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RECOMMENDATIONS
Emerged out in the workshop held by CBIP on 28th may, 2010
CBIP, in line with its objective, organizes topical conferences and workshops to bring together the
stakeholders and to encourage an exchange of the latest technology related information.
In this workshop, the very large participation by the interested persons from Government, Public and
Private sector proved the relevance of the topic and the curiosity the power engineering community
has in this subject.
The workshop was guided in by a distinguished panel, including Mr. V S Verma, member-CERC,
Mr. S K Chaturvedi, CMD-PGCIL, Mr. Devender Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, and Mr.
V K Kanjlia, Secretary-CBIP. Mr. P P Wahi, Director-IT, CBIP, conducted the workshop. The panel
introduced the subject and gave a direction to the event. Eight eminent experts (named below)
presented to the gathering the different aspects of the subject. Apart from defining the Smart Grid,
the speakers apprised the participants of the state of the Art of the development around the globe, the
availability of relevant equipment and application and the further Roadmap. The participants,
thereafter, had a lively interaction to bring out additional details, for the benefit of all present.
The presentations:
Smart Grid Roadmap for Distribution utility - Mr. Sanjay Kumar Banga, NDPL
Smart Technology and teamwork for smarter grids - Mr. Bhupinder Badiya, AREVA Ltd.
Smart Grid - A road to future - Mr. Kuldeep Tickoo, Siemens Ltd.
Smart Grid & Security - Shri A. K. Mishra, POWERGRID
Smart Grid in Transmission Sector - Dr. Sunita Chohan, POWERGIRD
Smart Grid: Concepts and Issues - Mr. Anil Sinha, Consultant/ Advisor
Smart electricity efficient power for a sustainable world - Sandip Sinha, ABB Ltd.
Smart Grid promises improved power quality - Reinhard Kuntner, Omicron Electronics GmbH,
G. S. papneja, Kunal Sharma and Ruhul Islam - Omicron India (presented by Mr Kunal Sharma)
The following recommendations have emerged out of the deliberations of the workshop.
1. India is well poised to take advantage of this new age solution, ,i.e. Smart Grid
2. The workshop recommends the adoption of the Smart Grid in India, at the earliest, while
taking note of the experience of the development in other countries.
3. Unlike the developed nations, India is in the process of accelerated development in various
sectors, including Power and Information & Communication Technology.
4. In future the consumer may have a choice of the source of supply, and will need to be better
informed of the Distribution level options, to enable him to exercise his discretion.
5. India must catch the growth curve of the Smart Grid, in the initial phase itself, to avoid
duplication of efforts at a later stage. Since the Smart Grid concept is still evolving, India
must be a part of this evolution, and not a late follower.
6. Among the objectives shall be the Blackout Prevention, by the use of newer technologies,
i.e. Phase Measurement Unit. PGCIL is in the process of installing 4 PMUs in the Northern
Region and will later install around 25 PMUs in the Western Region, both as a technology
demonstration, as well as, a pilot project to observe the dynamic behavior of the Grid.
etc. This requires an informed and enabled consumer. A suitable mechanism and a roll-out
plan have to be devised for this purpose.
20. With the increased use of Information and Communication Technology in the Smart Grid, the
important issues of Information Security & Network Security become imperative. These will
require technological, design, operational and Regulatory/ Policy inputs, to be effective. The
Government and the Regulators will have to intervene here, supported by the utilities, the
vendors and the standards issuing bodies.