Senior Principal Consultant
Current
Bengaluru Area, India
Implementing Smart Grid Pilot project in Chamundeswari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), Mysuru and EPC contracts for establishing 66/11 kV sub stations inDavanagere district, Karnataka. Smart Grid Pilot project went live in June 2018. EPC contracts have been concluded with commissioning of the 66/11 kV sub stations.Involvement in Smart Grid project was an unique experience. A consumer base of 22000, comprising domestic, commercial, industrial, irrigation and HT consumers. About 500 Nos of Distribution transformers, 14 feeders and 5 sub stations.Major modules of the Solution are Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Outage Management System (OMS), Peak Load Management (PLM), Analytics & visualisation and Portals. Communication comprised of RF 865 MHz free band and GPRS. Accrued benefits to the utility are Automated billing, Connection and Disconnection on demand. Load curtailment, peak load control, Reduced Power Supply restoration time and improved revenues.This project received the prestigious KARNATAKA POWER AWARD under INNOVATIVE PROJECTS category.