the leading electrical & electronics monthly
VOLUME 6
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ISSUE NO. 6
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FEBRUARY 2015
Cover Story
Face2Face
INTELECT 2015
Mr Sunil Mathur
MD & CEO,
Siemens Ltd
IEEMA Events
FAEMA
INSULEC 2015
Country Profile
New Zealand
SME Talks
MG Electrica
Pragati Electricals
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From the President’s Desk
Dear Friends,
Worldwide, we are seeing major shifts in energy demand, its usage and
sources of generation. The addition of different types of ‘Renewable
Energy’ in the total generation basket and the complexities of electricity
usage are the new challenges for effective, efficient and optimal control
of the Grid. While all three segments of the power sector - generation,
transmission, and distribution are important, the revenues originate only
at the distribution end, so under performance in this sector hurts the
entire value chain. This is also a major challenge today for the majority
of Indian DISCOMS.
The need to have an exhibition on ‘low voltage’ during the non ELECRAMA
years was felt for a long time. This is how INTELECT was conceptualized.
The ‘INTELECT and the under 11 kV show’ along with the IEEE Technical Sessions were held at
Mumbai between 22nd and 24th January, 2015. Simultaneously, an Interactive Session was held by
the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India in association with IEEMA, specifically for the Chairman and
CEOs of the Distribution Utilities on 22nd January.
I am gratified that each of these programs were a great success on all parameters. The exhibitors
demonstrated Smart technologies and cutting-edge innovations for the future on Home-Hotel-HospitalOffice (H3O), Digital Smart Cities, and Smart Rural Electrification. The IEEE Technical series was
the first of its kind organised by IEEMA, featuring globally renowned keynote speakers from India
and Overseas. What’s more, a quality visitor foot-fall of more than 10,000 numbers was of great
value to the exhibitors. I would like to thank all participants – exhibitors, visitors, utilities and the
three Ministries of Govt. of India viz. Ministry of Power, Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry
of Tele-communication and the Govt. of Maharashtra, who Co-Supported the ‘INTELECT and the
under 11 kV Show’ .
During the inaugural program Shri Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises
was the Chief Guest of the event along with other esteemed dignitaries like Shri Tanga Byaling
Chairman, North Eastern Regional Power Committee, Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional
Source of Energy, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Shri. Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for Energy,
New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of Maharashtra and Mr. Howard Michel, President and CEO, IEEE. The
closing ceremony was graced by Shri Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Govt. of Maharashtra.
He interacted with the exhibitors, visitors and students of Engineering Colleges who had exhibited
their projects under ‘Building Blocks - Techie Talent’. He felt extremely positive about the fact that
IEEMA is working in the right direction to make the PM’s vision of ‘Make in India’ a reality.
IEEMA also had the privilege to host the FAEMA – AGM on the 21st January where the Japanese, S.
Korean and Chinese delegations were here to discuss strategies which would help leverage Asian
countries into European and American markets. IEEMA’s 9th international conference - INSULEC
2015, was also held on the 22nd and 23rd January in Mumbai. About, thirty Papers were presented
in this Conference, many from overseas experts.
ELECRAMA, over the years has become a global
brand for IEEMA, being the largest T&D sector show.
It is said that ‘well begun is half done’. We in IEEMA
are determined to prove this wrong. The first edition INTELECT - 2015 has been a resounding success. The
next edition INTELECT - 2017 and the ones thereafter
would be better.
Vishnu Agarwal
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July 2015
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Dear Members,
We recently heard US President Barack Obama and our Prime Minister
Mr Narendra Modi talk of access to electricity and health standards as
burgeoning issues plaguing world economies… their ‘Mann ki Baat’ – a
statement not coming from the power corridors but from sheer grass root
experience. They also mentioned about Mahatma Gandhi ji’s principles
of seeing God through the service of mankind, be it at a societal,
neighbourhood level or at a world stage. Hence, the guiding principles of
any kind of Leadership are based on strong values, for all of us to imbibe
in whatever we do in business and life.
Last month Mr Modi promised “change in law to boost manufacturing”,
as part of a first of its kind workshop on Make In India in an interactive
dialogue with a cross section of industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats and
key stake holders from all walks of life. IEEMA echoes the voice of the
Government, to focus upon human resource development, innovation and
research, Zero defect and Zero effect on environment.
Further, a new paradigm of public-private partnership (PPP) model by
involving all stakeholders in key decision-making processes and to Brand
India globally is a significant learning for IEEMA to reflect upon. It is an
opportunity to accelerate its proposition of the ‘Made In India’ Brand
promise and to constructively position the new Brand India Engineering
initiative with the Ministry of Commerce.
We concluded the INTLECT conference and exposition on intelligent
electricity few days back. We received an enthusiastic response of more
than 10,000 quality visitors to the conference cum expo. We are indeed
proud to have partnered with IEEE – world leaders in advanced technology.
In whatever we do, together as an Industry Association, our guiding
principles and values have been at the core of all our endeavours, with a
view to be increasingly relevant to our members.
Sunil Misra
July 20142015
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Cover Story
Cover Story
Face2Face
INTELECT 2015
Mr Sunil Mathur
MD & CEO,
Siemens Ltd
IEEMA Events
FAEMA
INSULEC 2015
Country Profile
New Zealand
SME Talks
MG Electrica
Pragati Electricals
INTELECT 2015
Keeping in view the need of
intelligent electricity in near
future, INTELECT 2015 cohosted by IEEE and IEEMA
took place from January 22–24,
2015 at the Bombay Exhibition
Centre in Mumbai. The four day
event witnessed the presence of
policy makers, business
leaders, and academicians
who discussed smarter cities,
optimizing grid efficiencies and
overall, improving the quality of
life for the citizens of India.
Mr Sunil Mathur, Managing
Director and Chief Executive
Officer, Siemens Limited speaks
about India facing a huge gap
between demand and supply of
power, and with the increasing
urbanization and expanding
economy the country needs a
sustainable solution to address
this challenge.
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Tech Space
Optimization and mapping
process for determination of
tariff by the Electricity Regulator
- Ashok Upadhyay
From L to R) Shri Tanga Byaling Chairman, North Eastern Regional Power Committee,
Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh,
Shri Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry & Commerce, Government of
India and Shri Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA cutting the ribbon of INTELECT 2015
exhibition
36
Tech Space
Failure of Transformers – Role
of Vacuum Circuit Breakers
- T Vijayan
Reform of power distribution
is today widely viewed as
fundamental to improving
commercial performance and
financial viability of the power
sector in India. The govt is
coming up with the revolutionary
“Electricity Act 2003”. The policy
changes along with the EA 2003
are supposed to change the
sector and overcome various
bottlenecks.
60
SME Talks
MG Electrica
Pragati Electricals
Load restrictions and power cuts
are common in Indian power
sector. Most of the state utilities
impose power drawing restrictions
in summer months. Therefore
customers have to switch on
and off transformers several times
a day. Many transformers fail
during this period. Failures are
more in transformers connected
with short cables and transformers
with low loss.
64
IEEMA Activities
68-69
Power Scenario
Global Scenario
Indian Scenario
70-71
IEEMA Database
Basic Prices & Indices
Production Statistics
74
CPRI News
76
ERDA News
February 2015
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Contents
80
Product Showcase
82
Seminars & Fairs
84
Country Profile - New Zealand
direction for the energy sector
and the role energy will play
in the New Zealand economy.
The government’s goal is for
New Zealand to make the most
of its abundant energy potential
through the environmentally
responsible development and
efficient use of the country’s diverse
energy resources.
92
National News
The New Zealand Energy Strategy
2011-2021 sets the strategic
• Government to invite bids for
4 UMPPs in 3-6 months
•Power ministry’s decision to
nominate Power Grid Corp
projects worth Rs 36,000 crore
miffs private firms
99
Corporate News
• L&T wins Rs.894 crore
contract for ONGC offshore
project
• Adanis, SunEdison to invest
$4 bn in Gujarat solar park
103
Index to Advertisers
104
Editorial Board
Advisory Committee
Founder Chairman
Mr R G Keswani
Chairman
Mr Vishnu Agarwal
Members
Mr Babu Babel
Mr Sunil Misra
Mr J Pande
Mr Narayan Sethuramon
Mr Mustafa Wajid
Content Co-ordinator
Ms Shalini Singh
Advertisements Incharge
Ms Vidya Chikhale
Circulation Incharge
Ms Chitra Tamhankar
Statistics & Data Incharge
Mr Ninad Ranade
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Mr Sunil Kumar Misra on behalf of
Indian Electrical and Electronics
Manufacturers’ Association, and
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India Printing House, 42, G. D. Ambekar
Road, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031 and
Published at 501, Kakad Chambers,
132, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli,
Mumbai 400 018.
Website: www.ieema.org
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Inland: ` 300/Foreign: (Airmail) US $ 120/Single Copy ` 50/Articles: Technical data presented and views
expressed by authors of articles are their own
and IEEMA does not assume any responsibility for the same.
IEEMA Journal owns copyright for original
articles published in IEEMA Journal.
Advertisements: Artworks accepted upto 15th
day of previous month of issue.
Advertisements published in IEEMA Journal
are on good faith basis. Advertisers are solely
responsible for contents/ violation of any law
in the contents / actions arising from contents.
IEEMA Journal does not take responsibility
for claims made by advertisers regarding
products, ownership, trademarks, logos,
patents and other such things.
Subscribers can write to the Editor for an
extra copy if issue is not received by 15th
day of the month.
Enquiries & Correspondence:
Editor, IEEMA Journal,
Regd Office - Mumbai
501, Kakad Chambers, 132, Dr A Besant
Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018.
Phones: +91(0) 22 24930532 / 6528
Fax: +91(0) 22 2493 2705
Email: mumbai@ieema.org
Corporate Office - New Delhi
Rishyamook Building, First floor,
85 A, Panchkuian Road, New Delhi 110001.
Phones: +91 (0) 11-23363013, 14, 16
Fax: +91 (0) 11-23363015
Email: delhi@ieema.org
Branch Office - Bengaluru
204, Swiss Complex, 33, Race Course
Road, Bengaluru 560 001.
Phones: +91 (0) 80 2220 1316 / 1318
Fax: +91 (0) 80 220 1317
Email: bangalore@ieema.org
Branch Office - Kolkata
503 A, Oswal Chambers,
2, Church Lane, Kolkata 700 001.
Phones: +91 (0) 33 2213 1326
Fax: +91 (0) 33 2213 1326
Email: kolkata@ieema.org
Representatives:
Guwahati (Assam) - Nilankha Chaliha
Email: nilankha.chaliha@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9706389965
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) - Rakesh Ojha
Email: rakesh.ojha@ieema.org
Mobile:+91 9826855666
Lucknow (U.P. and Uttarakhand) Ajuj Kumar Chaturvedi
Email: anuj.chaturvedi@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9839603195
Chandigarh (Punjab & Haryana)
Bharti Bisht
Email: bharti.bisht@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9888208880
Jaipur (Rajasthan)
Devesh Vyas
Email: devesh.vyas@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 8955093854
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
Smruti Ranjan Samantaray
Email: smrutiranjan.samantaray@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9437189920
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
Jesse A Inaparthi
Email: jesse.inaparthi@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9949235153
Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Mohammad Irfan Parray
Email: irfan.parray@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9858455509
Posting Date: 1st working day of the
month of issue.
February 2015
Contents
42
Tech Space
Optimization and mapping
process for determination of
tariff by the Electricity Regulator
- Ashok Upadhyay
From L to R) Shri Tanga Byaling Chairman, North Eastern Regional Power Committee,
Minister for Home, Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh,
Shri Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry & Commerce, Government of
India and Shri Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA cutting the ribbon of INTELECT 2015
exhibition
36
Tech Space
Failure of Transformers – Role
of Vacuum Circuit Breakers
- T Vijayan
Reform of power distribution
is today widely viewed as
fundamental to improving
commercial performance and
financial viability of the power
sector in India. The govt is
coming up with the revolutionary
“Electricity Act 2003”. The policy
changes along with the EA 2003
are supposed to change the
sector and overcome various
bottlenecks.
60
SME Talks
MG Electrica
Pragati Electricals
Load restrictions and power cuts
are common in Indian power
sector. Most of the state utilities
impose power drawing restrictions
in summer months. Therefore
customers have to switch on
and off transformers several times
a day. Many transformers fail
during this period. Failures are
more in transformers connected
with short cables and transformers
with low loss.
64
IEEMA Activities
68-69
Power Scenario
Global Scenario
Indian Scenario
70-71
IEEMA Database
Basic Prices & Indices
Production Statistics
74
CPRI News
76
ERDA News
February 2015
11
Contents
80
Product Showcase
82
Seminars & Fairs
84
Country Profile - New Zealand
direction for the energy sector
and the role energy will play
in the New Zealand economy.
The government’s goal is for
New Zealand to make the most
of its abundant energy potential
through the environmentally
responsible development and
efficient use of the country’s diverse
energy resources.
92
National News
The New Zealand Energy Strategy
2011-2021 sets the strategic
• Government to invite bids for
4 UMPPs in 3-6 months
•Power ministry’s decision to
nominate Power Grid Corp
projects worth Rs 36,000 crore
miffs private firms
99
Corporate News
• L&T wins Rs.894 crore
contract for ONGC offshore
project
• Adanis, SunEdison to invest
$4 bn in Gujarat solar park
103
Index to Advertisers
104
Editorial Board
Advisory Committee
Founder Chairman
Mr R G Keswani
Chairman
Mr Vishnu Agarwal
Members
Mr Babu Babel
Mr Sunil Misra
Mr J Pande
Mr Narayan Sethuramon
Mr Mustafa Wajid
Content Co-ordinator
Ms Shalini Singh
Advertisements Incharge
Ms Vidya Chikhale
Circulation Incharge
Ms Chitra Tamhankar
Statistics & Data Incharge
Mr Ninad Ranade
Designed by Reflections
Processed at India Printing Works
Edited, Printed and published by
Mr Sunil Kumar Misra on behalf of
Indian Electrical and Electronics
Manufacturers’ Association, and
Printed at India Printing Works,
India Printing House, 42, G. D. Ambekar
Road, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031 and
Published at 501, Kakad Chambers,
132, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli,
Mumbai 400 018.
Website: www.ieema.org
12
Annual Subscription:
Inland: ` 300/Foreign: (Airmail) US $ 120/Single Copy ` 50/Articles: Technical data presented and views
expressed by authors of articles are their own
and IEEMA does not assume any responsibility for the same.
IEEMA Journal owns copyright for original
articles published in IEEMA Journal.
Advertisements: Artworks accepted upto 15th
day of previous month of issue.
Advertisements published in IEEMA Journal
are on good faith basis. Advertisers are solely
responsible for contents/ violation of any law
in the contents / actions arising from contents.
IEEMA Journal does not take responsibility
for claims made by advertisers regarding
products, ownership, trademarks, logos,
patents and other such things.
Subscribers can write to the Editor for an
extra copy if issue is not received by 15th
day of the month.
Enquiries & Correspondence:
Editor, IEEMA Journal,
Regd Office - Mumbai
501, Kakad Chambers, 132, Dr A Besant
Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018.
Phones: +91(0) 22 24930532 / 6528
Fax: +91(0) 22 2493 2705
Email: mumbai@ieema.org
Corporate Office - New Delhi
Rishyamook Building, First floor,
85 A, Panchkuian Road, New Delhi 110001.
Phones: +91 (0) 11-23363013, 14, 16
Fax: +91 (0) 11-23363015
Email: delhi@ieema.org
Branch Office - Bengaluru
204, Swiss Complex, 33, Race Course
Road, Bengaluru 560 001.
Phones: +91 (0) 80 2220 1316 / 1318
Fax: +91 (0) 80 220 1317
Email: bangalore@ieema.org
Branch Office - Kolkata
503 A, Oswal Chambers,
2, Church Lane, Kolkata 700 001.
Phones: +91 (0) 33 2213 1326
Fax: +91 (0) 33 2213 1326
Email: kolkata@ieema.org
Representatives:
Guwahati (Assam) - Nilankha Chaliha
Email: nilankha.chaliha@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9706389965
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) - Rakesh Ojha
Email: rakesh.ojha@ieema.org
Mobile:+91 9826855666
Lucknow (U.P. and Uttarakhand) Ajuj Kumar Chaturvedi
Email: anuj.chaturvedi@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9839603195
Chandigarh (Punjab & Haryana)
Bharti Bisht
Email: bharti.bisht@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9888208880
Jaipur (Rajasthan)
Devesh Vyas
Email: devesh.vyas@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 8955093854
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
Smruti Ranjan Samantaray
Email: smrutiranjan.samantaray@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9437189920
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
Jesse A Inaparthi
Email: jesse.inaparthi@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9949235153
Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Mohammad Irfan Parray
Email: irfan.parray@ieema.org
Mobile: +91 9858455509
Posting Date: 1st working day of the
month of issue.
February 2015
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Creating a new chapter of
Intelligent Electricity Consumption & Technology for India
@
IEEE’s mission statement is to foster technological
innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity
and that of IEEMA is to foster electricity for all and
global excellence, leading to human enrichment.In
consonance, the synergetic relationship between
IEEE, IEEMA and the Government of India machinery
has harbingered into a path breaking dialogue for
Intelligent Electricity Consumption & Technology
for the benefit of key stake holders and the end
customers. The exhibition was inaugurated in
Mumbai by Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for
Heavy Industry & Commerce, Government of India,
Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman, North Eastern Regional
Power Committee, Minister for Home, Power & NonConventional Source of Energy, Arunachal Pradesh,
Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for Energy,
New & Renewable Energy, Maharashtra and Mr
Howard Michel, President and CEO, IEEE.
Record-breaking attendance of more than 10,000
quality visitors (As per a survey conducted)
Exhibitors
uu 99.5% want to participate in INTELECT again
uu 88% said the quality of attendees met or
exceeded their expectations
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Visitors
uu 100% would like to visit this kind of exhibition
again
uu 98%said the quality of exhibition met or exceeded
their expectations
uu 90% favourably compared the quality of exhibitors
over other industry events
Ribbon cutting of INTELECT 2015: Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman,
North Eastern Regional Power Committee, Minister for Home,
Power & Non-Conventional Source of Energy, Arunachal
Pradesh, Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industry
& Commerce, Government of India and Mr Vishnu Agarwal,
President
February 2015
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Mr Howard Michel, CEO, IEEE, Mr Anant Geete, Union Minister
for Heavy Industries and Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President IEEMA at
the proceedings
Mr S K Negi, MD, GETCO, Mr Anil Kumar Bohra, Mr Avkash
Saxena, Executive Director, PFC, Mr Raghvendra Mehta,
CEO, Reliance Energy – Distribution and Mr Babu Babel, Vice
President, IEEMA at the Distribution Reform interactive session,
Interactive Session on Distribution Reforms
poverty reduction, commercial & manufacturing activity
and national competitiveness. The roundtable felt that
the basic issue is the unwillingness of governments
to view electricity distribution as a commercial
activity which has to be made viable if distribution
utilities were to be expected to ensure adequate
quality power supply to consumers. This mindset has to change to turn the sector around. The
initiatives that have been launched to separate
feeders and for system upgradation will definitely
help in reducing AT&C losses, although ultimately
the key is good governance.
The session was moderated by Mr P. Uma Shankar,
Former Secretary, Power, Govt. of India. The
distinguished panel constituted key decision and
policymakers in the power sector and included: Mr
Sukhveer Singh, IAS, Managing Director, Madhya
Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd.; Mr S
K Negi, Managing Director, GETCO; Mr Raghvendra
Mehta, CEO, Reliance Energy – Distribution; Mr P J
Thakkar, Director Technical REC; Mr Avkash Saxena,
Executive Director, PFC, and Mr Sanjaya Singhal,
Group CEO, Secure Meters.
