NDMC ´Smart Grid´ project to improve power distribution

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) is coming up with a Rs 500 crore ´Smart Grid´ project aimed at reducing losses through better power distribution and checking thefts and faults in transmission. ´We are coming up with a Smart Grid project to improve power distribution…the project, a part of the Smart City initiative, will enable us to accurately judge power requirements of each locality, cut down on outages and sell off the surplus,´ a senior NDMC official said. The Union Power Ministry has, in-principle, approved the project and the Council too, has given its nod. The project has been divided into three phases, replacing old equipment and cables, installing smart metres in households and institutions under NDMC jurisdiction, and developing a software to improve the efficiency of electricity distribution.