Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), the government-run power utility jointly owned by the centre, West Bengal and Jharkhand governments, is all set to introduce prepaid energy card and install prepaid meters in commercial establishments. It would also install tamperproof electronic meters and introduce AB conductor and underground cables on theft-prone areas to prevent pilferage of energy.
Secretary and financial adviser of DVC Umesh Kumar told Financial Chronicle that due to power theft and unauthorised connection in and around DVC colonies, the company was losing nearly Rs 60 crore annually.
Besides, the company was also losing nearly Rs 3 crore every month due to power pilferage by some big consumers, said Kumar spearheading these changes in DVC said.
The power utility has also realised evasion of another Rs 12 crore by way of detection of underbilling. “By use of RMR (Reliability Must Run) facilities and Sema project, comparative analysis of bills have already been done and actual consumption of the consumers has been done,” he said.
As a result of close monitoring of various consumers with the help of Sema project, apparent voltage drop has been identified and transmission loss of approximately Rs 1 crore per month has been detected. Action is being taken for checking this transmission loss.
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