The roundtable on distribution reforms welcomed
Central Government’s initiatives to launch feeder
separation as a national programme with capital
grants, to incentivise investment in upgradation and
modernization of subtransmission and distribution
networks, and to achieve power for all by 2019.
At the same time, the roundtable emphasized that
the need to address distribution reforms cannot be
delayed any longer, as huge numbers of households
without connections, huge unmet demand of
already-connected consumers and lack of quality and
reliable power supply are affecting country’s growth,
The roundtable welcomed the initiative of the central
government to amend the Electricty Act 2003,
especially the reported provisions which will ensure
First time in India:
uu Supported by three Ministries of Govt. of
India Ministry of Power, Ministry of Urban
Development and Ministry of Communications
& IT. Also supported by the Government of
Maharashtra
uu Distribution Reforms Interactive Session
uu Conference: ‘Smart Electricity for Emerging
Markets’ with world class Technical Speakers
uu Pavilions:
•
•
•
•
Mr Tommy Mayne, Vice President of Meetings, IEEE, PES
addressing the exhibitors
February 2015
Make In India
Micro & Small Scale Industries
Smart Tech
Smart Innovator Competition: Open
to engineering students to showcase
innovations in Smart Distribution, Energy
Saving & Home Generation of electricity
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twofold objective, first to effectively channelise
existing resources smartly and second to leverage
new forms of renewable resources.”
(L to R) Key note Speakers: Mr Ananth Krishnan, Chief
Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services. Also seen in pic:
Dr Roberto Saracco, European EIT ECT Labs and Mr Laurent
Schmitt, Vice President Strategy & Innovation, Grid Power
electronics and automation, Alstom, France
timely and cost-reflective tariff revisions, which is at
the root of the problems of the distribution segment.
With regard to separating carriage from content
in distribution, the roundtable felt that although
path-breaking, this needs to be approached with
caution and a number of intermediary steps would
have to be taken before this could become a reality.
Welcoming central government’s initiative for power
for all by 2019, the roundtable felt that this would
increase the rural supply electric supply, which is
not a commercially viable proposition.
Mr Vishnu Agarwal, President, IEEMA said, “INTELECT
is one of the pioneering platforms, bringing together
under one roof, players in the home and office electrical
sector. Our vision for INTELECT is to showcase the
latest innovation and technology in lighting, modular
wiring, measurement, conservation, drives, HVAC,
storage of electricity, off-grid generation, house and
building security, and automation control systems.
Conserving energy with smart and intelligent usage
is the need of the hour, and we at both IEEE and
IEEMA are committed to ensuring this.”
Conference & Exposition
INTELECT, co-hosted by IEEE and IEEMA held the
conference themed Smart Electricity for Emerging
Markets, and the exposition focused on the
connected intelligence in the Electricity of Things.
The concurrent Show UPTO 11 kV demonstrated the
readiness of the Indian electrical industry to help the
Government of India to accelerate Distribution Sector
Reforms and focus on rural electrification. It was a
unique opportunity for the Equipment manufacturers
Adequate provisions to off-set the financial hit the
discoms will take will need to be made in order that
discoms are enthused to take up rural distribution in
a big way and make power for all by 2019 a reality.
Howard E Michel, president and CEO, IEEE said,
“IEEE is dedicated to advancing technology for
humanity. We must integrate appropriate technologies
with relevant standards to improve infrastructure
and create employment opportunities. Power and
energy are crucial elements for a successful and
comfortable living environment. Hence, with growing
pressure on the world’s rapidly diminishing natural
resources, it is important that we work toward a
Exhibitors interacting with business visitors
Engineering students demonstrating their projects to Mr Anant
Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries
Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Maharashtra
with IEEE student volunteers
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CoverStory
Mr Tanga Byaling Chairman, Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule
NE Regional Power Committee Minister for Energy, New &
Minister for Home, Power & Renewable Energy, Maharashtra
Non-Conventional Source of
Energy, Arunachal Pradesh
who effectively showcased their latest equipment,
technology and services and also interacted with
utility officials from all across the country. The expo
cum conference featured globally renowned keynote
speakers and high-caliber panelists. The exhibitors
demonstrated cutting-edge innovations and future
technologies on Home-Hotel-Hospital-Office (H3O),
Digital Smart Cities, and Smart Rural Electrification.
World Class Conference Sessions
INTELECT 2015 featured 4 parallel conference
tracksper day, 9 keynote speakers expressing their
views on intelligent deployment and distribution of
electricity including, smart cities, rural electrification,
smart living technology, smarter grids and
microgrids,smart living security & privacy, integration
of renewables and microgrids, and IEEE’s Global
Humanitarian Initiative.
World-renowned Expert Speakers
The key speakers for this expo cum conference were
eminent corporate icons and luminary academicians
with varied expertise in their respective fields.
Personalities like Laurent Schmitt – Smart Grid,
Global VP, Alstom, France, Ananth Krishnan, Chief
Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services,
Dr Roberto Saracco, European EIT ECT Labs, Dr. RA
Mashelkar, National Research Professor & President
of Global Research Alliance, Dr Stefan Engelhardt,
Vice President, Industry Business Unit utilities, SAP
SE, Bruce McMillin, Missouri University of Science
and Technology, USA, JP Faure, CEO Progilon,
France spoke on key issues concerning the industry.
Mr. Anant Geete, Union
Minister for Heav y
Industries and Public
Enterprises
said,
“Through this exhibition
the electrical industry is
showcasing the future
of smart technology in
India. I thank IEEMA for
such initiative. The new
government is making focused efforts for each
and every sector and the expectations will be
met soon.”Sharing details of the Make in India
campaign the minister said, “Make in India is not
just a slogan now the new government has taken
up this as a challenge and the ministry of heavy
industries is playing an important role in making
this initiative successful. The Heavy Industries
ministry is striving consistently for ensuring the
success of the Make in India campaign. We have
taken a number of initiatives to ensure that the
CPSEs are in position of having production of
global quality standards. We are trying to attract
substantial capital and technological investment
in India. Recently we sanctioned Rs. 930 crore
for a pilot scheme that will enable industries in
the capital goods sector to be globally
competitive. The government of India’s
contribution in this pilot scheme is Rs. 581.22
crore and the balance amount is coming from a
consortium of industries.”
Talking about the threat of Chinese imports,
Mr Geete said, “Some of our Public Sector
Enterprises are facing tough competition from
Chinese manufacturers. There is pressure on
BHEL. There is pressure on steel companies.
The Public Sector can compete with China only
when we empower their managements to take
the appropriate decision for growth of their
organisations.”
on New SmartCity development trends in Europe
& US. His keynote focused on the debates on air
quality in megacities which are pushing for further
electrification of urban transportation systems
introducing new intermodal systems and E-mobility
services which will be an accelerator to the emerging
Key note speakers
development of EV/PHEV markets. These recent
Mr Laurent Schmitt, Vice President Strategy
& Innovation, Grid Power electronics and
automation, Alstom, France made a presentation
to manage and operate local urban energy system
February 2015
trends have significantly increased the complexity
infrastructures introducing new ‘Prosumer’ models.
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Dr. Raghunath A Mashelkar, President of Global
Research Alliance, and Chairman of India’s
National Innovation Foundation National Research
Professor spoke about Gandhian Engineering which
refers to ‘getting more from less for more people’ not
just ‘for more profits’. It has the power of creating
access equality despite income inequality. It should
be driven by ‘affordable excellence’, so that the
aspirations for high quality goods and services by
the people at the base of the economic pyramid can
be fulfilled. Gandhian Engineering meets the twin
advantages of competitiveness as well as equity.
Dr. Michael Lightner, Associate VP Academic
Affairs, CU System, Professor, Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering, CU Boulder
spoke about Humanitarian activities in the IEEE:
History and Future and how four years ago efforts
to evolve and formalize these efforts began. For
this four year period a yearly ad hoc committee
was appointed by the IEEE President to focus on
Humanitarian activities. This committee was given
good fiscal support and also led the way to partnering
in the formation of Engineering for Change (E4C)
and establishing the Special Interest Groups for
Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT).
Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas, Professor, Department
of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia
University, New Delhi, India talked about the
concept of Smart cities India and how in India, the
development of smart cities is inevitable due to the
rapid urbanization and migration to cities, choking
the existing infrastructure. The need for creating
smart satellite towns around bigger cities is evolving
faster. However the needs and priorities of each of
these smart cities are different.
Key Utility Officials
Mr OP Gupta, MD, MSDECL took special interest
in the event. Also, senior officials from GETCO,
Reliance, MGVCL Gujarat, DGVCL, Tamil Nadu
generation and distribution corporation, UP
Electronics Corporation Ltd, Govt of Maharashtra,
directorate of Industries, MSDECL also marked their
presence at the Exhibition.
Mr OP Gupta, Managing Director, Maharashtra
State Energy Distribution Company Limited stated
“Most of the distribution companies are using the
old techniques as the capital investment has been
limited and technological adoption has been limited.
So when these utilities come and showcase such
technology here at INTELECT I am sure there is lot
of scope for improvement in this sector.”A MSEDCL
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survey has revealed that most power cuts happened
due to outdated transformers and fraying cables. The
“mega infra project” will install 152 new transformers
and replace 116 existing machines that are now past
their sell-by date. We will invest Rs 119 crore in the
project, which has a July 2016 deadline.
Talking about the State Government approval of the
infrastructure plan II in November and December for
augmenting the power infrastructure in seven cities
in the state with a total expenditure of Rs 1,804.32
crore. He said, “Tenders have been approved and
work has already begun. As many as 27 new sub
stations will be constructed in Pune and Pimpri
Chinchwad while a capacity of two 33/11 KV sub
stations will be enhanced by putting up additional
transformers. As many as 841 new transformers will
be installed and a capacity of 485 transformers will
be augmented. About 2,592 feeder pillars will be
changed. As per the renovation and modernization
scheme another 383 km high tension and 670 km
low tension overhead lines will also be laid.”
Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for
Energy, New and Renewable Energy, Government
of Maharashtra said “I appreciate this initiative by
IEEMA and I am sure that the State will be benefitted
through this event. The electrical industry here has
showcased the smart way of using electricity and
the need for it. We are also coming up with Solar
Energy Policy and transformer policy. Furthermore
the Maharashtra government has decided to come up
with an Integrated Policy for the Renewable Sector.
The state has never had a definite policy for the
renewable energy sector. Though we, to some extent,
derive power from solar and wind energy, the sector
remains unstable in the absence of a policy. Thus for
compiling a policy draft, we have brought in experts
from various sectors and sought their participation in
the making of the new policy. Nuclear scientist Anil
Winners of the SMART INNOVATOR category being felicitated
by the Chief Guest Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries,
Maharashtra
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Kakodkar, Prakash Godbole from the financial sector
and Arvind Karandikar, who has in-depth knowledge
of the global solar industry, are some of the people
who will be included in the committee.”
government is eyeing Rs 5 lakh crore industrial
investment across the state in the next five years
as part of its ‘Make in Maharashtra’ initiative that is
likely to generate around 20 lakh jobs.
Asked about the steps taken to lower power tariffs
he replies, “The state is initiating several measures
to lower the power tariffs as compared to some
other state. Saving cost of coal transportation by
rearranging linkages, drastically reducing distribution
losses and ensuring quality of coal for the state-run
power plants by introducing a third-party sampling
mechanism are some of the measures which can
help reduce the general power tariff.”
Sharing details of the Make in Maharashtra, he
said, “Around 16 industries from Germany, Belgium
and other countries have already agreed to make
fresh investment in the state, while 10 other foreign
companies are willing to set up industries. We will
soon conduct a mega event to attract more large
industries to the state. We are also working on
simplifying the process to set up the industries in
the state. At present, around 76 permissions and
licenses are required to set up industries, which
we are reducing to 25 in a month or two in the first
phase and further below in the second phase.”
Talking about the steps taken by the State government
to control energy theft, the minister explained
that, “The State Government is in a process to
appoint 1,800 feeder managers to control energy
theft and increase revenue of Maharashtra State
Energy Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL).
The department will appoint retired engineers, or
unemployed engineers for this job. Presently, the
department is losing ` one lakh on every feeder in
the State. Engineers would be in control of feeders
and keep a vigil on electricity theft and ensure
speedy recovery of bills. Presently loss from these
feeders is 26% and even if this is brought down to
10%, then the State would save huge funds.”
He adds, “The State will waive surcharge on open
access of electricity. This would help stop migration
of industries from Maharashtra to Chhattisgarh.
This would also promote mining industries in the
backward region of Vidarbha and Marathwada.”
“Also the Government is also planning to install 5
lakh solar agricultural pumps in backward region.
The Government will provide subsidy on solar pumps
and farmers will get pump at very low cost. The
present cost of the solar pump is Rs six lakh. We are
also planning fly ash policy and bottom ash policy,
which would benefit makers of fly ash products and
generate more funds for the power company besides
reducing pollution.”
The last day of the exhibition witnessed the presence
of Chief Guest Mr Subhash Desai, Minister for
Industries, Government of Maharashtra where he
interacted with the exhibitors and top executives of
the industry.
Mr Subhash Desai said, “I am watching the future
technology today and we have very good concept
of setting up new smart cities in Maharashtra thus
these technology will be very useful. Walking parallel
by our PM’s vision of Make in India, the Maharashtra
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He adds, “The State government is planning to
develop new industrial estates in Dindori, Malegaon
and Yeola in the district to provide land to the new
industries.The small industries get developed when
any large or mother industry is set up. Considering
the non-availability of land for the new industries, we
are planning to develop the new industrial areas at
Dindori, Malegaon and Yeola. We are in the process
of acquiring land and will make efforts that at least
one mother unit comes up there.”
Awards: SMART INNOVATOR and BEST STALL
INTELECT witnessed participation of students on a
large scale. Student were invited to showcase their
projects under the SMART INNOVATOR category for
Smart consumption of Electricity resulting into energy
saving, Smart distribution of Electricity to optimize
losses and improve efficiency and Home generation
of Electricity and its integration to the Grid.
The BEST STALL award: the awardees under the 9
sqm category were Kloeckner Desma Machinery Pvt.
Ltd. (first prize), Narayan Powetech(second prize)
and Iconic Techno Solutions (third prize). Under the
12 to 42 sqm category the winners were Compaq
International(first prize) and Terminal Technologies
(second prize). Lastly, under the above 42 sqm
category the winners were Siemens India (first prize)
and Prolite Autoglo (second prize).
INTELECT proved to be a platform to translate many
of the global concepts in smart energy management
into workable business opportunities. As we prepare
to embark on the next phase of double-digit growth
and development, the corporate world, utilities,
industrialists, consumers cannot afford to miss
the next edition of INTELECT in 2017!! Truly the
beginning of a sustained intelligent electricity forum.
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Face2Face
Siemens is fully prepared to partner India in its sustainable
progress: Mr Sunil Mathur, MD and CEO, Siemens Ltd.
Mr Sunil Mathur, Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer, Siemens Limited speaks exclusively
with IEEMA Journal team about intelligent electricity
and sustainable technology solution for the effective
implementation of the 24/7 Power and Smart Cities
projects of the Government of India.
How do you describe the concept of intelligent
electricity with India perspective?
Globally, a constant and reliable energy supply
has been central to the growth of industries, vital to
economic stability and crucial to social wellbeing. India
has been facing a huge gap between demand and
supply of power, and with the increasing urbanization
and expanding economy, India needs a sustainable
solution to address this challenge.
On average, during festive seasons for instance, India
witnesses an increase in ramp-up rates from normal
150-200MW/minute to as high as 300MW/minute
before the festival and a similar steep load drop
after the festival is over. These conditions are
difficult to manage without advanced tools for
monitoring and scheduling such as Supervisory
Control And Data Acquisition / Energy Management
Systems, which are used to plan and supervise the
balance of generation and load.
The concept of Intelligent Electricity, which integrates
software, communication and electrification
technologies, has already started to take shape
in the form of the Restructured Accelerated Power
Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP)
Program of the Government of India for installing Smart
Grid solutions in multiple cities. Power transmission
and distribution utilities such as Maharashtra State
Electricity Transmission Company Limited, the
Northern Region Load Despatch Center (NRLDC)
and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited have
initiated Smart Grid projects.
As these utilities face increased pressure
to strengthen their grids and find newer solutions
for more efficient fault isolation and service
restoration on the distribution grids, there will be
increased demand for Smart Grid solutions. Intelligent
Electricity would be an integral part of any sustainable
technology solution for the effective implementation
of the 24/7 Power and Smart Cities projects of the
Government of India.
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Do you think the aim for providing electricity to all
by 2022 can be achieved?
The aim can be achieved if right steps are taken.
Much of the world’s existing energy infrastructure
was built in the era of isolated markets and low
cost, centralized power plants. Like the rest of the
world, India too needs to modernize this aging
infrastructure, replacing them with smarter and
more intelligent energy generation, transmission and
distribution infrastructure.
How is the Indian electrical Equipment ready
to be part of Government’s aim of creating 100
smart cities?
Cities drive economic growth, increased investment
and job creation for millions of people who are
increasingly converging on them with the hope of
security and a better standard of living. For Cities
to be able to deliver true value, they need to be
able to provide their inhabitants with the highest
standard of living while ensuring sustained protection
of the environment. Only cities which are able to
reach this equilibrium will be capable of meeting
today’s challenges and can look forward to a more
sustainable future.
Siemens has the portfolio, the know-how, and the
expertise to help cities become more livable, more
competitive and more sustainable. With its integrated
technology solutions, Siemens is fully prepared to
partner India in its sustainable progress.
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IEEMAEvent
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he ninth two day long International Conference
on Electrical and Electronic insulating materials
and systems INSULEC 2015 was organized at Hotel
Holiday Inn, Mumbai on 22nd and 23rd January 2015.
Chairman IEEMA EIM Division, Mr Nalin Sheth,
Chairman Technical Committee, IEEMA Division and
Mrs Indra Prem Menon, Chairperson – Public Policy
Cell & Past President EIM Division.
With more than 165 registered delegates, INSULEC
2015 received an overwhelming response and was
spearheaded with six technical sessions , paper
presentation and discussions. The session kicked
off in a traditional way with lighting a lamp by
Mr Uwe Assmuth, MD, Krempel GmBH, Germany
along with Mr R Krishnan, Director BHEL, Mr Ajit Singh
Chouhan, Vice President IEEMA, Mr IPS Khandpur,
Mr IPS Khandpur, Chairman of IEEMA EIM division
delivered the welcome note by welcoming the
dignitaries and delegates to the conference. He
explained the importance of the Insulator industry
in the electrical equipment industry. He told that
this INSULEC 2015 got an overwhelming response
from all over the world. The committee received
43 papers out of which 30 papers were selected for
presentation at the conference. INSULEC 2015 had
delegates from Korea, Singapore, USA and Germany.
Around fifty per cent of papers presented were from
overseas delegates.
Mr Uwe Assmuth, MD, Krempel GmBH, Germany, was
the Guest of Honor at the conference. In his speech
he emphasized on the market potential in India. He
said that India is self capable and has potential to
drive the insulator industry.
Mr Suhrid Sanghvi accepting the Lifetime Achievement award
on behalf of Late Mr Nikhil Sanghvi
February 2015
Mr Ajit Singh Chouhan, Vice President IEEMA spoke
about IEEMA. He focused on how IEEMA facilitates
stakeholders in development of power sector and
is strong partner in government of India initiative of
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conference a successful event. He also thanked all
the co-hosts of the events for the cooperation they
had extended.
