Firm given nod to implement smart meter project for power consumers in U.T.

PFCCL subsidiary awarded ₹383.58 crore smart meter project to Apraava Energy for Union Territory, promoting prepaid mode with incentives.

The Electricity Department has given its concurrence to PFCCL, a subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation Limited, to award the work order to a private firm, Apraava Energy Private Limited, to implement smart meter project in the Union Territory at a cost of ₹383.58 crore, an official order said.

The private firm will supply and install around 4.07 lakh smart meters across the Union Territory and also carry out maintenance of the equipment. Though the government has provided approval to implement the project under post-paid mode, it would however, encourage consumers to migrate to prepaid mode by giving incentives, said a department official.

Under the project, a mobile application would be given to the consumers for self-monitoring of power consumption. The department would also be able to track the consumption pattern of the consumers at the control room, the official said.