India's smart metering program: Which DISCOMs are leading?

#SmartMetering is driving India’s power sector transformation! With large-scale tenders being awarded across multiple states, the nationwide rollout of smart meters is revolutionising electricity distribution, consumption, and management, making power delivery more efficient, transparent, and consumer-focused. K-Xchange, India’s only dedicated smart metering newsletter, brings you monthly insights on pan-India smart metering developments. In the latest edition, find out about: 👉 Newly awarded tenders 👉 Tenders under evaluation 👉 L1 stage updates & more! 📩 Subscribe now: https://lnkd.in/gqaG7mMz Stay informed. Stay ahead. #SmartMetering #PowerSector #Digitalisation #MinistryOfPower #Newsletter Ministry of Power Govt of India | REC Limited | Power Grid Corporation of India Limited | Power Finance Corporation Ltd. | National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) | Energy Efficiency Services Limited | Anil Rawal

Powering the Digital Shift: India’s Grid Redefined for a New Energy Era From modernised grids to digital security, Siemens highlights four imperatives for Indian DISCOMs to power the nation’s energy transition with intelligence and resilience. Know More: https://lnkd.in/g8GVSBUH #EnergyInnovation #SmartUtilities #BrandConnectInitiative #DigitalEnergy #SustainableIndia #EnergyTransition

⚡️⚡️🔌 Strengthening India’s Power Grids — A Call to Action 🔌⚡️⚡️ Came across a concerning but important signal for our energy sector: the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has flagged a severe manpower crunch at many State Load Despatch Centres (SLDCs). This shortage poses risks to grid reliability, operational resilience, and our country’s ability to meet the energy demands of a growing economy. While this is a concern, it’s also a clear opportunity. By investing in specialised skilling, embracing automation & AI, and creating stronger policy support, all concerned stakeholders need to collaborate to build future-ready, resilient SLDCs. A well-staffed and tech-enabled grid isn’t just about reliability — it’s about powering India’s energy ambitions and accelerating the clean energy transition. #PowerSector #EnergyTransition #GridResilience #CleanEnergy #DigitalIndia #FutureReady #Infrastructure #Sustainability

💡 Why Choose Lithium Batteries Over Lead-Acid for Home Energy Storage? In today’s push toward clean, reliable, and efficient energy, upgrading to lithium battery systems is a smart move: ✅ Longer life cycle — up to 4–5× more than lead-acid ✅ Built-in BMS for safety & performance ✅ Lightweight & compact ✅ Compatible with old & new inverters ✅ Maintenance-free 🔋 Make the switch to lithium for a smarter, safer home power setup. See official reference sources: • Govt of India / Ministry of Power – Viability Gap Funding scheme for BESS (43 GWh) • MNRE — ESS Overview and projections • Ministry of Power — Operational Guidelines for battery deployment • NITI Aayog / ISGF — Energy Storage Roadmap 2019-2032 Let’s accelerate India’s clean energy future — one smart battery at a time. ⚡ #LithiumBattery #BatteryStorage #CleanEnergyIndia #HomeBackup #RenewableEnergy #BESS #PowerTech #EnergyTransition #SustainableLiving #SmartHome #EnergyPolicy #IndiaEnergy

India’s National Electricity Plan (NEP) 2025 represents the most ambitious attempt yet to chart the country’s power sector through a decade of deep transition. It sets bold targets; 68% non-fossil capacity by 2032, 51 GW of storage, and massive grid expansion and seeks to reconcile energy security, decarbonization, and affordability within a single framework. But beneath the strength of its vision lies a structural challenge: our planning processes remain fragmented. Generation, transmission, and storage planning still advance on parallel tracks; demand forecasting continues to overestimate actual trends; and data systems across CEA, POSOCO, MNRE, and the states remain disconnected. The result is a widening gap between policy ambition and operational readiness. The NEP 2025 acknowledges this implicitly; yet its implementation pathway assumes levels of institutional coordination, data integration, and project execution that India has not yet achieved. Transmission commissioning continues to lag generation by 12–18 months; storage frameworks are still evolving; and flexible capacity remains under planned despite rapid renewable addition. The question, therefore, is not whether the targets are desirable, but whether our current planning architecture can realistically deliver them. India needs a unified and adaptive capacity planning framework, one that integrates probabilistic forecasting, synchronized infrastructure development, and continuous operational feedback. This report, “Framework for Integrated Electricity Capacity Planning in India: A Critical Review of NEP 2025,” examines exactly that question, how to translate NEP 2025’s vision into a credible, actionable planning framework. A few initial pages are shared here, and the full report can be accessed at: https://lnkd.in/gHh5wn8J  #ElectricityPlanning #NEP2025 #EnergyTransition #PowerSector #GridPlanning #IndiaEnergy #RenewableIntegration