Three sessions with 15 technical papers were
presented on the first day of INSULEC 2015 event.
The themes of presentations were ‘Insulation of
Electrical Static Machines’, ‘Insulation of Electrical
Rotating Machines’ and ‘New Insulating materials,
systems and processing equipment’
Mr Sailesh Purohit of E I Dupont was felicitated with the first prize
Make in India campaign, working in sync Department
of heavy industries. He mentioned that INSULEC is
a great platform for us to know about the imbibing
technologies in insulator industry which is an integral
component of all the electrical equipments.
Mr R Krishnan, Director, BHEL stressed on the
importance of investment made on R&D activities and
that companies should focus on research activities.
He said that whereas the investment on R&D activities
in India is only 1.5%, companies in countries like
China invest around 2.7% and USA around 4% in
research and development of materials. He advised
that companies of both Public and Private sector
should sit together, formulate policies and proposals
and deliver projects.
The second day of the conference also had three
sessions and fifteen paper presentations. The themes
of presentations were ‘Studies and Evaluation of
Materials and systems’ and ‘Insulation of cables,
winding wires and Insulators’.
The conference ended with announcement of
best paper awards by Mr Nalin Sheth, Chairman
Technical Committee, IEEMA EIM division.
Mr Sailesh Purohit of E I Dupont was felicitated
with the first prize, Mr Steven S W Lee of E I DuPont
with the second Prize, and the third prize was shared
by Mr KD Chudasama of ERDA India and Mr Fredemar
Runos of WEG, Brazil. A vote of thanks was delivered
to all by Mrs Indra Prem Menon, Chairperson – Public
Policy Cell & Past President EIM Division.
The inaugural session was marked with felicitation
of Late Mr Nikhil Sanghvi by conferring him the “Life
Time Achievement Award” for his special contribution
to Insulator Industry. The achievements of Mr Sanghvi
were shared by Mr Uwe Assmuth who worked closely
with him. The award was collected by Mr Suhrid
Sanghvi, son of Mr Nikhil Sanghvi .
Later Mr Nalin Sheth, Chairman Technical Committee
highlighted the importance of such conferences and
thanked Mr Uwe Assmuth, Mr AS Chouhan, Mr R.
Krishnan for taking out time from their busy schedules
for the conference. He thanked the technical
committee member who scrutinized all the papers,
the session chairmen and the authors who made the
Dignitaries at the inaugural ceremony (L to R) Mr Nalin Sheth,
Chairman Technical Committee, EIM division, Mr Ajit Singh
Chouhan, Vice President IEEMA, Mrs Indra Prem Menon,
Chairperson – Public Policy Cell & Past President EIM
Division, Mr Uwe Assmuth, MD, Krempel GmBH, Germany,
Mr R Krishnan, Director, BHEL, Mr IPS Khandpur, Chairman of
IEEMA EIM division
A standing ovation for IEEMA by the dignitaries
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February 2015
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10th Annual General Meeting of
Federation of Asian Electrical Manufacturers’ Associations
n 2005 it was felt that the federation of Asian
associations having common interests and goals
would help leverage the Asian Industry into European
and American markets. Thus six associations from
Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
came together to form FAEMA (Federation of Asian
Electrical Manufacturers Associations).
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The 10th AGM of FAEMA on 21st January 2015 was
hosted by IEEMA at Hotel Westin, Goregaon, Mumbai
where following delegates attended the meeting:
uu Ms Zhang Shuang, Engineer and Mr Yong
Qiming, Executive Vice Chairman from
CEEIA (China Electrical Equipment Industries
Association)
uu Mr Kiyoshi Ebizuka, President, Mr Kazutaka
Tsuji, Deputy GM, New and Renewable Energy
Systems Dept, and Mr Toshihiro Matsumoto,
Director & GM, General Planning Department
from JEMA (Japan Electrical Manufacturers
Association)
mentioned about long term cultural and trade ties
of India with other 3 countries. He stated that all
FAEMA countries must take up strategic initiatives
for mutual further growth.
Mr Babu Babel, VP, IEEMA said that in terms of
world growth, China, Japan, Korea have been
three success stories in Asia. The common factor
among all these countries including India is focus
on education.
Mr Yong Qiming, Executive Vice Chairman from CEEIA
(China Electrical Equipment Industries Association)
made the presentation on analysis of current status
of China’s electrical industry. In his presentation,
Mr Yong said that a large number of major technical
equipment for GW-class ultra-supercritical thermal
power units have been successfully developed
uu Mr NamJoon Hyun, Vice Chairman and
Mr B I Park, Director KOEMA (Korean Electrical
Manufacturers Association)
IEEMA was represented by Mr Babu Babel, Vice
Presient, Mr Sunil Misra, Director General and
Mr Anil Nagrani, Deputy Director General.
The day’s proceeding began with Mr Sunil Misra
extending warm welcome to the delegates. He
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FAEMA Delegates lighting inaugural lamp
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and applied in the market.
Presently the output of
China’s high-end equipment
manufacturing equipment
manufacturing sector has
accounted for more than
10%. Commenting on
the renewables, Mr Yong
explained that China attaches
great importance to the Mr Yang Qiming,
Executive Vice Chairman,
development of photovoltaic CEEIA
industry. In 2013, the State
council released some opinions on the promotion
of the healthy development of photovoltaic industry;
clearly put forward the development objective and
safeguards of Chinese PV industry. In 2013 the
cumulative installed capacity of solar energy is 15
GW. It is planned the installed capacity of solar power
will reach 35 GW or more in 2015.
China’s presentation was followed by presentation
by Mr Kazutaka Tsuji, Deputy GM, New and
Renewable Energy Systems Dept, JEMA. Japan’s
presentation focused more on Trends in New and
Renewable Energy Related
Policies in Japan, Status of
Various New Energy Power
Generation and Activities of
JEMA in the New Energy
Field. He mentioned that
since 2008, fuel cells and
electric vehicles have been
removed from New energy
Mr Kazutaka Tsuji, Deputy and are now identified as
GM, New and Renewable “Innovative technology for
Energy Systems Dept,
advanced use of energy”.
JEMA
Mr B I Park made the presentation on behalf of
KOEMA which covered electrical industry trends
in Korea and new technology development trends.
He explained about supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle
technology and advanced
ultra super critical power
g e n e r a t i o n. M r Pa r k
explained new technologies
like next generation power
conductor with high carbon
steel core, which has higher
efficiency and capacity than
current ACSR, Self-healing
concrete for long-life power Mr B I Park, Director,
structures, Biomimetic robot KOEMA
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for extreme service condition, etc. He further said
that smart grid and energy storage systems would
be focus areas of Korea.
This was followed by presentation by the host, IEEMA.
Mr Anil Nagrani, Deputy Director General IEEMA
informed the delegates about brief history of Indian
electrical industry, and also about amendments
in Electricity Act 2003, De-bottle necking of the
sector through new land acquisition bill, Fuel Supply
linkages, Strong Infrastructure, etc. He informed
the delegates about Indian Government’s Focus on
Increasing Solar and Nuclear Route for generation,
optimisation of Existing Thermal plants with super
critical technology, The main focus of the presentation
were new Indian Government’s plans to develop 100
smart cities across
Japan’s presentation
the country.
focused more on Trends
The presentations
in New and Renewable
were followed by
Energy Related Policies
in Japan, Status of
actual
business
Various New Energy
session of the
Power Generation and
AGM. Mr B I Park,
Activities of JEMA in
Secretary FAEMA for
the New Energy Field.
2013-2014 conducted
the session.
Theme for next FAEMA AGM
Members discussed about the theme for next FAEMA
AGM and suggested following topics:
China: how to expand influence of FAEMA, How
to improve cooperation among FAEMA members,
Market access and standards cooperation
Japan: HVDC, Environment for thermal power plant
India: to create market access forum, Joint ventures,
technology transfer
Korea: HVDC, market access.
Out of all discussed themes, following were chosen:
HVDC and LVDC and Market access
Host for next AGM
IEEMA suggested on hosting the next AGM during
ELECRAMA-2016 in India again. Since Taiwan is the
next FAEMA AGM hosting country if it agrees, then
IEEMA will again host the AGM in 2017.
Appointment of new Secretary
Members unanimously appointed Mr Toshihiro
Matsumoto, Director & GM, General Planning Deptt.,
JEMA as new Secretary for the year 2015-2016.
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TechSpace
oad restrictions and power cuts are common in
Indian power sector. Most of the state utilities
impose power drawing restrictions in summer
months. Therefore customers have to switch on
and off transformers several times a day. Reducing
load before switching on off is a usual practice
followed by industrial users. Depending on power
availability, these transformers switched on and off.
Many transformer s fail during this period. Failures
are more in transformers connected with short cables
and transformers with low loss.
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Failed transformers brought to manufactures factory.
Most of the failures are between discs of HV &
regulating windings. These failures are similar to the
failures noticed during impulse test. After repair, these
transformers withstood all tests including Impulse
tests. One of the customers took the repaired unit to
a third party lab for verification. Few of the repaired
transformers failed again. Some installations use
single phase transformers to form a three phase
bank. In such installations transformer placed near
to the circuit breaker failed repeatedly. Failures are
more in industrial sector. These types of failures
are less in transformers installed by utilities. These
transformers usually switched on and off with load.
The failed transformers installed indoor with feeding
cables. Therefore a direct Impulse wave with
magnitude high enough to cause a failure, will not
reach winding. Switching transients produce high
dv/dt, causing failure of winding. Usually customers
attribute these failures to poor quality of manufacturing
and force manufactures for a free repair.
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Switching Transients
Switching transients occur, when circuit breaker
switch off transformer in medium and high
voltage systems. When a breaker interrupts
current, an arc develops across breaker contacts.
Since current interruption usually occur somewhere
other than current zero, the arc remain until
current becomes zero. A voltage developing
across the contact is the result, known as Transient
Recovery Voltage (TRV)
To prevent contact wear breaker manufactures
provide mechanisms to ensure that the dielectric
strength between contacts increase faster than TRV
develops. As result of TRV a high frequency transient
is induced in the system.
High TRV results phenomena called current chopping,
re-strike and virtual current chopping. All types of
circuit Breakers have these characters at different
voltage and current. But vacuum circuit breakers are
more prone to such phenomena.
Vacuum Circuit Breakers
Vacuum circuit breakers have got some obvious
advantage over other types of breakers. Reduction
in size and reduced weight are suitable for efficient
space utilization. Minimal contact erosion, shorter
contact stroke and less travel of moving contacts
permit fast interruption and prolonged service life.
As hermetically sealed vacuum interrupters contain
all arcing, vacuum breakers are relatively noise free.
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Failed Coils- believed to be caused by switching transients
HV coil-3 MVA 33 kV
transformer
Regulating winding 6 MVA, 11kV
Also there is no explosion hazard. Vacuum breakers
require less maintenance than other established
breakers. These excellent interruption and dielectric
characteristics of vacuum breakers contribute to their
chopping and multiple re-ignition properties.
Current chopping
The process of current chopping is suppression of
power frequency current before normal current zero.
Although the current in the vacuum can chop to
zero instantaneously, the current in load inductance
cannot attain zero value instantaneously. It requires
time to transfer magnetic energy from inductance.
When current chop occur, energy stored in effective
load inductance transferred to available load side
capacitance to produce high voltage.
Value of this voltage is given by
V = Ic k √(Ls/Cs)
Where Ic - is current chopped
Ls - Load inductance
Cs - load capacitance
k
- a constant proportional to circuit losses.
Fig. 1: Wave forms of chopped current, supply voltage
& arc voltage
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Regulating winding 7.5 MVA
33 kV
HV winding 4 MVA 33kV
This voltage is added to 50 Hz voltage. No load
losses of transformers have very strong role in limiting
the voltage. High no load loss attenuates the voltage
transients, reaching the transformer.
Re-strike
When interrupting a small inductive current just before
natural zero in a circuit, with critical combination
source side and load side capacitance& inductance
produce voltage more than TRV capability of breaker.
This leads to restrike between contacts of breaker.
This process may repeat several times, until the gap
between the breaker contacts become sufficiently
large. Each time a restrike occurs, a transient over
voltage impressed on transformer. These over
voltages are, very fast rising type and that may
distribute non- linearly across the winding.
Virtual Current Chopping
If the re-ignition in one phase (say U phase) causes
a high frequency current to flow which couples into
other two phases, a virtual current chopping may
occur. The high frequency current it in phase A,
due to re-ignition flows to ground via the terminal to
Fig. 2: Voltage wave during re-strike
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Fig. 3: Current flow – during a virtual Chop
ground capacitance at the load. If the 3 phase system
is balanced it divides into two, so that it/2 enters V&W
phases, via respective terminal to ground. The high
frequency current in phase V&W couples back into
phase U, through the capacitance on source side of
breaker. At the instant of re-ignition in phase A which
occurs some tens to hundred micro seconds after
the current zero the power frequency current in phase
V&W is approximate 0.87 of the crest value of power
frequency current. If the magnitude of high frequency
current in phase V&W is greater than 0.87*crest value
of power frequency current, forces the power frequency
current to Zero. This forced current phenomenon is
called virtual current chopping. Compared with normal
current chopping the effective level from which power
frequency current forced to zero is much high, voltage
transients will be also high.
Distribution of Transient voltage in system
If a transient condition should occur in any system,
resulting over voltage will distribute in the system
Fig. 4: Voltage transients waves with and without RC Snubber
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in accordance with, how circuit impedances are
distributed. As unloaded transformers have very
high surge impedance, the highest over voltage
occur at transformer terminals. When this value goes
beyond withstand capacity of transformer a failure
takes place. In some cases the Oscillations match
the natural frequency of winding. Resulting, internal
oscillatory voltages develop in the windings. This
voltage is limited only by small losses at or near
the resonance of the system. The voltage can be
significantly higher than insulation capacity of winding
and may lead to a winding failure.
Protection of Transformers
Following methods are used to protect transformers
from switching transients.
1. Higher BIL insulation to windings
2. Long cables between Circuit breaker and
transformer.
3. Lightning arrestor
4. Lightning arrestor and Surge capacitor
5. Lightning arrestor and RC Snubber
Providing higher BIL insulation will make transformer
costly and bulky. Providing long cables modify the
high frequency waves. A typical value high frequency
vary in the range over 2MHz for a 15 meter cable
giving 0.2 µ s rising time to over 50 kHz for 60
meter cable with almost 200 ft cable. Lightning arrestor
protects transformers from over voltage. This reduces
the magnitude of wave reaching to the transformer.
But it is not effective in controlling high frequency
waves, reaching the transformer. Lightning arrestor
shall be installed close to transformer terminal. Inside
the cable box for transformer with cable box and
on tank cover for transformers with bare bushings.
Providing Lightning
arrestor and Surge
Capacitor reduces
the magnitude and
slows down rate
of rise of voltage.
Lightning arrestor
together with RC
Snubber reduces
the magnitude
of voltage, slows
down rate of rise
of voltage, reduces
DC off set and
provides damping.
Providing
RC
Fig. 5: Schematic diagram of Power
system installed with Snubber
snubber is a highly
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effective method for protecting transformers. It is cost
effective also. Value of resistor and condenser depends
on system parameters. It is difficult to calculate these
values precisely. A 0.25µF condenser connected in
series with a non-inductive 50 Ohm resistor works
satisfactorily in 11 kV and 33 kV systems.
REFERENCES:
1. Vacuum Circuit Breaker Application And Surge protection
John F. Perkins
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
2. Medium Voltage Switching Transients Induced Potential
Transformer Failures ; Prediction, Measurement and
Practical Solution.
Daniel Mc Dermit et al.
Turner Construction Corporation Company, Chicago
3. Transformer Failure Due to Circuit Breaker induced
Switching Transients
David D. Shipp PE et al.
Eton electrical group
Warandale
Author
T Vijayan
Fig. 6: A typical arrangement of cable box – with Lightning
arrestor and RC Snubber
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General Manager
Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd
Ahmedabad
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A
fter the economic reforms in 1991 the Government
of India has formulated many strategies for
bridging the “peak hour” demand & supply gap by
promoting the private sector participation, regulatory
intervention, tax benefits, counter guarantee etc., for
the growth of power sector. The power or electricity
is the basic need of today’s world and is the key
infrastructure sector of any country in the world.
The role of power sector for Indian economy is
analogous to that of backbone for a body and hence
the power sector is given importance while creating
laws, regulations and planning for the nation. With
its huge population of around 1.25 billion, India has
always suffered acute power shortage and demand
supply mismatch. So what created such type of power
sector being burdened and almost at the edge of
bankruptcy? It all started in 1980s, when almost all
the state electricity boards started showing the signs
of financial, technical and governance failures. The
1990s started with the state supported entry of private
generation companies.
The power sector reforms were started in the
mid-1990s era and many SEBs were restructured
during this time. In the reforms process the structure
of the SEBs was completely changed with the financial
and governance support from international financial
institutions like World Bank (WB). Though, successful
implementation of the power sector reform process
is not obtained till date and after almost 20 years
we still don’t have any great successes to boast of.
Also in the reforms process many failures occurred
like Orissa’s attempt to reform and the disasters like
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“Enron”. Today the Indian govt. as well as the state
govt. is busy with many new developments in the
sector brought about by revolutionary “Electricity Act
2003”. The policy changes along with the EA 2003
are supposed to change the sector and overcome
various bottlenecks.
Reform of power distribution is today widely viewed
as fundamental to improving commercial performance
and financial viability of the power sector in India. In
recent years, a number of states have worked to
improve the commercial performance of their state
utilities, unbundling state entities, creating more
independent regulatory systems, and putting in place
measures to control losses and theft. But progress has
been difficult, and slow than envisaged. Recognizing
the urgent need to address the issue of reducing
financial losses and improving the performance,
the MoP has focused on implementing distribution
reforms and has introduced several measures to
accelerate the process. The recent initiatives include
the enactment of the EA 2003 which provides for a
framework for more competitive, transparent and
commercially driven power sector. The toughest
roadblock Regulatory framework is changing &
leading way ahead to encourage private participation
in the power sector. This is imperative to boost more
investments, also to induce competition in the sector.
Also the power sector is highly regulated sector,
so policies & regulations play a very important role
to bring the sector on the right track. Due to the
degrading conditions of the power sector, govt. had
realized that private participation has to play a major
role in improving the financial viability of the sector.
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The poor state of utility finances has far-reaching
consequences. Utilities are unable to cover their costs
or make the investments required to serve customers
or both. They may also be unable to pay for power
even when electricity is available in the market, and
so do not purchase enough power to meet demand.
This results in poor quality of supply and inadequate
capacity utilization in generating stations, further
weakening sector finances. Customers must resort
to the use of expensive standby options, resulting
in productivity losses and reduced competitiveness.
Finally, the financial sector, which has in effect
bankrolled the deficits, now faces huge risks because
of the loans made to the power sector for capital
investments and for working capital. The delay
in issuances of tariff orders also obstructing the
development of the power sector and the cause of
poor financial health of the utilities. The utilities are
not able to recover their actual cost of power. The
Ministry of Power have conveyed his concern about
the delay in tariff determination process which further
detoriate the financial health of the power utilities.
Statutory Provisions under
Electricity Act, 2003
}} Section 61 of the Electricity Act, 2003 requires
the Regulator to specify the terms and conditions
for the determination of tariff. Section 61(i) of the
Act provides that while specifying the terms and
conditions of tariff, the Regulator shall be guided
by the National Electricity Policy and Tariff Policy.
