“Smart Power Utilities in Telecom Business” Success story of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd Presented by T.K Wali, Executive Director S.Subramanian, Dy.General Manager 1.0 POWERGRID at a Glance 1.1 POWERGRID at a glance Central Transmission Utility of the country since 1998 Listed Company with public holding of 13.64% and balance by Government of India Conferred with Navratna status in May, 2008 Carries about 45% of Country’s electric power POWERGRID is one of the largest Transmission Utility in the World 3 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 1.2 POWERGRID at a glance 4 Transmission Lines > 73,400 Ckm Sub-stations 124 Nos Transformation capacity > 82,100 MVA System availability > 99% Power being carried > 325 BUs Telecom network > 22,000 km +800kV HVDC system under construction 1200kV UHV AC system under development Employees 8200 Gross Assets US$ 8.77 Bn Turnover (FY 2008-09) US$ 1.53 Bn Net Profit (FY 2008-09) US$ 368 Mn 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 1.3 AREAS OF OPERATION Development of Central Sector Transmission System • Generation Linked • Grid Strengthening • Inter-regional links • International links Grid Management Telecom • Establishment of modern Load Despatch Centres • Owns & Operate Fibre optic cable network • Licenses – NLDO, ISP and IP-I • Providing Leased circuits & Internet services • Real-time Operation • Optimum scheduling despatch Grid & • Energy accounting including settlements 5 Consultancy National & International 24-Mar-16 • Transmission • Load Dispatch & Communication • Distribution • Telecom SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 1.4 POWERGRID – Growth Profile 71500 46245 59460 50745 47757 Turn over Turnover & Profit (Rs. Crore) 67000 Circuit Kms. 5082 4097 35119 2831 2533 2806 27244 22228 1770 634 983 237 92-93 95-96 7029 Profit 98-99 02-03 03-04 04-05 06-07 07-08 08-09 40319 Asset Base (Rs. Crore) 35417 19876 95-96 444 98-99 02-03 748 03-04 786 04-05 1229 06-07 Manpower (Employees) 7427 6167 29015 18943 92-93 275 643 6624 6811 6872 6828 1448 1691 07-08 7645 08-09 8214 6881 21930 8851 3521 92-93 6 5492 95-96 98-99 02-03 03-04 04-05 06-07 07-08 08-09 24-Mar-16 92-93 95-96 98-99 02-03 03-04 04-05 06-07 07-08 08-09 6 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 1.5 Towards Green Environment Environment, Social Policies and Procedures (ESPP) based on principles of Avoidance, Minimization and Mitigation 50 mtr 9 - 25 mtr 4 - 5 mtr approx Specially designed high rise / multi circuit / Compact towers to avoid / reduce cutting of trees Total Forest involvement reduced from 6% to 1.35% after implementation of ESPP since 1998 Timely project implementation without any rehabilitation & resettlement disputes 220 KV line upgraded with 400/220 KV multi-circuit line in Jaldapara Sanctuary without felling of single tree 7 Selected by The World Bank for Use of Country System Conferred “Green Award 2006” by The World Bank for promoting environmental sustainability Social Accountability Standard (SA-8001:2001) certified 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK POWERGRID’s Consultancy Services POWERGRID is providing consultancy services to various National & International clients in the field of Power Transmission, Grid management and Telecom Providing total solution in transmission project execution from concept to commissioning, using in-house expertise Providing consultancy services in Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal Executed more than 250 numbers of consultancy assignments for various national and international clients 8 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 2.0 POWERGRID’s foray into Telecom Business 2.1 Diversification & Creation of Telecom N/W POWERGRID initially laid Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) on its transmission lines for Grid Management Diversified into Telecom with the brand name to utilize spare capacity of OPGW installed for Grid Monitoring & with an incremental investment Created Telecom backbone N/W of 22,000 Kms covering 120 cities on 12 / 24 fiber OPGW 320 Gbps DWDM system and SDH access N/W All equipment & Fibres are international standards compliant (ITU-T). 4 Regional & National level NOCs with dedicated NMS for monitoring of the network on 24 X 7 basis 10 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 2.2 Advantages of OPGW Network OPGW is installed on Power Transmission Lines which serves twin purposes. i.e for Earthing & Communication. Overhead Telecom Network is sturdy, secure, reliable, free from rodent menace, theft and vandalism. Right of Way (ROW) readily available on transmission lines No hindrance to environment & forests Faster Roll-out. Mostly Live line installation Availability of Telecom Network over Transmission system99.99% 11 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 2.3 OPGW INSTALLATION OPTICAL GROUND WIRE ACSR STRANDS ALUMINIUM TUBE FIBRE OPGW 12 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 2.4 POWERGRID’s Transmission Network & Telecom N/W POWER TRANSMISSION N/W 73,400 Ckm 13 22000 Km 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 3.0 Project Cost & Financing 3.1. Project Cost & Funding Approved Project cost US$ 222.5 Mn World Bank funding US$ 91 Mn (Project funded under IBRD-I, II & III by the World Bank) 15 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 