Shwetaa Karnik
DNA
If officials from the state power utility are to be believed, software has been designed wherein the company can identify trends of consumption at a click of a button.
"Industrial and commercial consumers consume almost over 35% of the total electricity and contribute over 55% of the total revenue. It therefore becomes important to track their consumption pattern as it has been noticed that at times there is serious fluctuation thereby adding to the increasing deficit," said AB Pandey, managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL).
For instance, an ice manufacturing company has a particular consumption pattern wherein during summer it increases and drops during winter. "In this case, if even during winter the consumption is equal to that of summer, it needs to be investigated. Such consumers are tracked and the divisional officers concerned can check if there is any illegal use or theft of electricity," said a senior official from MSEDCL.
The utility has projected capital investment worth Rs4,500 crore in this current fiscal. It intends to execute projects like infrastructure development plan, gaothan feeder separation scheme, single phasing scheme, accelerated power development and reform programme, Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana through this investment.
Also with the transmission and distribution losses reducing by 6% the company has managed to make profits to the tune of Rs117 crore as against losses in the last two financial years — Rs303 crore in 2005-06 and Rs134 crore in 2006-07.
In the meantime, officials of the Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL) met officials from the Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Company Limited (MSEGCL) to discuss the faulty machines allegedly supplied by General Electric. "Generation company officials heard the complaint but since members from GE were not present it was difficult to arrive at an amicable solution. We are trying to ask them to sign a service agreement to resolve the complaints once and for all," said sources from MSEGCL.
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