}} Section 64 of the Act provides the timeline
for determination of tariff and stated that “the
Appropriate Commission shall, within one hundred
and twenty days from receipt of an application
under sub-section (1) and after considering
all suggestions and objections received
from the public,• Issue a tariff order accepting the application
with such modifications or such conditions as
may be specified in that order;
• Reject the application for reasons to be
recorded in writing if such application is not
in accordance with the provisions of this Act
and the rules and regulations made there
under or the provisions of any other law for
the time being in force:
}} With regard to the timely disposal of tariff petitions,
the tariff policy has also provides that “appropriate
Commissions should initiate tariff determination
and regulatory scrutiny on a suo moto basis in
case the licensee does not initiate filings in time.
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It is desirable that requisite tariff changes come
into effect from the date of commencement of
each financial year and any gap on account of
delay in filing should be on account of licensee”.
Government initiatives to improve the health of
the Distribution Companies
In October 2012 the government announced
a Scheme for Financial Restructuring of State
Distribution Companies, available to all loss-making
discoms, that may total Rs 1.9 trillion (Ministry of
Power 2012). Under the initiative, state governments
would take over 50 percent of the short term liabilities
of distribution utilities outstanding as of March 31,
2012, and convert it into bonds to be issued by
discoms to participating lenders, with the backing
of state governments. The banks would restructure
the other 50 percent, with a three-year moratorium
on repayment. The restructured debt, too, would be
guaranteed by state governments. State governments
are part of a tripartite agreement to implement the
restructuring, in which discoms promise to regularly
file petitions for tariff revisions with their respective
State Electricity Regulatory Commission’s, in line
with costs, and reduce aggregate technical and
commercial losses. The central government is
making available conditional transitional financing
to support the effort. As per the scheme two
committees, one each at the state and the central
levels, are monitoring the plan’s progress. Discom
performance is to be verified annually through a third
party appointed by the Central Electricity Authority.
But bailouts limit the incentives of utilities, lenders,
and others to work to achieve financial sustainability
because they insulate sector participants from the
consequences of their choices. Banks with high
exposure to poorly performing utilities are among
the biggest beneficiaries of the bailout, since a large
share of their loans would arguably have turned
bad otherwise. While utilities have to meet certain
conditions to benefit from the aforesaid plan, the
conditions appear unlikely to remove moral hazard.
Issue raised by the Ministry of Power and
address in this paper
In continuation to make efforts for improving the
financial health of the distribution companies, the
Ministry of Power through its communication dated
21st January, 2011 requested the Appellate Tribunal
for Electricity that to take appropriate action by issuing
necessary directions to all the State Commissions to
revise the tariff periodically, if required by suo moto
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study for the 13th Finance Commission. According
to the PFC report for the year 2008-09, out of 39
utilities studied, 22 utilities have negative net worth
(35 utilities are incurring losses with subsidy) and
loss of Rs.32,197 Crores was incurred by the
utilities (on subsidy received basis) in 2008-09.
This leads to short term borrowing by distribution
utilities to bridge the gap between the revenue
and expenditure every year.
action, in the interest of improving the financial health
and long term viability of the electricity sector in
general and distribution utilities in particular. However,
some of the State Commissions have not complied
with the statutory requirements as provided in the Act
for timeline for issuances of tariff orders. Ministry of
Power communicated that periodical tariff revisions
by the State Commissions have not been taken place
in most of the States contributing to poor financial
health of the State Distribution utilities. According to
the government, in most of the States, the Utilities
have failed to file Annual Tariff Revision Petitions in
time and even then, the State Commissions have
not taken suo-moto action for the revision of tariff
by invoking the suo-moto powers. Under those
circumstances, the Power Ministry, requested the
Tribunal to invoke authority under section 121 of the
Act, 2003 by taking suo-moto action and to issue
necessary directions to all the State Commissions
to take appropriate steps periodically, if required,
suo-moto, for the determination of Annual Revenue
Requirements/tariff in the interest of improving the
financial health and long term viability of electricity
sector in general and distribution utilities in particular.
The content
main of the Power Ministry letter dated 21.1.2011 is
reproduced below:
}} “most of the State distribution utilities are under
financial strain due to the gap between the Average
Revenue Realised (ARR) and Average Cost of
Supply. On an aggregate basis, the gap between
the average cost of supply and tariff is 107.32
paisa per KWh which results in financial loss for
every unit of power sold. Financial losses of State
distribution utilities are reported to be Rs.52,623
Cr in FY 2008-09 without subsidy. This is likely to
rise to Rs.116,089 Cr by FY 2014-15 at 2008 tariff
level, with no increases, according to a Mercadoes
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In view of the above MOP’s concern it may be
concluded that the debt trap of distribution utilities
has serious implication on the financial health of
the electricity sector as a whole. The distribution
utilities should generate adequate internal resources
to honour the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
made with the generating companies and hence any
default in payment will have repercussions on the
financial institutions lending to generating companies
and future investments in capacity addition. One of
the most important reasons for poor financial health
of Discom’s is the inadequacy of tariff to cover the
cost incurred by the utilities to procure and supply
electricity to the public. In a study conducted by
Forum of Regulators of ten States for assessment
of tariff revision and financial viability of Discom’s in
2010, it is estimated that additional increase to the
tune of 1% to 39% is required to fully recover the
cost of supply.
On the request of the ministry, the Appellate Tribunal
initiated a Sue-moto proceeding against the state
Commissions and flag out the following issues:}} Several State Commissions are leaving Regulatory
gaps in tariff fixation i.e. the tariff fixed for a
particular year is not sufficient to cover the ARR
for that year;
}} Such Regulatory Gaps are left as a matter of
course and the gap is left to be filled up in the
Truing up or in subsequent years;
}} Delays in the tariff determination exercise;
}} Truing up is not being carried on regularly and
sometimes not even for several years at a time;
}} Several Commissions have not framed regulations
regarding Fuel Surcharge Adjustment Mechanism.
}} Lack of sue-moto action to be taken for initiating
appropriate proceedings for determination of ARR
and tariff fixation in the absence of the applications
to be filed by the utilities.
The Tribunal has also observed that the timely
truing-up expenses must be done since no projection
can be so accurate as to equal the real situation
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and the burden/benefits of the past years must
not be passed on to the consumers of the future.
The Tribunal also observed that the delays in
timely determination of tariff and truing-up entails
imposing an underserved carrying cost burden to the
consumers and Cash flow problems for the licensees.
In order to address the current situation, the Tribunal
issued the following directions:
(i) Every State Commission has to ensure that
Annual Performance Review, true-up of past
expenses and Annual Revenue Requirement
and tariff determination is conducted year to
year basis as per the time schedule specified
in the Regulations.
(ii) It should be the endeavour of every State
Commission to ensure that the tariff for the
financial year is decided before 1st April of
the tariff year. The State Commission could
consider making the tariff applicable only
till the end of the financial year so that the
licensees remain vigilant to follow the time
schedule for filing of the application for
determination of ARR/tariff.
(iii) In the event of delay in filing of the ARR, truingup and Annual Performance Review, one month
beyond the scheduled date of submission of
the petition, the State Commission must initiate
sue-moto proceedings for tariff determination
in accordance with Section 64 of the Act read
with clause 8.1of the Tariff Policy.
(iv) In determination of ARR/tariff, the revenue
gaps ought not to be left and Regulatory Asset
should not be created as a matter of course
except where it is justifiable, in accordance
with the Tariff Policy and the Regulations. The
recovery of the Regulatory Asset should be
time bound and within a period not exceeding
three years at the most and preferably within
Control Period. Carrying cost of the Regulatory
Asset should be allowed to the utilities in
the ARR of the year in which the Regulatory
Assets are created to avoid problem of cash
flow to the distribution licensee.
(v) Truing up should be carried out regularly and
preferably every year. For example, truing
up for the financial year 2009-10 should be
carried out along with the ARR and tariff
determination for the financial year 2011-12.
(vi) Fuel and Power Purchase cost is a major
expense of the distribution Company which is
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uncontrollable. Every State Commission must
have in place a mechanism for Fuel and Power
Purchase cost in terms of Section 62 (4) of
the Act. The Fuel and Power Purchase cost
adjustment should preferably be on monthly
basis on the lines of the Central Commission’s
Regulations for the generating companies but
in no case exceeding a quarter. Any State
Commission which does not already have
such formula/mechanism in place must within
6 months of the date of this order must put in
place such formula/ mechanism.
Time limit for disposal of petitions other than
review petitions.
A summary of the some of the generation tariff orders
for central sector generating stations issued by the
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission during last
three years are as follows:
Petition
Particular
No.
271/2010 Muzzafarpur Thermal
Power Station, Stage-I,
Unit-II (110 MW)
271/2010 Muzzafarpur Thermal
Power Station, Stage-I,
Unit-II (110 MW)
304/2009 Talcher Thermal Power
Station (460 MW)
160/2012 Determination of tariff of
Udupi Thermal Power
Station (2x600 MW)
148/2011 Mejia Thermal Power
Station Extension, Unit
Nos. 5 & 6 (2 x 250 MW)
204/2011 Farakka Super Thermal
Power Station, Stage-III (1
x 500 MW)
250/2010 Revision of tariff of Tehri
Hydroelectric Power
Project (1000 MW)
265/2010 R e v i s i o n
of
tariff
of
Omkareshwar
Hydroelectric Project (8 x
65 MW)
279/2010 Determination of tariff
of Mejia Thermal Power
Station Unit-IV
250/2010 Tehri Hydroelectric Project
Stage-I (1000 MW)
Date of
the order
13.5.2014
13.5.2014
15.5.2014
20.2.2014
18.2.2014
21.1.2014
5.6.2014
9.6.2014
22.4.2013
16.4.2013
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229/2009 Determination of tariff of 17.10.2012
Tanda Thermal Power
Station (440 MW)
264/2009 Korba Super Thermal 12.10.2012
Power Station, Stage I &
II (2100 MW) for
280/2009 Faridabad Gas Power 14.9.2012
Station (431.586 MW)
227/2009 Vindhyachal STPS, Stage-I 12.9.2012
(1260 MW)
281/2009 Rajiv Gandhi Combined 07.9.2012
Cycle Power Project,
Stage-I (359.58 MW)
In view of the aforesaid, it may be observed that the
most of the tariff orders of central sector generating
stations have been issued after two to three year
from its filing and registration. Since the state
distribution utilities also have allocation in central
sector generating stations. Therefore, the state
Commission’s facing problem in fixation of power
purchase cost of distribution licensees on year to
year basis in absence of the tariff orders of Inter State
generating stations and the state commissions have
no option to allow power purchase cost based on
the order of previous control period for the power
allocated from central sector stations. In this situation
the distribution utilities are not able to recover its
actual cost of power and the difference cost is
recoverable after two to three year in true-up exercise.
In order to avoid delay in tariff determination process,
the industrial engineering principals may be applied
to optimized the process.
Industrial Engineering Principles for
optimization of tariff determination process
Work Study: By applying the Industrial Engineering
principles and economics theory’s, the process of
activity/process can be optimize. Work study is one
of the management techniques which is employed
to improve the process of completing the activity.
The main objective of work study is to assist the
management in the optimum use of resources.
There are three aspects of work study: First is more
effective use of resources. Second is more effective
use of effort and third is evaluation of work. Work
study is also the analysis of work into smaller parts
followed by re-arrangement of these parts to give
the same effectiveness at lesser efforts and cost.
It examines both method and duration of the work
involved in the process. The work study is primarily
concern with discovering the best ways of doing
work. It is also a technique used to minimize cost
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through improvement in current methods and by
reducing ineffective or wasted time. There are two
main components of work study, one is “Method
Study” and other is “Work Measurement”
Method Study: is the systematic recording and critical
examination of existing and proposed ways of doing
work by developing and applying easier and more
effective methods and reducing cost.
Work Measurement: is the application of techniques
designed to establish time for a qualified person
to carry out a specified job at defined level of
performance.
Method study and work measurement are, therefore,
closely linked. Method study is concerned with the
reduction of the work content of a job or operation.
While work measurement is mostly concerned with
the investigation and reduction of any ineffective
time associated with it and with the subsequent
establishment of time standards for the operation,
when carried out in the improved fashion, as
determined by method study. The relationship of
method study to work measurement is represented
as follows:
Both method study and work measurement are
themselves made up of a number of techniques.
Generally method study should precedethe use of
work measurement, but when the time standards for
output are being set, is often necessary to use one
of the techniques of work measurement. In order to
determine why ineffective time is occurring and what
is its extent, so that the management action can be
taken to reduce it before method study is begun.
Equality, time study may be used to compare the
effectiveness of alternative methods.
The work measurement provides a means of
measuring the time taken in the performance of
a activity or series of activities in such a way that
ineffective time is detected and separated from the
effective time. The purpose of work measurement
are to reveal the nature and extent of inefficient time,
from whatever cause, so that action can be taken to
eliminate it; and then to set standards of performance
of such a kind that they will be attainable only if
all avoidable ineffective time is eliminated and the
work is performed by the best available method and
by personnel suitable in training and ability to their
task. Work measurement can thus be used to set the
standard times for carrying out the work and standard
output level. The process of work measurement is
represented as follows:
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Mapping of Tariff Determination
Process
WORK MEASUREMENT
By applying the aforesaid Industrial
Select, record, examine, and measure
quantity of work performed using
Engineering principles and methodology, the
mapping for optimization of tariff determination
process has been developed. In this process
Direct
Indirect
the total time taken from filing of petition to
issuance of tariff order has been mapped as
Time Study
Work Sampling
Systematic time
Analytical estimating
per the Electrical Act, 2003. The mapping
process ensure timely disposal of tariff
Compile
petitions which improve the financial health of
the utilities and the present consumers shall
With allowances to get
To get standard time
standard time of operation
of operation
not burdened due to past liability of the tariff.
In this process the zero date is considered
the date of filing the tariff petition. If there is
The consultant has proposed a regulator’s structure
any delay in disposing the tariff petition, the detailed
that contains the typical functions of a regulator.
reasons of delay should be recorded by the regulator
This structure has been proposed after considering
to justify weather the delay was from petitioner side
the observations in the existing structure and the
or at Commission’s end. The utility should also be
learning’s from similar organizations. As the mandate
ensure to provide all the information required to the
Commission within stipulated time. The stages of tariff
of each sector’s member regulator of FOIR is
determination process mapping and time taken by
different, this structure needs to be customized by
each segments are as given:the individual regulators as required. The structure
consist of three distinct areas – Advisory / Policy
Capacity Building requirements for
Making, Regulatory (including tariff) and Support
regulatory staff
functions. With regard to training and skill building
of the officers, the regulators are required to adopt a
In order to achieved the aforesaid timeline for disposal
structured approach for Training and Development.
of the tariff petitions regulators are required to develop
While in the short term, the regulators may continue
the capacity of the officers/staff. The Forum of Indian
the existing practice of hiring consultants for specific
Regulators carries out a “Study on assessing Capacity
requirements, in the long run a structured approach is
Building requirements for regulatory staff by engaging
the consultant. The objective of the assignment was
need to be adopted to build up internal capability and
to evolve effective Human Resource Development
create an institutional memory in the form of effective
policies in a regulatory body which will strengthen
knowledge management. In addition to the setting up
the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and meet
of a structured training and development mechanism,
emerging challenges.
it is important that there is adequate availability
of manpower to ensure that the nominated
personnel are relieved for training. There is
WORK STUDY
need of multi pronged approach to meet the
training capacity building requirements of the
METHOD STUDY
WORK MEASUREMENT
regulators. Specific strategies to build capacity
in the long run for the regulators are as follows:
To improve methods of
completing activity
To assess human
effectiveness
Reduce work content of the
activity or product
Reduce work content of
the process
Develop new economical
and effective process
To investigate existing practice
Locate ineffective time
Set standard of performance as
a basis for planning and control,
utilization of facilities, persons,
cost control, incentive scheme.
Higher Productivity
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}} Induction training (internal)
}} Promotion linked training
}} Tie ups with other regulators – Knowledge
Exchange & Internships
}} Initiatives to encourage Capacity Building
}} Refresher training (internal or external)
}} Creation of Knowledge management function
}} Setting up a dedicated Capacity Building
cell or division
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}} Setting up a Regulatory
Tariff Petition filed by the Utility
research institute
}} Setting up a educational
Provisional tariff for
new generating station
Multi Year Tariff
Final tariff
institute for conducting
specialized course.
True-up of existing
generating stations
}} Source of funding
Zero date
Received by the Receiving Officer
Authorization
of OIC
Affidavit
Copies (1+4) of
the petition
Fee as per
Regulation
Found
Satisfactory
No
Communicate
to Petitioner
Yes
There is need to explore
options for the creation of
a common cadre across
regulators for some positions.
This will considered with a
view to provide individuals
exposure to multiple sectors.
The possibilities also need to
be assessed to have common
cadres in non sector specific
/ non technical areas such as
legal, financial analysis and
economics.
2-days
Recommendations
Register the Petition with appropriate petition No.
The mapping of activity of
the regulators to the various
functions of a regulatory
Commission’shas done.
This mapping of activities to
departments undertaken to
determine the competencies
that the incumbents in the
departments require to
possess to execute the job
effectively. This mapping
of activities is required to
address following objects.
Preliminary scrutiny by legal section
2
Found
Satisfactory
No
Communicate
to Petitioner
Yes
Forwarded to concern section for
detailed examination.
10
Flag out issues/discrepancies/additional
information/additional documents, if any
}} Since the utilities need
Put up the detailed Note to the
Commission
3
Discussion / Presentation by the
concern section before the Commission
Communicate the
Petitioner to file
revised petition
3
Information filed
in the petition is
in desired
manner and as
per Regulation.
No
to pay their fuel cost
and power purchase
cost in time. Therefore,
the tariff petitions and
true-up petitions should
also be disposed of
timely so that the utilities
will timely recover their
actual cost of power
and the burden/benefits
of the past years must
not be passed on to the
consumers of the future.
}} In
Yes
order to achieve
the aforesaid timelines
the regulators have to
Technical validation with officers of the petitioner
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5
Communicates petitioner information gaps /
discrepancies/Add information/Add. Documents,
if required any
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in the petition is
in desired
manner and as
per Regulation.
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No
Yes
Technical validation with officers of the petitioner
5
Communicates petitioner information gaps /
discrepancies/Add information/Add. Documents,
if required any
15
If information
received
within time
limit
Remainder to
Petitioner
No
}} Implementation of Training.
Yes
Scrutinized the information filed by
the petitioner
7
If figures of the main
petition changed in.
The Information filed
by the Petitioner.
Asked the
Petitioner to file
reframed petition
Yes
No
5
Motion hearing for Admition of the petition
Communicate the petitioner to admit the petition
and submit draft Public Notice for approval
Petitioner
3
Public Notice along with date of public hearing
put up to the Commission after modification if
required, for approval
3
If approved
by the
Commission.
No
Modify the Public
Notice.
Yes
5
Asked the petitioner for
publication.
2
Upload the Petition on Website for
stake holders comments
21
Put up the stake holders Comments &
response
of the petitioner
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comments to the Commission prior public
3
Public Hearing
Identify/Finalize training
programmes relevant to
the areas of work of the
regulator. Tie up with
concerned organization
(Indian/Abroad) for training/
capacity building of the
officers. Constitute task
force to take forward the
setting up of the specific
institute. Approach funding
agencies for support to set
up institute and to sponsor
training programs
}} As the regulators in India are
2
Asked the petitioner for spare copy
of the petition make available
implement of attractive
Compensation scheme
as per Central Public
Sector Enterprises. Based
on approval, regulator to
work out detailed pay,
allowances and benefits
policies applicable to
each regulator. If required,
based on manpower study,
estimate detailed budget
implications for necessary
approvals
operating on a fee basis, as
long as they do not require
financial assistance or
financial support from the
Government of India, they
need to be empowered
to take all establishment
related decisions like
Creation/abolition of posts,
Creation of compensation
package and its adoption,
Attend Training abroad/
International visits and
Formulation of HR Policies.