4.0 Licensing & Regulatory issues 4.1 Regulatory Requirements Telecom Sector Perspective: National Telecom Policy 1999 Allowed the usage of backbone network of Power Transmission Companies / Railways etc. for national long distance communication IT Task Force of GOI recommended Railways, SEBs, POWERGRID permitted to ease the excess/spare capacity for data transmission to DoT/ Telecom licensee etc. POWERGRID’s Entry in Telecom Memorandum & Articles of Association has been amended to include Telecom as a business unit Obtained Telecom Licenses(Initially “Infrastructure provider”(IP) in 2002 and migrated to NLD (National Long Distance) in 2006) 17 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 4.2 Regulatory Requirements & Benefits Power Sector Perspective: Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) prescribed Revenue share on per Km / Per annum for utilising Transmission infrastructure for Telecom purpose Value addition to the existing transmission infrastructure and generates additional revenue to the core business Major communication needs of captive requirements for Grid Management, LAN ,VoIP & Video Conferencing are met with reliability, security & cost effective. 18 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 5.0 Tariff Mechanism & Revenue Stream 5.1 Tariff Mechanism for Telecom Services PoP of Customer 1 in Chandigarh Ceiling Distances Tariff for notified various by the capacity Telecom levels & Regulatory Authority Of India (TRAI) Various operators to compete within the ceiling tariff notified by Regulator. 20 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 5.2 POWERGRID’s Performance vis-à-vis Consultant's Projections Figures US$ in Mn 32.6 35.0 27.2 27.5 30.0 25.0 19.1 20.0 16.8 15.0 8.4 10.0 5.0 5.8 0.5 1.8 9.9 3.0 1.6 0.0 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Consultant's Projections* 21 24-Mar-16 Actual Revenue SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 6.0 Service Offerings & Market Scenario 6.1 POWERGRID’s OFFERINGS Bandwidth Services offered End to End bandwidth Applications of Bandwidth Ethernet Leased Line Private Internet Services MPLS / VPN Services 23 24-Mar-16 Voice & Data Video Conferencing Banking & Financial services Tele-medicine Digital Libraries Data Centres State Wide Area Networks Corporate VPNs Distance Education SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 6.2 Potential Market / Customers Carriers – Major Telcos ISPs providing bulk bandwidths to other ISPs. Retailers – ISPs selling to end customers directly Corporate , MNCs & Enterprise customers IT / ITES companies & Software Technology parks Govt Organisations BPOs / KPOs Defence Services Media & Entertainment Services Sector(Education,Health care) POWERGRID’s customers include incumbent operator BSNL, Global players Verizon Business, Cable & Wireless etc.Discussion on with AT&T , BT & Google. 24 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK 7.0 Road ahead… 7.1 Opportunities in Telecom -Data Centers - Market size 1.3 Mn sqft. (2007) & growing at 30% to reach 5.1 Mn Sqft. in 2012 (as per Global Telecom Consultant Gartner) -Additional Requirement from National E-Governance (NEGP) Plan for creation of State Data Centers for States -Data Centres to consolidate services, applications and infrastructure and ensure efficient electronic delivery of services to common man -Tower Infrastructure Business -Total market size approx 1.5 lakh Towers or US$ 1630Mn 26 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK POWERGRID’s INFOWAY – BRIDGING DISTANCES THANK YOU 27 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK POWERGRID’s Consultancy Services Turnkey execution of projects Project feasibility and system planning Sub-transmission, Distribution & Rural Electrification Real Time Grid Operation for Optimum Scheduling & Despatch Optical Fibre Telecom Network Up-rating and up-grading of existing transmission lines Residual Life Assessment of Equipment Environment Impact Assessment and Social Impact Studies Quality Assurance and Inspection Services Design, Procurement, Engineering, Construction, O&M of transmission lines and substations Establishment of Unified Load Despatch & Communication Systems Setting up of Oil Testing Laboratories and Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics of Equipment 28 24-Mar-16 NEXT SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK International Business POWERGRID has an exclusive International Business Dept to undertake consultancy assignments. Some of the projects are Dubai : Consultancy assignment from Dubai electricity & Water authority (DEWA) for 2 Nos 400KV GIS sub-stations and associated transmission lines in consortium with M/s Sigma Enterprises Afganistan project US$90Mn - Completed in Jan 2009 Engineering consultancy to AEAI & MEW , Afganistan Nigeria Consultanct to Power Holding Company of Nigeria for review and updation of Telecommunication and substation automation system Nepal 220KV line for Nepal electricity authority US$ 22 Million Myanmar 230KV Transmission project in Myanmar ( 230 KV line – 300 miles, 66KV line 50 miles, 230KV S/S – 1 No, 3 Nos 230/66/11KV S/S & one 66/11KV S/s Vietnam, China, Kenya, Ethiopia,Uzbekistan, Afganistan & Bangladesh : EoIs submitted for garnering business for various projects Back 29 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK