IntelliSmart to provide data analytics services to discoms: Anil Rawal
NEW DELHI : With the government aiming to transform India’s power distribution sector and boost its fiscal health, IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, backed by state-run EESL and National Investment Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), plans to commercially roll out its data analytics services for power distribution companies (discom) next year. Anil Rawal, chief executive and managing director, IntelliSmart Infrastructure, said hat the company will diversify its operations to offer billing systems to discoms, as well as gas and water metering services. It is also looking to offer aggregator services for power supplied by prosumers.
Prosumers are power consumers intending to sell a part of self-generated power often from solar power generated at homes or offices. The firm has been a significant player in the field of smart metres for monitoring electricity consumption. “We are keen on diversification in the digitization projects of the distribution sector.
Our interest areas include, data analytics applications, utility billing systems and P2P energy trading. Further, we are exploring gas metering and working with some of utilities...Going forward, we will explore opportunities in water metering as well," said Rawal. The company has submitted bids for gas metering projects, but they are yet to be finalized.
The company is currently running data analytics services for the discoms of Haryana and Bihar. Rawal said a full-scale commercial launch of the services would enable discoms to understand consumption patterns, manage peak demand, and detect instances of power theft. “Data analytics can analyze consumption patterns, enabling discoms to effectively manage peak demand situation leading to significant savings on peak price costs
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