In addition, A separate
regulatory cadre may also
be develop by the MOP
and employee exchange
across regulators may be
carried out.
}} Ministry of Power is need
to start a specialized
academic
certificate
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Asked the petitioner for
publication.
TechSpace
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Asked the petitioner for spare copy
of the petition make available
Upload the Petition on Website for
stake holders comments
is also necessary to do the regulatory
work and complete the process of tariff
determination within the stipulated
time. It also required further exploring
the area and accordingly trained and
skilled need.
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Put up the stake holders Comments &
response of the petitioner on these
comments to the Commission prior public
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Public Hearing
REFERENCES:
Prepare a detailed note on the issues raised during
the course of public hearing the public hearing
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Power Government of India.
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course/ diploma or any other degree programme
on regulatory. The nodal agency of this programme
may be forum of Regulators and duration of this
specialized academic course may fixed after
consultation with the academic institutions. The
benefits of such type of programmes are that the
spciilized man power shall be available in this field
and persons will work with full mind set.
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Conclusion
There is a continued need to analyzing existing
methods of tariff determination even in the case in
which special efforts are to develop efficient methods
for determination of tariff. The reason for this the best
methods to do may not necessarily remain the best
method after some period. Therefore, an opportunity to
improve upon existing methods always exists because
of advancement and technological developments.
Meanwhile, the capacity building of regulatory staff
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2. “Study report on assessing Capacity
Building requirements for regulatory staff
prepared byDeloite under the assignment for
Forum of Indian Regulators, in May, 2012.
Author
Ashok Upadhyay
Deputy Director (Generation)
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission and
Electrical Engineer, MANIT, Bhopal,
February 2015
SMETalks
“We look forward to become a global brand in cable lugs
in next 5 years” - MG ELECTRICA
MG ELECTRICA, an ISO 9001, EMS 14001, OHSAS 18001 Certified company manufacturing cable lugs and
copper press parts. The company exports lugs to 10 countries as per DIN, Australian, IEC 61238 Standards.
In India we are supplying to all major electrical multinationals. Mr Mukesh Gupta, Director, MG ELECTRICA
speaks to IEEMA Journal on their focus to make copper and brass press parts and assemblies for the electrical
industry to help us diversify our product portfolio with existing production setup
Overview of
Upcoming Projects
We are a leading
manufacturers of
cable lugs to all
electrical segments
like Jointing Kits,
UPS,
Motors,
Transformer, LV &
MV panels. We are
approved by PDIL,
BARC and MECON
for there projects.
Our focus for this
year is on getting
approval with NTPC, PGCIL, EIL and Railways for
there projects.
We are also targeting the middle east market where
the world expo, and World Football championship
is going to take place.
Priority Area to Focus
We are in a product which is price sensitive. Our
focus is to produce export quality lug at most
competitive pricing in the world by using principles
like Lean Management, Performance Management
System. To increase our sales we are working with
reputed consultants to get approval for our MG
Brand for these projects.
Also we are focusing to make copper and brass
press parts and assemblies for the electrical
industry to help us diversify our product portfolio
with existing production setup.
Expansion Plans
We are currently investing in automated machines
to improve productivity. This year we are also
investing in ERP software to have integrated
management control for improving cash flow and
profitability. We are adding manpower in marketing
to increase our market reach in utilities, consultants
and EPC contractors.
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Projects in Pipeline
We are catering to various electrical segments
with cable lugs. These electrical segment has
potential to buy lot of electrical accessories like
Shear Connectors, Cable Glands, Earthing Rod,
Copper Braided wire, Copper Bus Bar, Copper
Flexible Terminals. We plan to add it in our product
basket in next 2 years.
Challenges Faced by Power Sector
Electrical industry is currently not seeing any
growth as there are no major investment coming
up in mining, Petrochemical, Steel, cement and
infrastructure.
All manufacturers are having spare capacity and
want to book orders to keep their factories running.
This scenario has led to intense price competition
and increased credit periods to customers. A bad
debts have increased.
In reference to our product segment we are facing
challenges due to unbranded low quality material
being used by customers as there are no IS
Specifications in India for copper lugs.
In export customers are looking for Type Tested
lugs as per IEC 61238 Standards from labs like
KEMA. Indian labs like CPRI, ERDA, NTH are not
approved in utilities abroad. Cost of testing for
a single lug goes as high as 8-10 lacs in these
international labs.
Industrial land prices have grown out of reach for
project to become successful and multiple taxes
have made India uncompetitive in global markets.
Next Five Years Plan
We are looking forward to become a global brand
in cable lugs. We could be offering a product
basket in electrical accessories under one roof.
Our vision is that we should be a preferred vendor
for all global MNC’s and dream company to look
with for our employees.
February 2015
SMETalks
“Our aim is that by the year 2020 ‘Pragati’ shall be a
leading Brand in India” - Pragati Electricals
Established in 1975 Pragati Electricals Pvt Ltd has been developing products as per the requirements of the
Indoor Switchgear industry and conforming to Indian and International Standards. Its Managing Director Mr
Prakash P Gune speaks to IEEMA Journal about developing products for higher system voltages and scarcity
of skilled experienced people in this sector.
Overview of projects by
organization
We at ‘Pragati’ have
been manufacturing all
types of Indoor/Outdoor
Instrument Transformers
i.e. Current Transformers
& Voltage Transformers
& also special purpose
Tr an s fo r me r s
si nce
1975. Our present
range of products is from 660V to 220KV system
voltage. Our up-coming projects will be mainly
to develop products for higher system voltages;
for specific applications such as GIS, Transient
performance requirements and precision metering
and measurements.
Priority areas to focus
At present we are focusing on modernizing our
operations. On shop floor we are introducing
automated processes for resin casting, manual
winding and taping being replaced by winding
machines and taping machines, laborious testing
work being replaced by computerized test systems
and detailed designing and drawing work simplified
by use of internally developed systems & soft
wares. This helps us in improving productivity,
quality and giving faster delivery of products.
Projects in pipeline
Our customers are OEMs, Utilities, Industrial Plants,
Project Houses and to some extent overseas
buyers. The products are mostly of tailor-made
nature and hence our future projects hugely depend
upon the projects being undertaken by our clients
and their specific needs & new requirements. This
necessitates our marketing team to be very closely
associated with our customers’ development plans
apart from their present requirements.
Expansion plans
With a view to achieve higher turn-over we
have already adopted three pronged strategy.
Automated processes give higher output, backward integration such as our own core making
shop and fabrication shop make it possible to give
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faster deliveries and fully computerized systems
reduce time in handling enquiries and processing
the orders. With this we shall be able to increase
our market share of the business.
Challenges
It is becoming difficult to forecast the demand
and plan the activities in advance, capacity wise
or man-power wise. Stiff competition, expectations
of faster deliveries on one hand while on the other
delays in lifting the ready, inspected and cleared
material cause great inconvenience in whole
operations. On inputs side the major raw-materials
like CRGO Steel, Nano Crystalline Alloys, Kraft
& Crepe insulating paper, copper etc are mostly
directly or indirectly imported. Their prices keep
on changing while the payment terms are hard
for the SME company like ours.
On man-power front there is scarcity of skilled
experienced people in this field. We have to heavily
invest time & money in training of the people at
all levels.
We have grown from a small to medium company
and tried to keep our products, facilities and
infrastructure up to the mark to the best of
our abilities. At present there is a tendency to
compare SME with the big MNC units and the
expectations are high. It is sometimes necessary
to have sophisticated, imported test equipments
in the laboratory to qualify for participating in
the tenders. These equipments are costly and
unaffordable to a SME company. Similarly Type
Testing of the products is a big hurdle. The test
facilities at our country’s existing independent
recognized laboratories are either capacity wise
inadequate or insufficiently equipped to handle
each & every test specified in IS or IEC. Testing
costs at overseas laboratories are prohibitively
high. This gives rise to many issues between the
purchaser & manufacturer before or after placing
the order.
Next five years plans
Our aim is that by the year 2020 ‘Pragati’ shall be
a leading Brand in India and shall offer world class
products in domestic market and raise its export
revenue up to 50% of the turn-over.
February 2015
IEEMAActivities
Third Executive Council Meeting
held on 17th December 2014
The 3rd meeting of the Executive Council
was held on 17th December 2014 at
Mumbai. Chairman of all Divisions /
committees/ Cells were invited to
be part of the Executive Council as
standing Invitee.
IEEMA Activities
IEEMA PV calculator tool via www.
pvcalculator.ieema.org is tested and
ready for operation.
A detailed discussion on furthering
interest of members, with special
emphasis on SMEs was taken up. It
was decided to create a new division
for Small and Medium Enterprises. This
division besides focusing on the barriers
interest would also enable creation of
expert panelists, policy initiation and
steer change.
During the meeting Mr. Shahnawaz Ali,
Pan IIT Alumni Reach For India (PARFI)
made a presentation on vocational
Training Skill Development efforts in rural
areas in conjunction with large corporates
and association. The presentation
emphasized on existing gap, identification
and skill development of local youth in
the functional demographies.
Ms. Rumjhum Chatterjee and Mr. Ajay
Sinha from Feedback Foundation made
a presentation on a mission to eliminate
open toilet system. They briefed members
on various success stories of motivating
communities to build and operate toilets
and eliminate open defecation without
any government subsidies through a
9 months vigorous scientific stepwise
programme conceived by them and
appealed members to adopt village
or an area of city for this noble cause.
The presentation emphasised as the
requirement of psychological change
to successfully adopt the programme.
IEEMA Representations
On 12th January 2015, IEEMA submitted a
representation to the Department of Commerce,
Government of India, with its views on Cumulative
Value Addition and Product Specific Rules in Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
On 6th January 2015, IEEMA submitted a
representation to the Department of Commerce,
Government of India, on impact of increasing imports
with a view to reduce imports.
On 5th January 2015, IEEMA submitted a
representation to the Revenue Secretary, Government
of India, requesting review of Duty Drawback Rates
for Aluminium Conductors.
On 31st December 2014, IEEMA submitted a
representation to the Department of Heavy Industry,
Government of India, on impact of increasing imports
with a view to reduce imports.
Interface with Government and Agencies
On 22nd December and 24th December 2014,
Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General; Mr. J Pande, Senior
Director and Mr. Uttam Kumar, Executive Officer,
IEEMA, attended Preparatory Meetings on National
Workshop on Make in India, which was scheduled
under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister
of India. The preparatory meeting was chaired by
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of
Power, Government of India. IEEMA represented a 4
Point Agenda for development of Power / Electrical
Equipment Sector.
On 29th December 2014, Mr. Vishnu Agarwal,
President; Mr. Babu Babel, Vice President and
Mr. Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA, attended the
National Workshop on Make in India spearheaded
by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Before the
meeting, IEEMA also participated in a sectoral
workshop with Ministry of Power, where a 4 point
agenda recommended by IEEMA for Make in India
was accepted by the Secretary, Ministry of Power, for
inclusion in the final presentation made to the Hon’ble
Prime Minister of India.
On 30th December 2014, Mr. Sunil Misra, Director
General and Mr. Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director,
IEEMA, called on Mr. Kalraj Mishra, Hon’ble Minister
IEEMA VISION
‘Electricity for All and Global Excellence
Leading to Human Enrichment’
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February 2015
IEEMAActivities
for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and
Mr. Anant Geete, Hon’ble Minister for Heavy industries
and Public Enterprises, Government of India, for
inviting them to !ntelect-2015 at Mumbai. IEEMA
officials also met Mr. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, IAS,
Private Secretary to Mr. Kalraj Mishra and Mr. Rajesh
Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy
Industry, in this regard.
On 7th January 2015, some Senior Members, Mr.
Sunil Misra, Director General and other Officials
from IEEMA Secretariat had a consultative meeting
with Mrs. Kavita Saraswat, Senior Power Engineer;
Mr. Rohit Mittal, Senior Energy Specialist and a
few other senior officials of the World Bank on the
procurement policy and participation of Indian
suppliers in World Bank funded projects.
On 7th January 2015, Mr. Sunil Misra, Director
General, Mr. Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director and
Mr. Jayant Chopra, Executive Officer, IEEMA,
participated in the meeting called by Mr. Ravi
Capoor, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce,
Government of India, on Branding of Indian
Engineering by the Government of India. The
electrical equipment and their markets which came
out after initial findings of the study done by Delloitte
were presented before the Joint Secretary.
On 9th January 2015, Mr. Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy
Director, IEEMA, participated in a meeting called by
Mr. Sumanta Choudhury, Joint Secretary, Department
of Commerce, Government of India, for industry
consultations on Cumulative Value Addition
and Product Specific Rules under Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
IEEMA also submitted its views to the Government
on the subject.
On 12th January 2015, Mr. Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy
Director and Mr. Jayant Chopra, Executive Officer,
IEEMA, participated in a Preparatory Meeting on
Hannover Messe 2015, which was chaired by Mr.
Vishwajit Sahay, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy
Industry, Government of India. India is the partner
country this time and a Prime Ministerial delegation
would visit the exhibition. IEEMA is taking an area
for its members, at a subsidised rate, from the
Government of India, in the Energy Pavilion.
On 27th January 2015, Mr. J Pande, Sr. Director and
Mr. Sudeep Sarkar, Deputy Director, IEEMA, attended
a meeting chaired by Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Joint
Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Government
of India, on CRGO Steel. The Steel Quality Control
(Second) Order, 2012 and the procurement status of
this critical raw material was discussed in the meeting.
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January 2014
PowerStatistics
Top Five Countries
Coal Reserves: Top 5 countries
Reserves
(Mt)
Country
Natural Gas Reserves: Top 5 Countries
Production
(Mt)
Reserves
(bcm)
2011
1993
2011
1993
Country
2011
1993
2011
1993
United States
of America
237,295
168,391
1,092
858
Russian
Federation
47,750
48,160
670
604
Russian
Federation
157,010
168,700
327
304
Iran
33,790
20,659
150
27
China
114,500
80,150
3,384
1,150
Qatar
25,200
7,079
117
14
Australia
76,400
63,658
398
224
Turkmenistan
25,213
2,860
75
57
India
60,600
48,963
516
263
Saudi
Arebia
8,028
5,260
99
36
Rest of
World
245,725
501,748
1,805
1,675
Rest of
World
69,761
57,317
2,407
1,438
Global
Total
891,530
1,031,610
7,522
4,474
Global
Total
209,742
141,335
3,518
2,176
Hydro Power: Top 5 Countries
Nuclear Power: Top 5 Countries
Installed Capacity
(MW)
Country
Actual Generation
(GWh)
2011
1993
2011
1993
United States
of America
98,903
99,041
799,000
610,000
France
63,130
59,032
415,480
350,000
Japan
38,009
38,038
162,900 246,000
Russian
Federation
23,643
19,843
122,130
Korea
(Republic)
20,718
7,615
119,675
116,726
364,078
340,295
Rest of World
Global
Total
98,616
119,000
58,100
787,777 722,900
2,385,903
2,106,000
Installed Capacity
(MW)
Country
Installed Capacity
(MW)
Country
Actual Generation
(GWh)
2011
1993
2011
1993
China
231,000
44,600
714,000
138,700
Brazil
82,458
47,265
428,571 252,804
United States
of America
77,500
74,418
268,000
267,326
Canada
75,104
61,959
348,110
315,750
Russian
Federation
49,700
42,818
180,000
160,630
Rest of
World
430,420 338,204
Global
Total
946,182
Wind Power: Top 5 Countries
609,264
828,437 1,150,750
2,767,118
2,285,960
Solar (PV): Top 5 Countries
Actual Generation
(GWh)
2011
1993
2011
1993
China
62,364
15
73,200
-
United States
of America
46,919
1,814
120,177
3,042
Germany
29,071
650
48,883
-
Spain
21,673
52
41,790
India
15,880
40
19,475
Installed Capacity
(MW)
Country
Actual Generation
(GWh)
2011
1993
2011
1993
Germany
25,309
-
19,340
-
Italy
12,773
-
10,730
-
United States
of America
5,171
360
5,260
897
117
Japan
4,914
-
5,160
-
45
Spain
4,332
-
7,386
-
16,621
-
5,002
-
69,120
360
52,878
897
Rest of
World
62,142
-
74,087
-
Rest of
World
Global
Total
238,049
2,571
377,612
3,204
Global
Total
Source: World energy council 2013
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Production
(bcm)
February 2015
PowerStatistics
Power Supply Position (Demand & Availability) in Nov ‘14
Power Supply Position (Demand & Availability) in Nov ‘14
Region
Energy (MU)
Demand
Nov ‘13
Deficit (%)
Availability
Nov ‘14
Nov ‘13
Nov ‘14
Nov ‘13
Nov ‘14
Northern
22489
24823
21028
23128
-6.5
-6.8
Western
25355
28477
25075
28308
-1.1
-0.6
Southern
21222
21603
19980
20818
-5.9
-3.6
Eastern
8205
9315
8085
9150
-1.5
-1.8
North Eastern
1015
1188
968
1073
-4.6
-9.7
78286
85406
75136
82477
-4.0
-3.4
All India
Peak Demand / Peak Met in Nov ‘14
Region
Power (MW)
PEAK Demand
Nov ‘13
Deficit (%)
PEAK Met
Nov ‘14
Nov ‘13
Nov ‘14
Nov ‘13
Nov ‘14
Northern
35851
40595
35526
39070
-0.9
-3.8
Western
40730
43293
40006
42462
-1.8
-1.9
Southern
35222
35096
31786
33003
-9.8
-6
Eastern
14556
16111
14318
15870
-1.6
-1.5
2046
2525
1966
2125
-3.9
-15.8
128405
137620
123602
132530
-3.7
-3.7
North Eastern
All India
Coal Consumption for Power Generation (Utilities)
Year
Coal Consumption
Million Tonnes
Coal Consumption
Million Tonnes
Year
2004-05
278.00
2009-10
367.00
2005-06
281.00
2010-11
387.00
2006-07
302.00
2011-12
417.56
2007-08
330.00
212-13
454.60
2008-09
355.00
2013-14
487.90
Source: CEA
February 2015
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IEEMADatabase
Rs/MT
BASIC PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS
as on
01.11.14
Unit
IRON, STEEL & STEEL PRODUCTS
OTHER RAW MATERIALS
BLOOMS(SBL)
150mmX150mm
`/MT
31958
BILLETS(SBI) 100MM
`/MT
32566
CRNGO Electrical Steel
Sheets M-45, C-6 (Ex-Rsp)
`/MT
54500
CRGO ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEETS
a) For Transformers of rating
up to 10MVA and voltage up
to 33 KV
`/MT
b) For Transformers of rating
above 10MVA or voltage
above 33 KV
`/MT
as on
01.11.14
Unit
Epoxy Resin CT - 5900
`/Kg
330
Phenolic Moulding Powder
`/Kg
95
PVC Compound - Grade
CW - 22
`/MT
127250
PVC Compound Grade
HR - 11
`/MT
128250
`/KLitre
72478
Transformer Oil Base Stock
(TOBS)
177946
OTHER IEEMA INDEX NUMBERS
214288
IN-BUSDUCTS (Base June
2000=100) for the month
September 2014
239.09
IN - BTR - CHRG (Base June
2000=100)
325.07
NON-FERROUS METALS
Electrolytic High Grade Zinc
`/MT
174300
IN - WT (Base June
2000=100
216.42
Lead (99.97%)
`/MT
148100
IN-INSLR (Base:
Jan 2003 = 100)
242.22
Copper Wire Bars
`/MT
443303
Copper Wire Rods
`/MT
457381
Aluminium Ingots - EC Grade
(IS 4026-1987)
`/MT
168750
Aluminuium Properzi Rods EC Grade (IS5484 1978)
`/MT
174467
Aluminium Busbar
(IS 5082 1998)
`/MT
Wholesale price index
number for ‘Ferrous Metals
(Base 2004-05 = 100) for the
month September 2014
Wholesale price index
number for’ Fuel & Power
(Base 2004-05 = 100) for the
month September 2014
156.30
213.40
All India Average Consumer
Price Index Number for
Industrial Workers (Base
2001=100) September 2014
216800
253.00
# Estimated, NA: Not available
180000
Lead (99.97%)
170000
RS./MT
160000
150000
140000
130000
120000
`11-14
`10-14
`09-14
`08-14
`07-14
`06-14
`05-14
`04-14
`03-14
`02-14
`01-14
`12-13
`11-13
`10-13
`09-13
`08-13
`07-13
`06-13
`05-13
`04-13
`03-13
`02-13
`01-13
`12-12
December 2012 - November 2014
The basic prices and indices are calculated on the basis of raw material prices, exclusive of excise/C.V.
duty wherever manufactures are eligible to obtain MODVAT benefit.