ILLUSTRATIVE Tariff Bandwidth Pricing: Leased Lines: Based on TRAI Notified Rates (April 2005 Base) Chargeable distance 1.25 times aerial distance Tariff cap 500Km TRAI Tariff: Pre-revised tariff vis-à-vis as per the revised TRAI tariff, the ceiling of prices for various capacity levels >500 Kms. are as follows: Capacity E1 (2 Mbps) DS3 (45 Mbps) STM1(155 Mbps) Ceiling Tariff as per TRAI notification dt 21st April 2005 On going market rates 8.5 Lakhs / year 3-45 Lakhs / year 61.59 Lakhs/ year 25-30 Lakhs/ year 1.652 Crores / year 60-70 Lakhs / year Back 30 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Telecom Licenses with POWERGRID In 2001 POWERGRID obtained Infrastructure Provider category II (IP-II) License from DoT which permits to provide end-to-end bandwidth to Telecom Service providers In 2002 POWERGRID also registered as Infrastructure Provider category I (IP-I) to provide dark fiber, leasing of infrastructure etc. In 2003, POWERGRID obtained Internet Service Provider (ISP) Category “A” License to facilitate providing internet services across the country. In 2006 POWERGRID migrated from IP-II to National Long Distance Operator (NLDO) by obtaining license from Govt of India to increase its business horizon to provide Voice, bandwidth to Govt Depts and Corporate and value added services Next 31 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Features of Telecom Licenses IP-I ( Infra structure Provider Category –I) No Formal License Required. Only Registration with DoT To provide dark fibres, Right Of way, duct space, towers & buildings Processing Fee Rs.5000/No revenue sharing to DoT NLD: National Long Distance Operations Licensee has right to carry inter circle traffic excluding intra circle traffic except where such carriage is with mutual agreement with Fixed service providers. License Fee Rs 2.5 Cr (US$ O.54Mn) Initially it was Rs 100Cr (US$ 22Mn) which was reduced in 2006 to facilitate more competition) Bank Guarantee Rs 20 Cr (US$ 0.43Mn) Revenue Share to DoT 6% ( Out of this 5% goes to Universal Services Obligation (USO) fund to support rural penetration) Back 32 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Our Customers Major Telecom Service Providers & ISPs Verizon Next 33 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Our Customers GOVERNMENT DEPTs MHA ARMY ITES, BPOs & MNCs C&W MEDIA TV 9 34 24-Mar-16 NETV Back SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Data Centers Reliable Connectivity at POWERGRID stations POWERGRID’s Infrastructure available across the country Infrastructure Reliable Power supply Broadband Connectivity Know-How & Technical Support Locating the Data Centers at Substations POWERGRID to enter into Strategic Partnerships Next 35 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Data Centres Data center capacity in India expected to reach 5.1 million square feet by 2012Projected to grow 31 percent from 2007 to 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. POWERGRID is in a uniquely advantageous position to serve the Data centre market as POWERGRID has access to / owns • Sufficient land/ Secure Sites • Access to highly reliable quality power • Telecom connectivity at its grid substations. • Datacenter would cater the growing needs of Government, PSUs, Banks and Disaster Recovery Centres. • Large Corporate clients can also be catered through such facilities. • IBM,BT & WIPRO expressed interest in setting up Data centres in association with POWERGRID. • POWERGRID envisages to build 2 nos data centres each comprising 30,000 sqft. of raised floor to cater to Data centre as Main & Disaster Recovery centres back 36 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Rural coverage through POWEGRID Towers • According to COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India), in the next three years 0.2 million towers may be needed for mobile and internet coverage requiring an investment of USD 16.2 billion • POWERGRID owns more than 1.5 lakhs (0.15 million) Towers and some of these present an excellent opportunity to serve as ready infra for mounting the telecom antennas. • POWERGRID’s Tower may be suitable for providing rural connectivity for GSM/CDMA and/or WiMAX • For this purpose, each tower has to be made suitable for housing the Telecom eqpt by providing AC Power/ Backup Power/ Auxiliary Power and installation of Air conditioned portable cabins (Shelters). Next 37 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK POWERGRID’s Towers for Rural Telecom Back 38 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK MULTI CIRCUIT TOWERS TO CONSERVE RoW AND ENVIRONMENT 1 2 DOUBLE CIRCUIT TOWER MULTI CIRCUIT TOWER (45 m. High) 39 (70 m. High) 24-Mar-16 Next SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK Compact Tower / Pole Type Towers Compact 765 kV tower Pole Type 400 kV Tower Back 40 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK PERFORMANCE RECOGNITION Rated Consistently “EXCELLENT” against MoU with Govt of A W A R D S 41 India since 1993-94 “National Awards for Meritorious Performance” instituted by Govt. of India IEEMA Power Awards 2009 “Star” Public Sector Company Award for 2007-08 by Business Standard. “INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award 2009” for “Utilities Providing Best Telecom Infrastructure” 24-Mar-16 SDN FORUM - WORLD BANK