are not interoperable).
To counter this problem, the selected agency will develop one software as well as manage it.
https://www.muzcorner.in/2023/06/bihar-hiring-agency-solve-smart-meter-billing-problems.html
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