These basic prices and indices are for operation of IEEMA’s Price Variation Clauses for various products.
Basic Price Variation Clauses, explanation of nomenclature can be obtained from IEEMA office.
Every care has been taken to ensure correctness of reported prices and indices. However, no
responsibility is assured for correctness. Authenticated prices and indices are separately circulated
by IEEMA every month. We recommend using authenticated prices and indices only for claiming
price variation.
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IEEMADatabase
30000
Power Transformers
28000
26000
24000
22000
20000
000' KVA
18000
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
4
6
8 10 12 2
4
6
8 10 12 2
4
6
8 10 12 2
4
6
8 10 12 2
4
6
8 10
April 2010 - October 2014
Name of Product
Accounting
Unit
Production
For the Month
From Nov 13
Highest Annual
October-14
to October 14
Production
Electric Motors*
AC Motors - LT
000' KW
690
10055
11217
AC Motors - HT
000' KW
154
3033
4647
DC Motors
000' KW
23
351
618
000' KVA
689
10669
10426
Contactors
000' Nos.
683
8220
8505
Motor Starters
000' Nos.
137
1754
1909
Nos.
39010
592318
947878
000' Poles
8973
109406
116151
Circuit Breakers - LT
Nos.
135778
1712990
1815007
Circuit Breakers - HT
Nos.
5027
68579
72155
Custom-Build Products
Rs. Lakhs
10925
207378
265267
HRC Fuses & Overload Relays
000' Nos.
1010
13590
16875
KM
28593
403227
434967
000' KVAR
3036
51029
53417
Distribution Transformers
000' KVA
3143
40333
43346
Power Transformers
000' KVA
8971
149605
178782
Current Transformers
000' Nos.
56
646
660
Voltage Transformers
Nos.
7242
97045
114488
000' Nos.
2111
19255
22645
000' MT
73
1193
1250
AC Generators
Switchgears*
Switch Fuse & Fuse Switch Units
Miniature Circuit Breakers
Power Cables*
Power Capacitors - LT & HT*
Transformers
Instrument Transformers
Energy Meters*
Transmission Line Towers*
* Weighted Production
February 2015
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CPRINews
Seismic Qualification of 245 kV Single
Pole SF6 Circuit Breaker
Accolades to CPRI
Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) with its state-of-art
facilities has been offering dedicated services to the Indian
Power Sector for over five decades. In recognition of its
contribution to the Power Sector, the Institute has recently
received two Prestigious Awardsduring 8th ENERTIA
Awards 2014 and CBIP Day. Shri.N.Murugesan, Director
General, CPRI received the Awards during the events.
uu Award for “World Class National Institution
in the Power Sector” during 8th ENERTIA
Awards 2014. The award was presented on 27th
November 2014 to CPRI in New Delhi.
uu Award for “Best Power Research Institute”
during CBIP Day 2015. The award was presented
on 1st January 2015 in New Delhi by CBIP.
Substation equipment are
observed from the past earthquake
data, as Seismicallyweak and
prone to service failure due
to earthquakes. A need for
reliability of electrical equipment
against vibrational hazards due to
earthquakes has become prime
importance. In order to meet the
basic requirements regarding
Seismic qualification of equipment
and thereby to ensure reliable
power transmission, Earthquake
Engineering laboratorycapable
of performing a diverse range of
Seismic qualification requirements
on equipment, sub-assemblies and components as per
National and International standards has been established
at CPRI, Bangalore.
Earthquake Engineering and Vibration Research Centre
of CPRI is equipped with a Triaxialshaker system with
six degrees of freedom, which is capable of performing
a diverse range of Seismic Qualification of equipment
/ structures for Industries and Utilities as per National
and International standards. More than one hundred
fifty Seismic Qualification tests have been conducted
on substation equipments like Instrument Transformers,
Isolators, Switchgears, Transformer Bushings,
Electrical Panels etc.
Recently a 245 kV Single Pole SF6 Circuit Breaker
was tested for Seismic Qualification as per IEC TR
62271 – 300 at CPRI.
Forthcoming Technical Programmes of CPRI
SI.
No.
Name of the Event
Date
1
Tutorial on Vibration and Shock Testing
2
Two days Workshop on Grounding
Practices
3
Tutorial on Seismic Design and Testing
Feb 27,
2015
4
National Conference on Power System
Protection
Feb 27-28,
2015
5
Two days workshop on Smart
Transmission Grid
Mar 9-10
2015
6
Workshop on Metering Technology
Mar 12-13
2015
Feb 26,
2015
Feb 26-27,
2015
For details, contact:
Shri Prabhakar Hegde,
Joint Director (Information and Publicity Division)
CPRI, Bangalore. Tel: 080 23602329 Email: hegde@cpri.in
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ERDANews
High Performance Liquid
Chromatograph
Tensio Meter
Evaluation of Transformer Oil: A Capability
Profile of Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory
ERDA’s NABL - Government of India accredited
Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory was established in the
year 1984 and has been providing key evaluation and
consultancy services in the field of liquid dielectrics
to electrical utilities and industries of the nation for
the last 30 years now. The laboratory has state of
the art equipment for evaluation of transformer oil,
capacitor oil, & lubricating oil. The laboratory is also
equipped to undertake evaluation of natural and
synthetic ester based oils as per various national and
international standards. Sophisticated diagnostics
and evaluation equipment available with this
laboratory include automated gas chromatographs
with headspace system, HPLC for Furan analysis,
flash point apparatus, interfacial tensiometer, rotating
bomb oxidation stability setup (RBOS), resistivity and
tan delta bridge, etc. The laboratory is also equipped
with specialized analytical test facilities such as
FTIR spectrometer for PNA analysis and detection
of presence of oxidation inhibitors along with a
sophisticated gas chromatograph for identification
of PCBs in oil.
etc. The laboratory evaluates more than 10,000 oil
samples every year. This translates into con dition
assessment of more than 8,000 power transformers
every year.
The laboratory provides consultancy in liquid
dielectrics and also undertakes R&D projects related
to liquid dielectric insulation systems. Major R&D
projects successfully executed include development
of an online evolved hydrogen gas sensor for rapid
fault detection in transformers. This pioneering
and innovative invention has won many national
& international awards and has been successfully
technology - transferred to a major transformer
manufacturer in the USA.
To facilitate decentralized and quick access to its
customers in different regions of the country, the
laboratory has established facilities for oil evaluation
at Rabale, Navi Mumbai (ERDA-West), Rajahmundry
(ERDA-South), & Sonepat (ERDA-North). The
laboratory is also equipped with a mobile van for
undertaking transformer oil evaluation at site. The
laboratory provides regular services for collection of
transformer oil samples from in-service transformers
at customer’s site.
For the last decade, the laboratory has nearly thirty
ongoing rate contracts with generation, transmission
and distribution companies such as NTPC, NPCIL,
GIPCL, GSECL, & GETCO, as well as various process
sector industries such as cement, petrochemicals,
it’s highly qualified, skilled and experienced
manpower along with its state-of-the art infrastructure
with outreach centres spread all over the nation,
combined with the massive scale of its operations,
the laboratory has emerged over the years as the
number one laboratory of choice of the Indian utilities
and industries. A summary of the capability of the
laboratory is presented below:
Gas Chromatograph (GC
Moisture Content Determination &
Dissolved Gas Analysis in Progress
in Mobile Van
View of Mobile Van
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ERDANews
Gas Chromatograph (GC) Tensio Meter High
Performance Liquid Chromatograph
1.Evaluation of Used Mineral Oil Filled in Transformer
[as per IS & IEC]
2. Evaluation of New Transformer Oil [as per IS & IEC]
3.Specialized Evaluation Services:
•Dissolved Gas Analysis [as per IS:10593-2006]
•PNA Analysis [as per Is: 13155-1991)
•Furan Analysis [as per IEC:61198-1993]
•Moisture Content Determination in Paper Insulation
•Degree of Polymerization of Paper used in Oil Filled
Transformers
4.Services Provided Through Mobile Test Laboratory for
Oil Evaluation at Customer -Doorstep:
The mobile test laboratory is equipped with facilities for
following NABL accredited transformer oil tests at site:
•Electric Strength (BDV)
•Water Content
•Resistivity and Tan Delta
•Dissolved Gas Analysis
•Flash Point
•Acidity
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5. Major Research & Development Projects Successfully Executed
•Development of Demonstration Model of Transformer
Oil Reconditioning Plant for Rural Areas
•Residual Life Assessment of Power Transformer by
Laboratory Simulation
•Developed of Online Evolved Hydrogen Gas Sensor
for Transformer Fault Detection
•Development of Prototype Thermosyphon for Power
Transformer
•Field Trial of Thermosyphon in Power Transformers
in GEB Grid
•Development of Natural Ester based Transformer Oil
•Evaluation of Synthetic Ester Oils
•Failure Investigations of Oil Filled Equipment
Dr G S Grewal, Deputy Director (MTD)
Phone: 0265-3048027, Mobile: 09978940951
E-mail: gurpreet.grewal@erda.org
Website: www.erda.org
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Singapore, Finland, Indonesia, Turkey, Netherlands,
China, etc.
High quality, Reliability and Design partnership are
the 3 factors that have helped Gala to become
preferred partners of our global customers like ABB,
Siemens,BHEL, Alstom, Emerson, John Deere, Eaton,
GE, Tata L&T, Thermax , etc.
For contact details:
discsprings@galagroup.com
Solar Module Analyzer
Disc springs as per DIN 2093, DIN 6796
Gala Precision Engineering is
the leading manufacturer of
Disc springs as per DIN 2093,
DIN 6796,& customized as per
customer specific requirements.
Gala designs & supplies Disc
springs for variety of applications
like Medium & High Voltage Switch gears,
Transformers,Steam turbines, Boiler supports,
Brakes & Yaw systems for wind turbines, automotive
Fastening, etc
In switchgear, Gala Disc spring use to maintain the
preload on the bolt in the event of thermal cycling due
to voltage variation.Also used in fastening of panels.
Gala also offers disc springs with large diameters
(upto 500 mm Outside diameter) for high voltage
operating mechanisms
The MECO Solar Module Analyzer
Model – 9009 is a portable analyzer
used for testing, maintenance
and finding efficiency of various
parameters of solar panel and cell.
Analyzer can be used to design
Solar System to generate specific
power. It can identify Solar Power
System requirement, best angle of
Solar Panel installation and Broken
/ Worn-Out cells.
Solar Module Analyzer 9009 can scan solar cells/
panels upto 60V and 12A maximum. The portability
of this device means that it is also useful in quality
assurance at various stages on the production line
and can be taken from one site to another. When
used in the installation of solar panels, solar panel
analyzer assists in determining the proper inverter
size as well as optimum power output position of
panels and helps to identify defective cells or panels
that have worn out over time.
The solar panel analyzer also provides the user
with current and voltage (I-V) test curves, maximum
solar power (Pmax) as well as current (Ishort, Imax)
and voltage (Vnow, Vopen, Vmax). Solar cell/ panel
efficiency (%) is also easily determined using the unit.
Depending on application demand disc springs &
Belleville washers are offered from materials like Spring
steel & Stainless steel with variety of coatings including
Mechanical Zinc plating, Geomet, Deltatone, etc
Solar Module Analyzer is supplied with user friendly
software for Data Storing and Analysis. Users can
store data (.CSV/.TAB) that can be read in MS Excel
and print Waveform / Graph via printer.
Core competencies of Gala are in-house Tool Design
& development, patented finishing process for High
Fatigue life, Heat treatment variety of springs steels
& exotic materials& offeringsurface coatings indoor
and outdoor switchgear application.
Other features: Max. Solar Panel Power (Pmax)
search by Auto-Scan : 60V, 12A, Best Resolution of
1mV-1mA, Memory Size 100 Records, Large LCD
backlight, Communicate with PC via USB Cable,
Manual AC Adaptor & Rechargeable Lithium Battery,
I-V Curve with Cursor to Display each Data Point
Plant is TS 16949 certified by BV. Exports contribute
more than 60% of its sales to 25+ countries including
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, USA, Denmark,
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For contact details:
P Gawade – Sales Manager (Mobile : 09323332435)
(Email: p.gawade@mecoinst.com )
February 2015
Seminars&Fairs
ASME Power & Energy 2015
In 2015, four of ASME’s major conferences come
together to create an event of major impact for the
Power and Energy sectors: ASME Power & Energy
2015 from June 28 to July 2, 2015. Fossil and nuclear
power generation, solar, wind, fuel cell applications
and much more will be discussed in each of the four
concurrent conferences within this larger event.
The ASME Power Conference delivers the very latest
power engineering solutions in plant operations,
maintenance and construction with cutting-edge
technology.
POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable
Energy World Europe
In Europe, the power sector is experiencing radical
and permanent changes. The traditional method
of supplying electrical energy to customers from
central power plants via a one-way system is rapidly
disappearing. Wind parks often push a large number
of power plants from the grid while solar panels on
roof tops turn electricity customers into producers.
The drastic change in the power sector caused by
the moves towards a green society requires new
approaches, new products and new skills. The
POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World
Europe conference and exhibition to be held from
June 7 to 11, 2015 is the favourite place for the many
stake holders to gain and exchange the necessary
information and over three days, all aspects for this
new market will be dealt with. Utilities, equipment
producers, city-co-ordinators, consultancy firms,
financiers, data handlers and grid operators will share
their experiences and skills as well as their current
and future needs.
POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy
World Europe feature the leading suppliers, subsuppliers and service providers across the entire
power generation value chain on its exhibition floor.
The accompanying multi-track conferences set the
agenda for strategic thinking and technical innovation
in the sector, making them essential events for power
industry professionals.
For Contact Details:
POWER-GEN EUROPE
Emily Pryor
E: emilyp@pennwell.com
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD EUROPE
Sophia Perry
E: sophiap@pennwell.com
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Participate in the world’s leading technical research
and applications forum, invited presentations,
technical sessions, workshops, panel discussions,
posters and exhibition with extensive collaboration
between industry, researchers and government.
Increase your network and learn best practices in
products, materials, systems and services used in
the energy industries.
HANNOVER MESSE
The world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology
is staged annually in Hannover, Germany. The
next HANNOVER MESSE will run from 13 to
17 April 2015 and feature India as its official
Partner Country. HANNOVER MESSE 2015
will comprise ten flagship fairs: Industrial
Automation • Motion, Drive & Automation (MDA)
• Energy • Wind • MobiliTec • Digital Factory
• ComVac • Industrial Supply • Surface Technology
• Research & Technology. The upcoming event will
place a strong emphasis on Industrial Automation
and IT, Power Transmission and control, Energy
and Environmental Technologies, Industrial
Subcontracting, Production Engineering and Services
and Research & Development.
India has just been designated the official Partner
Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2015, putting this
vast nation of more than 1.2 billion inhabitants
squarely in the spotlight at the world’s leading
industrial exhibition.
India’s most recent participation as Partner Country
at HANNOVER MESSE 2006 inspired some 350
Indian exhibitors and 5,700 Indian attendees to
make the trip to Hannover. Last year’s event attracted
the participation of 122 exhibitors and 2,400 visitors
from India.
February 2015
CountryProfile
Sydney Opera House
ew Zealand is a well-off Pacific nation dominated
by two cultural groups: New Zealanders of
European descent; and the Maori, the descendants
of Polynesian settlers.
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Income levelHigh income: OECD
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GDP (current US$)$185.8billion2013
XX
Population, total4.543million2014
XX
Capital:Wellington
have transformed the country from what was a heavily
protected, slow-growth economy and bureaucratic
state into a liberalized, modern economy focused on
free trade and competition and a public sector focused
on raising productivity and performance. Massive
reforms in the public sector and in many aspects
of the economy and society were done swiftly and
resulted in frustration and anxiety among segments
of the population. Despite this, future governments
have largely maintained these policies, despite deep
concerns at the time they were introduced. New
Zealand has moved from powerful, single-party
majority governments to multiparty minority (coalition)
governments, which depend on support by minor
parties on an issue-by-issue basis. Given New Zealand’s
challenging, basic conditions – its geographic isolation,
a small domestic economy heavily dependent on
exports, its large indigenous population and substantial
immigrant inflow – the country has adapted well to the
challenges of globalization.
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Largest city:Auckland
Economy
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Area:270,534 sq km (104,454 sq miles)
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Major languages: English, Maori
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Major religion: Christianity
New Zealand has a small open economy which
operates on free market principles. It has sizable
manufacturing and service sectors complementing
a highly efficient export-oriented agricultural sector.
New Zealand is highly dependent on the primary
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It is made up of two main islands and numerous
smaller ones: the North Island (known as TeIka-aMaui in Maori) is the more populous of the two, and
is separated by the Cook Strait from the somewhat
larger but much less populated South Island (or
TeWaipounamu).Agriculture is the economic mainstay,
but manufacturing and tourism are important and
there is a world-class film industry.
Quick Facts
In the last three decades, New Zealand’s governments
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New
Zealand
2005 2006
2006 2007
2007 2008
2008 2009
2009 2010
2010 2011
2011 2012
2012
-2013
2013
-2014
Export
1511
1111
794
1306
1059
1201
1417
1765
3163
Import
524
978
768
920
1453
1598
2450
14356
2393
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sector with commodities accounting for around half
of total goods exports. Exports of goods and services
account for around one third of real expenditure GDP.
New Zealand’s high proportion of winter sunshine
hours and considerable rainfall provide an ideal
resource base for pastoral agriculture, forestry,
horticulture and hydro-electricity generation.
Real production GDP growth is forecast to be 2.5%
and 2.4% in the years ending March 2013 and
March 2014 respectively, compared with 2.3% and
2.9% forecast in theHalf Year Update. The March
2014 year growth rate is lower than in theHalf Year
Updateprimarily because of the impact of the drought
on the economy.
Nevertheless, growth in March 2015 and beyond
is expected to pick up as business and residential
investment rise, in part driven by the Canterbury
rebuild, as well as the recovery from the drought.
Growing consumption, as incomes improve, also
plays a part. Net exports are expected to be a drag
on growth from 2013 to 2016 (March years), as a
higher NZD impacts on export and import demand.
Imports also grow owing to demand arising from the
Canterbury rebuild. After this, net exports are forecast
to provide a positive contribution as international
demand continues to grow and the NZD depreciates.
