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New Electricity Service: In Part-1 of the Smart Meter Project, smart meters are to be installed on a total of 9 lakh 77 thousand 48 electricity consumers, 9 thousand 477 electricity sub-stations, feeders and 1 lakh 55 thousand 515 distribution transformers. This work of installing smart meters at the places of electricity consumers is to be done mainly in Bhopal, Sehore, Vidisha, Narmadapuram, Gwalior, Datia, Bhind, Morena, Guna and Shivpuri districts.
This project is being started from Bhopal (city) circle, where a total of 2 lakh 8 thousand 128 smart meters are to be installed. At least 57 thousand 102 smart meters are to be installed by AMIPS by 13 October 2024. After this, at least 54 thousand 247 smart meters are to be installed every month and 11 lakh 42 thousand 40 smart meters are to be installed by 13 June 2026.
Under the Smart Meter project, first of all, 11 KV feeder wise consumer indexing will be done, under which complete details of each distribution transformer and its connected electricity connections will be submitted by the surveyors on a mobile app. During the survey, the GPS location of the electricity connections as well as the actual condition of the meter and service line will also be checked on the spot. If needed, the work of changing the service line and shifting the meter will also be done to install meters in consumer establishments.
Benefits of Smart Meters
- Waiver of security amount and first recharge from pre-deposited security amount.
- Discount of 25 paise per unit as per current tariff in domestic and non-domestic (commercial) bills and other energy charges calculated on the reduced electricity rate.
- 0-5 percent discount on bill amount on each payment (minimum Rs 5). There is no maximum limit on discount in domestic category, while the maximum limit of discount in other categories is Rs 20.
- Facility of recharge for next 3 days even after the balance in the meter is exhausted without disconnecting the electricity connection.
- Updated (real time) information of power consumption and electrical load being used will be available on mobile every 15 minutes, which will help in reducing electricity bills by using electricity economically.
- Daily information regarding balance of electricity consumption is available on mobile app and portal.
- There will be no problem of human error in meter reading and repeated visits to electricity office every month for correction in electricity bill.
- In case of disruption in power supply to power lines, distribution transformers or to any consumer, the power disruption will be automatically taken cognizance of and power supply will be restored immediately.
- In future, there will be no need to buy a new meter-modem if you take solar roof top connection.
- Till now, about 10 lakh smart meters have been successfully installed in more than 20 districts in Madhya Pradesh including Indore, Jabalpur.