Electricity Demand and GDP Growth: Changing Correlation in India Over the past decade, India’s electricity demand has grown almost in step with GDP, but with elasticity below unity (≈ 0.87). This means that a 1% rise in GDP leads to only about a 0.87% increase in electricity generation, signaling a steady decoupling of economic growth from energy intensity. This elasticity has fallen from ~1.5 in the 1980s to below 1 today, driven by efficiency gains, digitization, and the structural shift toward a service-led economy. While GDP remains the dominant driver (correlation ≈ 0.82, R² ≈ 0.98), electricity growth now reflects technology, policy, and grid flexibility as much as output expansion. Globally, developed economies exhibit even lower elasticities (0.2–0.6), while emerging nations, such as China, still show near-unitary relationships. India’s trajectory thus mirrors a transition toward a more energy-efficient, decarbonized, and service-oriented economy — but also challenges traditional demand forecasting and investment planning models. The takeaway: India’s growth is becoming less energy-intensive, demanding a shift from GDP-linked electricity planning to policy-driven, technology-enabled, and grid-flexible growth. #EnergyEconomics #IndiaPowerSector #Decarbonisation #ElectricityDemand #GDPGrowth #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #PowerSectorTransformation #DataDrivenPolicy Full report on Research Gate https://lnkd.in/gHh5wn8J

India’s Wire & Cable Sector — A High-Voltage Growth Story! 💪 📈 The Indian wire and cable industry continues to remain a high-voltage growth story, powered by: 🏗️ Massive infrastructure expansion across roads, metros, and smart cities ⚡ Power distribution and renewable energy upgrades 🚗 EV charging network expansion and the rise of green mobility Once seen as a cyclical business, the sector is now emerging as a core enabler of India’s energy and digital transformation. DAY 3️⃣8️⃣ of covering W&C sector ✅ #WireAndCable #Infrastructure #EV #RenewableEnergy #IndiaGrowthStory #Manufacturing #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #finance #equity

#Empowering Consumers, Energizing Competition! India is preparing to open its retail #electricity market to private players, breaking state-run monopolies and giving consumers the freedom to choose their power supplier just like telecom operators. This landmark reform under the Electricity (Amendment) Bill aims to enhance #efficiency, drive innovation, and accelerate renewable energy adoption at the distribution level. ⚙️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWxspxcC #IndiaEnergy #PowerReforms #ElectricityMarket #InfrastructureIndia #EnergyTransition #SmartGrid #RenewableEnergy #ElectricityBill #RenewableMirror #ConstructionMirror #ElectricalMirror

How Communities and Stakeholders Are Driving the #EnergyTransition in the Power Sector! Read the insightful opinion piece by Mr Anshuman Sinha, AGM – Corporate Communications & PR at IntelliSmart Infra, featured in the latest edition of K-Xchange, India’s only smart metering newsletter. The article explores how communities and stakeholders shape the energy transition and the crucial roles they play, highlighting a vital principle that a just transition must be inclusive and leave no one behind. Subscribe to the edition here: https://lnkd.in/ey9p8Rt4 Stay informed, stay ahead! #Kxchange #newsletter #energytransition #communityengagement #stakeholderengagement Ministry of Power Govt of India | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) | REC Limited | National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) | Energy Efficiency Services Limited

Communities and Stakeholders are the key growth drivers of any project. If they are respected and made an integral part of the business processes, the success is inevitable. Read my article featured in IntelliSmart Infra's K-Xchange, one of India's most read newsletter in the energy sector. How Communities and Stakeholders Are Driving the #EnergyTransition in the Power Sector! #communities #stakeholders #energy #netzero #KXchange #energytransition #newsletter #power