Composition of Expenditure GDP growth
New Zealand’s economic freedom score is 81.2,
making its economy the 5th freest in the 2014 Index.
Its score is slightly lower than last year, reflecting
modest declines in four economic freedoms, including
business freedom and freedom from corruption that
outweigh improvements in monetary freedom and
labour freedom. New Zealand is ranked 4th out of
42 countries in the Asia–Pacific region.
New Zealand was first graded in the 1996 Index,
and its economic freedom score has advanced
since then by over 3 points. Improvements in seven
of the 10 economic freedoms, including business
freedom, investment freedom, trade freedom, and
fiscal freedom, have enabled
New Zealand to move from
“mostly free” almost 20 years
ago to “free” today. Since 2007,
New Zealand has been rated
one of the world’s five freest
economies.
engagement in global commerce. Transparent and
efficient regulations are applied evenly in most cases,
encouraging dynamic private-sector entrepreneurial
activity. Bolstered by a strong tradition of minimum
tolerance for corruption, New Zealand’s vigorous
defense of effective rule of law sustains the foundations
of economic freedom and contributes to the high level
of lasting prosperity
Electricity Outlook
The electricity industry of New Zealand has four
main components:
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Generation (electricity production stations)
XX
Transmission (the high voltage network known as
the national grid)
XX
Distribution (local lines companies)
XX
Retail (electricity retail companies which compete
to buy wholesale electricity and compete to retail
it to consumers)
In New Zealand electricity is generated by five major
electricity generating companies – three state-owned
enterprises (SOEs) and two private sector companies:
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Meridian Energy (SOE) - 32% market share
XX
Contact Energy - 24% market share
XX
Genesis Energy (SOE) - 18% market share
XX
Mighty River Power (SOE) - 14% market share
New Zealand’s modern
and competitive economy
benefits from a strong
commitment to open-market
policies
that
facilitate
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TrustPower - 5% market share
There is also some smaller generation mostly ‘cogeneration’ associated with major
industrial processes.
Generation companies own and operate power
stations across the country. Most of New Zealand’s
electricity is generated at remote locations and
requires an efficient transmission system to transport
it to the main centres.
Around 40 power stations supply electricity to the
national grid. Some of the smaller scale generation
is ‘embedded’ and feeds directly into local
distribution networks.
About 60% of New Zealand’s electricity is generated
by hydro stations, with the balance from geothermal
stations, gas, coal and oil-fired thermal stations,
bio-mass plants and wind farms.
State owned enterprise Transpower owns and operates
New Zealand’s national electricity transmission
system. The system includes substations, high
voltage cables, transformers and overhead lines
for transmitting high voltage electricity from power
stations to distribution (lines) companies.
New Zealand’s electricity grid is an AC transmission
system, with a DC connection from the southern
South Island at Benmore Station on the Waitaki
River, across Cook Strait by undersea cable to
the southern end of the North Island. This type of
transmission is called a high voltage direct current
(HVDC) system.
Transpower transmits most of New Zealand’s
electrical energy using high capacity, high voltage
transmission lines to regional distribution companies.
It also supplies electricity directly to some large
industrial companies.
As the national grid’s System Operator, Transpower
also provides a network coordination service. It
schedules the generation of all power stations,
monitors interconnected networks, ensures that
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reliability, voltage and frequency targets are met,
and manages grid emergencies.
The Electricity Authority manages a service provider
contract with Transpower to ensure effective grid
management. As System Operator, Transpower
is responsible for the real-time operation of the
electricity system.
Under the Electricity Industry Act 2010, the System
Operator is also required to provide information and
provide forecasts on the security of supply, and to
manage supply emergencies.
Electricity is distributed throughout New Zealand
by 29 distribution or ‘lines’ companies. Most lines
companies are owned by trusts but the ownership
mix also includes public listings, shareholder
co-operatives, community trusts and local bodies.
Lines companies are connected to the national grid
and most sell their services to electricity retailers who
provide a bundled service to consumers.
Most consumers are connected to a local electricity
network, but a small number, such as the Comalco
aluminium smelter near Bluff, are connected directly
to the national grid.
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The industrial and trade sector used almost 275,000
terajoules of energy in 2012 – almost 75 percent of
New Zealand’s total estimated energy use for that
year. This is similar to their usage in 2009.
XX
Manufacturing businesses used about 172,000
terajoules of energy in 2012. Transport, postal,
and warehousing businesses used just under
54,000 terajoules.
XX
60 percent of businesses surveyed were monitoring
energy use or cost as an energy-saving initiative.
XX
Electricity, diesel, and coal were the most
important energy sources for the industrial and
trade sector, providing more than two-thirds of
its energy needs.
Most of New Zealand’s production of renewable
energy is used for electricity generation. In 2013,
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a total of 75.1% of electricity generation came from
renewable resources, increasing from 72.8% in 2012.
New Zealand’s renewable percentage in 2013 was
the fourth highest in the OECD.
Melbourne at night
Renewable Primary Energy for 2013*
The New Zealand Energy Strategy 2011-2021 sets
the strategic direction for the energy sector and the
role energy will play in the New Zealand economy.
The government’s goal is for New Zealand to make
the most of its abundant energy potential through
the environmentally responsible development and
efficient use of the country’s diverse energy resources.
The New Zealand Energy Strategy 2011-2021 sets
out four priority areas:
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Diverse resource development
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Environmental responsibility
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Efficient use of energy; and
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Secure and affordable energy.
The New Zealand Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Strategy 2011-2016 (NZEECS), a
companion strategy, is specifically focused on the
promotion of energy efficiency, energy conservation
and renewable energy.
The NZEECS sets out six objectives for six sectors,
which will contribute to the overall New Zealand
Energy Strategy 2011-2021 goal:
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Transport: A more energy efficient transport
system, with a greater diversity of fuels and
alternative energy technologies.
XX
Business: Enhanced business growth and
competitiveness from energy intensity improvements.
XX
Homes: Warm, dry and energy efficient homes
with improved air quality to avoid ill-health and
lost productivity.
XX
Products: Greater business and consumer uptake
of energy efficient products.
XX
Electricity System: An efficient, renewable
electricity system supporting New Zealand’s
global competitiveness.
XX
Public Sector: Greater value for money from the
public sector through increased energy efficiency.
In 2010, grid electricity demand peaked close to 39
TWh per annum. In Mixed Renewables scenario, it
does not significantly exceed that level until 2016,
and no new investment (other than projects already
committed) takes place until 2020. Even in High
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Growth sensitivity, no new investment is required until
2017, given the amount of new generation already
under construction.
However, in the longer term, an increase in demand
will need new generation investment. In Mixed
Renewable scenario, total electricity demand grows
on average by 1.1% per annum to 2040 (grid demand
is over 50 TWh in 2040). This compares with an
average growth rate of 1.3% per annum in High
Growth sensitivity and of 0.9% per annum in Low
Growth sensitivity.
There is likely to be significant investment in
geothermal plants over the next 30 years. Geothermal
increases its share of generation from 14% in 2012 to
between 21% and 29% in 2040. The growth in new
geothermal generation is focused on thecentral North
Island, where the highest quality and lowest cost
resources can be accessed. Hydro generation will
continue to make up around half of all generation in
2040. Electricity generation using hydro resources are
naturally variable depending on rainfall. In low rainfall
years, the shortfall of hydro generation will continue
to be made up by flexible thermal generation with
high running costs.
Intermittent generation from wind power will also
increase, but for significant quantities to be developed,
it will need to continue to reduce in cost. In the Low
Cost Fossil Fuel scenario, only 100 MW of new wind
generation is built by 2040. Instead, there is increased
generation from fossil fuels, with baseload natural
gas undercutting wind power in price and flexibility.
In the Global Low Carbon scenario, over 2700 MW
of wind generation capacity is built by 2040 and in
that year, it contributes 18% of generation supply.
As well as this, some existing base load natural
gas plants are decommissioned (a net reduction of
around 500 MW) and it has a significant uptake of
solar electricity
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CountryProfile
Corporate Arrangement Options
Four main possibilities are open to overseas entities
wishing to set up a business in New Zealand. They
are to:
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register a branch
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form a subsidiary company
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merge with or take over an existing New Zealand
company, or
XX
enter a limited partnership.
Registering a branch
An overseas company wishing to register a branch in
New Zealand must reserve its name with the Registrar
of Companies and file a registration application within
ten working days from the start of business. The
application must include:
As with a branch, the first step to register a subsidiary
is to apply to reserve the proposed subsidiary’s name.
Once the name has been approved and reserved with
the Registrar, the following incorporation documents
must be filed:
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the address of the overseas company’s main
place of business in New Zealand
consent to act as a director and a certificate
that he or she is not disqualified from acting (for
each director)
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consent of the shareholder (for each shareholder)
XX
evidence of the overseas company’s incorporation
and a copy of the instrument constituting
ordefining its constitution (in English), and
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the notice reserving the company’s name, and
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a copy of the constitution, if the company is to
have one.
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the name and address of at least one person
in New Zealand who is authorised to accept
serviceof documents on the company’s behalf.
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the names and current residential addresses of
the directors of the overseas company
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Applications to the Registrar must also include:
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the name and residential address of each director
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similar details for the proposed shareholders, and
the number of shares to be issued respectively
to them, and
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details of the registered office and address for
service of documents, both of which must be in
New Zealand.
Forming and registering a subsidiary company
A subsidiary company incorporated in New
Zealand must have at least one shareholder and
one director (who may be the same person).
Non-resident shareholders and directors are permitted.
Generally, any legal entity may be a shareholder,
but only individuals may be appointed directors.
There is no statutory requirement to appoint a
company secretary.
There is no restriction on the size of a company’s
share capital. Companies (other than cooperatives)
are not permitted to have a par or nominal value
attached to their shares. Instead, company directors
are required to determine the consideration for the
issue of shares, and to resolve (and, if they vote in
favour of the issue, certify) that the consideration
and terms of issue are fair and reasonable (in their
opinion) to the company and all existing shareholders.
It is not necessary for the issue price to be fully
paid, although shareholders are liable to creditors
(and liquidators) to the extent of any amounts unpaid
on their shares.
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Important Addresses
New Zealand High Commission New Delhi, India
Sir Edmund Hillary Marg
ChanakyapuriNew Delhi 110 021
India
Telephone: 0091-11-4688 3170
Fax: 0091-11-4688 3165
email:nzhcindia@gmail.com
High Commission of India, Wellington New Zealand
Level 9, 180 Molesworth Street
PO Box 4045
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Telephone: +64-4-4736390
Fax: +64-4-4990665 and +64-4-4737149
Email: hicomind@hicomind@org.nz
Sources
World Bank
CIA
BBC
Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
February 2015
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NationalNews
Government to invite bids for
4 UMPPs in 3-6 months
allocation of more funds for renewable energy
projects, a Parliamentary committee said.
The government is looking to start a
fresh process of inviting bids for ultra
mega power projects (UMPPs) at four
locations in the country in the next
three-six months, power minister Piyush
Goyal said. “These four proposed UMPPs
include two for which we have cancelled
the bid and we will be inviting fresh bids,
and two more have been identified - one
in Bihar and another in Jharkhand,” power
minister Piyush Goyal said at an event.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy,
The minister said he is hopeful the
process of inviting bids will start in
the next three to six months. Recently,
the government abandoned bidding
process of two ultra mega power
projects in Odisha and Tamil Nadu and
decided to soon set up a committee to
move it forward.
The private firms, which had participated
in the first round of bidding for both
the projects, withdrew their bids citing
difficulties in securing finances for
the projects.
For the Tamil Nadu UMPP, the private
companies in the fray were Adani Power,
CLP India, Jindal Steel & power, JSW
Energy, Sterlite Energy and Tata Power.
Of these, four bought the Request For
Proposal documents but decided not to
go ahead further in the process.
The Odisha UMPP saw nine interested
bidders, including Adani Power, CLP
India, GMR Energy, Jindal Steel and
Power, JSW Energy and Sterlite Energy.
After the private companies pulled
out, only NTPC and NHPC were left
for bidding.
Energy projects suffered
setback due to lack of funds
Various solar and wind energy projects
have suffered a “setback” due to
shortage of funds and Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy should
pursue with Ministry of Finance for
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which tabled its report before Lok Sabha, added that
budget allocation for the ministry under the 12th Five-
UP to sign MoUs of ` 5,000 cr for
electronics manufacturing
Seeking to capitalise on the UP Electronics Policy
2014 aimed at boosting manufacturing sector,
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth over
` 5,000 crore are likely to be signed at ‘e-Uttar
Pradesh 2015’ here on Tuesday.
The second edition of the flagship event of UP IT
& Electronics department would be inaugurated by
chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.The MoUs would be
signed with leading private sector electronics and
IT giants and consortiums for setting up greenfield
and brownfield fabrication units.
MoUs with Indian Cellular Association (ICA),
Electronics Industry Association of India (ELCINA)
and India Electronics & Semiconductor Association
(IESA) would be worth ` 3,000 crore for proposed
investment in Electronic Manufacturing Clusters
(EMC) at Yamuna Expressway and Greater Noida
regions. These projects would generate direct &
indirect employment opportunities of over 50,000.
Besides, the state would be signing MoUs with
Spice Group for ` 500 crore for mobile handset
components manufacturing at proposed location
at Modipur (Rampur) and Lava International for
` 600 crore. Similar agreements would be signed
with EON Electric (` 200 crore), Pacetel System
(` 500 crore), etc.
Addressing the media here last evening, UP
principal secretary IT and Electronics Jeevesh
Nandan said UP was on course to becoming an
important manufacturing hub following the new
policy announced last year, which laid emphasis
on partnering with the private sector.
“The land for most these proposed projects
have already been identified and things would
start moving soon for the actual spade work on
them,” he added. After the signing of MoU, the
detailed project report (DPR) would be prepared
for individual projects.
The state government is emphasising on
e-governance, including m-governance, Virtual IT
cadre and paperless secretariat.One of the key
initiative, e-village has been launched to provide
Over the counter (OTC) government services to
citizens. e-district has been rolled out in 21 districts
apart from 6 pilot districts in UP. There have been
almost 140 million e-transactions done in 2014.
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NationalNews
Year Plan (2012-2017) is far below than the amount
demanded by the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy (MNRE).
The report found that the ministry had demanded
` 40,000 crore, but was allocated only ` 19,113 crore.
Even the allocation of funds for the first three years
is unevenly distributed. In 2012-13, the ministry was
allocated ` 1150 crore, ` 1738 crore for 2013-14 and
` 2519 for 2014-15.
“Scrutiny of the information supplied by the MNRE
reveals that the programmes of the ministry, such
as wind power and solar power have suffered a
setback due to shortage of funds thereby creating
pending liabilities for future,” the committee said in
its recommendations.
“Keeping in view the significance of renewable
energy vis-a-vis conventional energy, the committee
recommends that the MNRE should pursue with
Ministry of Finance and get allocation of more funds
so that the renewable energy programmes may not
face a setback,” it added.
The committee has also recommended that the
Ministry should revisit the physical and financial
targets under various heads and evolve strategy with
a view to see that the allocated funds for the on-going
Five year plan gets proper thrust.
Kudankulam n-plant restarts power
generation
Power generation at the Kudankulam Nuclear
Power Project (KNPP) has restarted after the first
unit’s reactor and turbine tripped Jan 14, said Power
System Operation Corporation Ltd. (POSCO).
According to POSCO, power generation at the first
unit of 1,000 MW KNPP commenced Sunday.
The atomic power unit touched a peak generation of
658 MW since it was restarted Sunday and the average
generation for the day was 168 MW, POSCO said.
India’s atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is setting up
two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam in
Tirunelveli district, 650 km from Chennai.
The first unit attained criticality, which is the beginning
of the fission process, July 2013. Subsequently it was
connected to the southern grid in Oct 2013. However,
commercial power generation began only Dec 31,
2014. Since then the unit was generating an average
of 940 MW till it tripped Jan 14.
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Power ministry’s decision to nominate
Power Grid Corp projects worth
` 36,000 crore miffs private firms
The power ministry’s decision to nominate
state-run Power Grid Corp to implement eight
transmission projects worth ` 36,000 crore instead
of inviting competitive bids has come as a jolt to
private companies.
On November 15, the ministry said it would award
transmission projects worth more than ` 53,000
crore through competitive bidding, instead of the
erstwhile cost-plus pricing system. However in the
second week of December, it decided to nominate
Power Grid “under compressed time schedule”
to set up some of the projects that were to be
auctioned originally.
In January 2011, the ministry had taken a policy
decision to implement all inter-state transmission
projects through tariff-based competitive bidding on
the lines of power generation projects.
Now, with eight big-ticket projects being handed over
to a PSU without competition, private firms such as
Reliance Power Transmission, Essel Infra Projects,
Sterlite Grid, Gammon Infra, Larsen & Toubro and
Adani will lose opportunities to bid for transmission
lines involving big ticket investments.
India to complete process of placing
nuclear power reactors under
IAEA safeguards
Paving the way for having imported fuel for its nuclear
power reactors, India will complete the process
of placing its civilian reactors under International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards in the
next two days.
Sources said the last lot of the two reactors- units 1 and
2 of the Narora Atomic Power Station in Bulandshahar
in Uttar Pradesh- will go under safeguards of the
international atomic energy body in the next two days
and necessary paper work is under process.
Until now 20 facilities have gone under IAEA
safeguards. This includes unit 1 and 2 of Tarapur
Atomic Power Station (TAPS), units 1 to 6 of Rajasthan
Atomic Power Station, units 1 and 2 of Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Plant, units and units 1 and 2 of
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station.
These reactors are eligible for using imported uranium
India is procuring from different countries.
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Apart from it, Nuclear Material Store, Away from
Reactor (AFR) Fuel Storage Facility, both at Tarapur,
Uranium Oxide Plant, Ceramic Fuel Fabrication
Plant, Enriched Uranium Fuel, Enriched Uranium
Oxide Plant, Enriched Fuel Fabrication Plant and
the Gadolinia Facility- all the Nuclear Fuel Complex
in Hyderabad- have been placed under the
IAEA safeguards.
Solar subsidy: Centre plans cut,
Haryana may give more
The Centre has decided to reduce by half its
subsidy on rooftop solar power panels that are now
mandatory in Haryana’s buildings, an early hurdle for
a scheme the state government wants implemented
by September this year.
The Union ministry of new and renewable energy
has announced the subsidy is likely to be reduced
up to 15%. When the scheme was announced in the
New Year, state officials had expected the Centre
to offer a 30% subsidy with additional concessions
from Haryana to make the scheme more attractive
and implementation easier. But the ministry put out
a notification on its website on January 2, saying
the subsidy policy was under revision and was likely
to be reduced up to 15% from the current 30%,
either in the form of capital subsidy to be given
directly to Aadhaar-linked accounts or in the form of
interest subvention.
State officials said the Haryana government was
yet to decide on the quantum of subsidy it would
give. Vinay Pratap, Gurgaon’s additional deputy
commissioner and project officer for implementation
of the solar scheme, said, “If there is any reduction in
central subsidy, the state government may consider
reworking its share, clarifications and guidelines for
which are yet to be issued.”
Educational institutions, hospitals, old-age homes,
government community centres, government buildings
and residential buildings would be prioritized over
industrial and commercial buildings, he added.
Energy companies need to invest
more in R&D
State-owned energy companies need to enhance
investment in research and development in
renewable sources of energy, TERI’s Director General
and environmental scientist Rajendra Kumar
Pachauri has said.
