DRAFT PLAN FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SECTOR

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• Union Minister for Power reviewed the Draft Distribution Perspective Plan for power sector in India.
  
  
• The draft plan is the first ever plan at Distribution level which has been prepared by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) under the guidance of the Ministry of Power.
  
  
• Till now, the Union Government has been preparing Perspectives Plans for Generation and Transmission Sectors under the aegis of the National Electricity Plan (NEP).
  
  

Key highlights of the draft plan:

• The plan lays emphasis on 100% metering of all consumers and providing an electricity connection on demand.
  
  
• The envisages frontier technology initiatives with an objective of providing reliable quality power supply to consumers.
  
  
• The plan envisages conversion of all Electricity consumer meters into smart meters in prepaid mode within the next three years. Smart metering would help consumers in conserving energy and plan their electricity usage in an efficient and optimum manner.
  
  
• The plan anticipates an increase in Distribution substation capacity by 38%, Distribution transformation capacity by 32% and an increase in different type of feeder lengths by 27-38% till 2022.
  
  
• The plan, once released, would be operationalized along with the States and their DISCOMs under the spirit of cooperative and competitive federalism.