Smart is the way to be, and India is not going to lag behind. The government is in the process of setting up the “India Smart Grid Task Force” which will be chaired by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation.
The task force will be an Inter-Ministerial Group and will serve as a focal point for activities related to the Smart Grid and will lay a roadmap for development of Smart Grid in India aided by the most modern and latest technologies in the field.
The Stake Holders Ministry of Power (MoP) will be the Patron of the Forum and PFC, REC will be permanent invitees and members. Initially the Forum will be open by invitation to selected state power utilities, private power utilities, power sector PSUs, empanelled System Integrators, SCADA Consultants and Implementing Agencies of R-APDRP, selected educational and research institutes, NGOs, CEA, CERC, CPRI, FICCI and NASSCOM.
Smart grids are digitally enhanced power systems that use modern communication and control technologies efficiently. Apart from providing choices to the consumer and motivating them to participate in the operations of the grid, causing energy efficiency and accommodating all generation and storage options, Smart Grid also envisages various properties for the Grid like self-healing and adaptive islanding. This all will enable electricity markets to flourish.
In the west there are as many success stories of smart grids as failures. Failures have been where having a smart meter did not encourage efficient use of power, as also worries over the cost of gadgets. This is going to be all the more pertinent in a developing nation where ordinary meters are wont to be stolen.
Should India be getting into the smart business now or first tackle issues like power theft, etc?
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