Distribution Automation ABB Limited, Vadodara.
The Power Industry is in the midst of a transformation process - from being Energy suppliers to becoming Energy Service Companies. Everyday the Distribution Utilities face new challenges and have to improve productivity and reduce operating costs and maintenance costs whilst providing customers with a reliable power supply and a broad range of services. To achieve rapid success the effective use of Information Technology is essential.
The demand-supply gap in power in India is growing more and more which may give rise to a power crisis. It is thus imperative that power utilities look at increasing efficiencies in distribution networks, which have among the highest transmission and distribution losses in the world at close to and upwards of 30 per cent. In addition, the social pricing for rural and other sectors puts an increasing pressure on utilities to improve productivity as also reduce operating and maintenance costs to remain financially viable.
With the advances in telecom & IT, the new millennium has leapfrogged into a revolution in networking and communication technologies to offer automation as a solution to improve distribution efficiencies. Distribution Management System is a tool for enterprise-wide management of an electric utility system. In other words, an ERP for an electric utility that, properly applied, provides for efficient operations enhances operational outputs and translates into economic benefits.
