New Delhi (NVI): Around ten lakh smart meters have been successfully installed across India under the Central government’s Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP), Power Minister RK Singh said today.
Operational in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Bihar, these smart meters aim to bring efficiency in the distribution system leading to better service delivery, the Ministy of Power said in a statement here.
The programme is being implemented through Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), it added.
(EESL) is a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power which was set up by the government to facilitate energy efficiency projects and to work as Energy Service Company.
At an event here to mark 10 years of EESL, the Power Minister also announced the commissioning of 100 Mega Watt cumulative capacity decentralised solar power plants connected to agriculture feeders.
The capacity of these solar power plants, in each substation, ranges from 0.5 MW to 10 MW.
The decentralised solar plants cater to the requirements of farmers connected to the respective agriculture feeder daily, by means of reliable day time electricity.
The minister also launched the dashboards of Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP), National Electric Mobility Programme and solar initiatives to transparently monitor the real time progress of the programmes and its impact.