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“I think in the renewable energy field I would like to
see some of the energy companies in this country
to invest a lot more. Whether it is ONGC, Oil India
or Indian Oil, or even some of the power companies,
they should be investing a lot more in R&D, so that we
can start preparing for non-fossil fuel-based energy
supplies,” Pachauri said here.
To boost the industry (renewable) sector, the
government will have to come up with proactive
policies, the banks and other financial institutions
need to get involved and even overseas investment
is required, he told on the sidelines of an
event at Hyderabad.
“This (renewable) is a sector which has a huge
market in India and if overseas investors can invest
in renewable energy in India and if India can develop
renewable energy technologies and use them in
large scale that can also then be expanded to other
developing and even developed countries. I see
India becoming a leader in field of renewable energy
globally,” he said.
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 may
be delayed
“The Standing Committee will give its report on the
proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014 by April
and then we can introduce it in Parliament,” Power
Minister Piyush Goyal. The Minister said the proposed
bill will be introduced post recess in the Budget
session of Parliament.
The recess of close to three weeks is the time
when parliamentary standing committees study
ministry-specific demands for grants. It is only after
consideration of the standing committees that these
demands for grants are brought before both the
Houses, discussed, and then passed.
Cabinet, last month, approved various amendments
to the existing Electricity Act 2003, aimed at enabling
consumers to choose their electricity supplier, among
other reforms.
The amendments will also promote competition,
efficiency in operations and improvement in quality
of supply of electricity in the country, resulting in
capacity addition and ultimate benefit to consumers.
The central government has also said wherever
there are existing power purchase agreements, the
interests of stakeholders will be protected, which will
be done in consultation with the power regulator. The
government plans to allow competition at the last
mile or to the end-consumer without raising tariff or
compromising on better customer.
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Proper coal linkages with power plants
to save ` 1,114 crore
Rationalisation of coal linkages with power plants
would result in savings of about ` 1,114 crore on
account of transportation costs. “The whole exercise
may lead to estimated savings in transportation costs
to the tune of ` 1,114 crore approximately,” Director
(Marketing) BK Saxena said.
` 5.99 per unit or 80 paise per unit over the CoS
approved for 2013-14.
The revenue gap projected by them provides a
ground to increase the tariff beginning April this
year. The government is already considering a tariff
hike in the range of 10-15 per cent while reimbursing
the remaining revenue gap through enhanced
power subsidy.
An added benefit would be offloading MCL’s
( Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd, a CIL subsidiary) 15 million
tonnes of coal, which is presently overbooked with
linkages, Saxena said while making a presentation
on rationalisation of sources of the dry fuel that are
achievable and could give savings immediately.
Delhi
The basic criteria on identification of these proposals
include proximity of the plants, availability of coal
at different subsidiaries, consent of consumers
for shifting of the sources, operational feasibility
of the railway network and environment
ministry stipulations.
Bureau of Indian Standards, jointly with IEEMA,
ICAI and ITMA organised a Seminar on
standardization, certification & quality control of
distribution transformers on 9th January in Delhi.
The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. M J Joseph;
Director General BIS.
The government had earlier constituted an interministerial task force to review the existing sources
and consider feasibility for rationalisation of linkages
with a view to reducing the transportation cost for
power utilities, cement, steel and sponge iron sector.
Around 50 manufacturers of Distribution Transformers
and representatives from CEA, CPRI, ERDA and
Utilities attended the Seminar. During the Seminar,
presentations were made pertaining to energy
efficiency and reliability, certification process in
BIS, Quality Assurance - Testing, Failure Analysis,
and improvement in Design and Performance of
distribution transformers.
BIS Seminar on Standardization,
Certification and Quality Control of
Distribution Transformers
Manufacturers also shared their perspective with
respect to implementation of the Electrical Transformer
Quality Control Order issued by the DHI, which comes
into force on 1st February 2015.
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
AP discoms project ` 7,700 cr revenue
deficit for FY16
Andhra Pradesh power utilities have projected a
` 7,716-crore revenue gap for 2015-16 in their annual
revenue requirement (ARR) filings submitted to the AP
Electricity Regulatory Authority (APERC) on Tuesday.
The power utilities said they would be earning only
` 22,592 crore as against the total revenue requirement
of ` 30,308 crore at the current tariffs. The average
cost of supply (CoS) had risen 15.5 per cent to
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara
Raje inaugurates 4th Unit of Chhabra
Thermal Power Station
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated
the fourth unit of Chhabra Thermal Power Station in
Motipura area.
Raje said “Hadoti region has become energy hub in
Rajasthan,” at the inaugural function of the 250 MW
fourth unit of thermal power plant in Motipura in
Chabra area of Baran district.
Lashing out at the previous Ashok Gehlot-ledCongress government, Raje alleged that in her last
tenure she left the debt of ` 15,000 corers in power
sector which was increased to 77,000 corers during
the previous congress government
February 2015
CorporateNews
`25,000 crore ($4 billion) to set up a solar park in Gujarat
that will create 20,000 new jobs. The two companies
will set up a joint venture for building the largest
vertically integrated solar photovoltaic manufacturing
facility in the country, said a statement Sunday by
the Adani Group.
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Corporate News
L&T wins ` 894 crore contract
for ONGC offshore project
Engineering and construction
conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
Monday said it has won an offshore
contract worth ` 894 crore from
state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) for additional development of
the Vasai East project.
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE)
has bagged the complete turnkey
contract from ONGC to improve the
recovery factor of the Vasai East field,
L&T said in a release.
“The contract involves engineering,
procurement, construction and
installation of two wellhead platforms,
sub-sea pipelines and modification of
existing facilities in Heera-Panna-Bassein
block of Mumbai offshore,” L&T said.
“The project, part of ONGC’s strategy
to improve recovery factor of Vasai East
field, where production started in 2008,
is scheduled to be completed by April
2016,” it added.
The ` 2,500 crore project will realise
incremental oil production of 1.83 million
tonnes and incremental gas production
of 1.971 billion cubic metres by 2030.
Adanis
Adanis, SunEdison to invest
$4 bn in Gujarat solar park
Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises and
US-based SunEdison will invest around
February 2015
“The facility will create enough solar panels to
fuel substantial solar growth in India. India has
embarked on an ambitious programme to become
a world leader in power generation from renewable
technologies, and sees solar as a key part in
realising that goal,” Adani Power chief executive
Vineet S. Jain said.
“We are proud to partner with Adani Enterprises to
build the largest solar photovoltaic manufacturing
facility in India. “This facility will create ultra-low
cost solar panels that will enable us to produce
electricity so cost effectively it can compete head
to head, unsubsidised and without incentives, with
fossil fuels,” SunEdison president and chief executive
Ahmad Chatila said in a statement.
“By pairing SunEdison’s solar technology expertise
with Adani’s extensive experience in the creation
of infrastructure, we will be able to transform the
region into a solar production powerhouse, creating
4,500 direct jobs and over 15,000 indirect jobs in the
process,” he added.
This facility will vertically integrate all aspects
of solar panel production on site, including polysilicon
refining, ingots, wafers, cells and panels production.
SJVN
SJVN, Hindustan Salt to set up
renewable energy plants in Gujarat
Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) along with Hindustan
Salt will set up ultra mega hybrid renewable energy
park, having up to 5,000 MW power generation
capacity in Gujarat.
The proposed park would have both solar and wind
plants. The park will be developed on the surplus salt
pan land of Hindustan Salt.
It would have the generation capacity of 4,000-5,000
MW including about 3,500-4,200 MW solar and
600-800 MW wind capacities.
Initially, the SJVN will develop all the infrastructure
facilities like roads, drainage system, power supply
and water supply system, evacuation arrangement
from the plot to evacuation sub-station.
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At present, SJVN operates two hydel projects
including India's largest 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri
station in Himachal Pradesh.
Project in Madhya Pradesh has started functioning.
The company said in a statement that 3,300 MW (five
660 MW units) of the project are already operational.
Adani-Lanco
Coal production has already commenced from the 20
million tonnes Moher and Moher-Amlohri coal mines
associated with the power project.
Adani-Lanco Udupi deal hits deadline
roadblock
Five months after the formal announcement, Adani
Power's `6,000-crore acquisition of Lanco Infratech's
1200 mw thermal power plant in Udupi seems to have
run into rough weather and delays.
Multiple sources directly involved with the ongoing
discussions between both the companies and the
consortia of bank lenders told that on December
29, the deadline for exclusive bilateral negotiations long stop date in M&A parlance - had lapsed. This,
say sources, brightens the prospect of several other
suitors like JSW Energy and Tata Power-ICICI Venture
to dive back into the fray all over again.
Last August, Gautam Adani had outsmarted Sajjan
Jindal at the last minute to buy Lanco's flagship
imported coal-fired project. The deal, the largest
in thermal power in terms of value and capacity,
catapulted the Adani Group, already India's biggest
private sector power producer, to an even bigger
league with a capacity of nearly 10,000 mw and
provided them a toehold in South India.
At the same time, it also gave the cash-strapped
power and road developer Lanco a much-needed
opportunity to pare its bloated balance sheet.
But now with the December deadline expiring, both
parties separately moved the Delhi High Court seeking
an extension of the timeline as well as ensuring Adani
has a first right of refusal in case a new bidder emerges.
Two independent sources claimed that Adani Power
moved court first and Lanco filed a caveat in response,
but sources close to Adani deny this, saying it was the
other way round.
Both Lanco and Adani acknowledge that even if they
currently remain committed to the deal, negotiations
cannot stay open-ended forever and has to close
within a stipulated period, thereby leaving a mutual
exit option open.
Reliance Power
Reliance Power starts boiler for sixth
unit at Sasan UMPP
Reliance Power has said that the boiler for its sixth
and last unit at the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power
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Reliance Power has 3,205 MW power generation
capacity, including 3,120 MW thermal and 85 MW
renewable energy sources.
Kalpataru Power
Kalpataru Power gets ` 560 crore
worth new orders
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) said it has
bagged new orders worth about ` 560 crore.
It has got contracts valued at nearly ` 237 crore
related to two transmission lines from Power Grid
Corporation, according to a filing to the BSE. Another
order, valued at more than `190 crore, is for supply,
erection and commissioning of three transmission
lines nearly Agra.
Besides, the company has been awarded a
pipeline laying project worth `132 crore by
Indian Oil Corporation.
NTPC
SEL to deliver fast bus transfer
technology to NTPC
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., has been
selected as a supplier for India’s largest power
company, NTPC Limited, with its fast bus transfer
system featuring the SEL-451 Protection, Automation,
and Bay Control System. The SEL solution was
chosen after a rigorous approval process that
included a number of SEL’s competitors.
“This has been one of the most detailed approval
processes we have been through,” said Neeraj
Goel, regional manager at SEL India. “We went
through several rounds of meetings, demonstrations,
documentation, and a factory visit, but our technology,
reliability and services helped us secure this coveted
approval.”
SEL’s fast bus transfer system provides protection
for power plants that rely on multiple power supply
sources. When there’s a fault with a power source,
the system detects the problem and switches to an
alternative source, avoiding disruption in service and
a potential blackout.
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The SEL solution utilizes high-speed, flexible logic
that can be customized to meet customer needs.
The system also features three modes of transfer —
fast, in-phase and residual — as well as IEC 61850
protocols, and is economically priced, said Jassim Al
Hamad, SEL’s regional director for India, the Middle
East, and Africa. “This success story from India will
help us bring SEL’s solution to more customers,
helping them to save financial resources with a less
expensive yet higher performing system.”
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Power Sector” award
PSPCL has been chosen as “Best Performing Utility
in Power Sector” by Central Board of Irrigation &
Power. The award was presented to Er.K.D.Chaudhri
by Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat, Hon’ble Minister of State,
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development &
Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India in the
presence of Sushri Uma Bharti, Hon’ble Union Minister,
at New Delhi.
PSPCL has been selected on the basis of its excellent
performance in wide range of areas. PSPCL is having
one of the lowest T&D losses in the country. It brought
down T&D losses from 23.92% in 2007 to 16.95% in
2014 which include EHT losses of 4% as well. Annual
financial turnaround has been achieved from loss of
`1640 crores in year 2010-11 to profit of 261 crores
in year 2012-13, 256 crores in 2013-14 and expected
profit of `170 crores in year 2014-15.
The CMD said that already PSPCL’s achievements
have been recognised by Power Finance Corporation
by rating it second best utility in its draft rating. It is
a jump of 15 positions from 17th in year 2012-13 to
2nd position now which is further likely to improve
in the latest ratings.
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BHEL
BHEL bags `12,020 crore contract
in Karnataka
State-run electrical equipment behemoth Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a
project worth `12,020 crore in Karnataka to set-up
a Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) on EPC
(Engineering, Procurement & Construction) basis.
“Valued at `12,020 crore, the order for the 370 MW
Gas Turbine-based CCPP to be installed at Yelahanka
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on the outskirts of Bengaluru city, has been placed
on BHEL by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited
(KPCL). Significantly, this will also be the first
gas-based Utility Power Project of KPCL,” the
company said in a statement.
The contract involves supply and commissioning of
a fuel-efficient state-of-the-art advanced-class gas
turbine. The key equipment for the contract will be
manufactured at BHEL’s Hyderabad, Trichy, Haridwar,
Bhopal and Jhansi plants, while the company’s Power
Sector – Southern Region shall execute the civil
works, erection and commissioning of the equipment.
According to the Maharatna company, the plant will
replace the old diesel generator-based power plant of
128 MW capacity, which has not been operating for
some time due to environmental issues. Yelahanka
CCPP will not only address environmental concerns
but will also improve the power supply in Karnataka
and specifically Bengaluru city.
“BHEL has a long association with KPCL and
BHEL-supplied sets account for 74 percent of its
installed capacity. Another 3,100 MW of projects are
presently under construction by BHEL at Bellary,
Yeramarus and Edlapur,” the company said.
Crompton Greaves
Crompton Greaves wins $26 mn
project in Indonesia
Avantha Group-owned Crompton Greaves (CG)
Tuesday said it has sealed a deal with the Indonesian
government-owned electricity corporation Perusahaan
Listrik Negara (PT PLN) worth $26 million.
Under the terms of the deal, CG will manufacture
and supply 37 units of 60 MVA, 30 MVA and 150/20
kV power transformers for the Indonesian power firm
which will be deployed in 36 substations in Sumatra,
Java, Bali, Kalimantan and the Sulawesi islands.
The electricity project is funded by the World Bank in
collaboration with the Indonesian government. “The
project scope includes the design, manufacturing,
factory testing, site installation and testing, and the
pre-commissioning of the transformers over a period
of 18 months,” CG said in a statement.
“From 2013 to 2022, PT PLN has a long-term plan
for an additional generating capacity of 59.5 GW,
with a total estimated expenditure of around $125
billion. From 1993 onwards, CG has been regularly
providing PT PLN’s generation and transmission
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divisions, power transformers in the range of 30 MVA
to 500 MVA, with voltage levels up to 500 kV,” the
company said.
CG has invested more than $15 million to build a
550 kV Extra High Voltage Test Lab in Indonesia. CG
commands a 30 percent market share in the utility
segment in Indonesia.
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric demonstrates the
power of ‘Smart Energy’ solutions at
INTELECT 2015
Schneider Electric India, the global specialist in
energy management, showcased its innovative and
diverse range of smart energy solutions at Intelect
2015 organized by IEEMA and IEEE in Mumbai.
The theme of the event was smart electricity and
Schneider Electric, being one of the foremost
solutions providers, exhibited solutions which can
save up to 30% energy, thereby reducing capital
costs significantly.
The platform allowed Schneider Electric to provide a
virtual, graphic-facilitated demonstration of how smart
electricity integrates different aspects of a smart city.
The needs of interconnectivity and sophistication,
which are essential for the establishment and
functioning of smart cities, have made integrated
networks more complex with far more open access.
Top officials across different business units from
Schneider Electric were also present at the exhibition
and shared their views on how smart solutions will
play a major role in the whole digital revolution that
has gripped India today. Mr. Prakash Chandraker, Vice
President, Energy BU, Schneider Electric India and
Mr. Charbel Aoun, Senior Vice President, Schneider
Electric delivered keynote address on the topic of
smart cities.
Speaking at the event Mr. Anil Chaudhry, Country
President and Managing Director, Schneider
Electric India said, “The year 2015 is expected to be
a turnaround year for the Indian power sector as the
centre aims to meet its goal of providing uninterrupted
electricity supply to all households and smart solutions
will play a major role in achieving energy efficiency
and sustainability. The Government has set the ball
rolling with a plethora of announcements that are set
to revive the power sector in 2015 and Schneider
Electric whole-heartedly supports the favourable and
progressive announcements by the government.”
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Shocks&Sparks
A
n English friend of mine says that he nearly had
a heart attack on a flight in the United States
when the American pilot announced that the plane
would be airborne “momentarily.”
In British English, the language my friend speaks,
“momentarily” means “for a moment,” and he thought
the pilot was suggesting an imminent crash soon after
takeoff. In American English, however, “momentarily”
means “in a moment,” and the pilot was merely
appeasing the impatient passengers.
The plane took off, stayed aloft, my friend’s heart
stopped thudding, and he lived to tell the tale. But he
understood better than ever before the old adage that
Britain and the United States are two countries divided
by a common language.
Anecdotes abound about the misunderstandings
that arise when foreigners come to the United States
thinking that they know the language.
In one anecdote, a young man, in the course of a
passionate courtship, tells his American girlfriend, “I’ll
give you a ring tomorrow.” All he meant was that he
would call her by telephone. But she understood him
to have offered betrothal, and the relationship didn’t
survive the misunderstanding.
Then there’s the
hotel that failed to
understand an
English guest
who called to say
he had left his
“trousers in the
wardrobe.”
Translators had to
be summoned
before the hotel
staff
finally
cottoned on: “Oh,
you’ve left your
pants in the
closet. Why didn’t you say so in the first place?”
Sometimes you can get the right word but the wrong
concept. India’s former foreign minister, M. C. Chagla,
once ruefully recounted the time he wanted to order
a modest bite from room service in a New York hotel
and requested sandwiches.
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“How many do you want?” Chagla was asked.
Imagining delicate little triangles of thinly-sliced
bread, he replied: “Oh, half-a-dozen should be
enough.” Six sandwiches duly arrived, each about
a foot long (30 centimeters) and four inches high.
In my first week on a U.S. university campus, I
asked an American where I could post a letter to
my parents. “There’s a bulletin board at the Student
Center,” he replied, “but are you sure you want
to post something so personal?” I soon learned
that I needed to “mail” letters, not “post” them
(even though in the United States you mail them at
the “post office”).
In Britain, one concludes a restaurant meal by
asking for the bill, and conceivably paying by
cheque; in America, one asks for the check and
pays with bills.
The language of politics is also not exempt from the
politics of language. When a member of Parliament
in Britain “tables” a resolution, he puts it forward
for debate and passage; when an American
Congressman tables a resolution, he kills it off.
Such differences of usage reveal something of the
nature of American society. It is no wonder, after all,
that while the British “stand” for election, Americans
“run” for office.
U.S. statesmen from Alexander Haig to Donald
Rumsfeld have delighted global audiences with their
own variants of the Queen’s tongue. The American
form is usually the more vigorous, and American
usage stretches the possibility of the language in
more inventive ways.
A British linguist once told a New York audience that
whereas a double negative could make a positive,
there was no language in the world in which a
double positive made a negative. A heckler put paid
to his thesis in forthright American: “Yeah, right.”
Yeah, right, indeed. With the universality of
English largely a result of U.S.
global dominance, it’s time for
other English speakers to stop
quibbling about whether the
American usage is right or wrong.
It simply is.
R G Keswani
February 2015