Union Power Secretary chairs 16th meeting of RDSS Monitoring Committee
NEW DELHI: Union Secretary of Power, Alok Kumar, today chaired the 16th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).
Joint Secretary (UT), Ministry of Home Affairs; Chairperson CEA; Principal Advisor Energy, NITI Aayog; CMDS of REC/PFC/PGCIL from central government and Principal Secretary PDD, H.Rajesh Prasad; Managing Director KPDCL, Yasin M Choudhary besides Managing Director JPDCL, Shiv Anant Tayal from J&K UT attended the meeting.
Union Secretary had a detailed review and discussion on salient features of RDSS and was apprised of progress on the RDSS scheme implementation by KPDCL. He discussed and took stock of the action plan for the reduction of AT&C losses to 12-15 percent by 2024-25 and the reduction of the ACS-ARR gap to zero by 2024-25.
Union Secretary was informed about the development of smart metering projects and loss reduction schemes viz-a-viz LT AB cabling under the RDSS scheme of KPDCL.
He also discussed 13 tender packages under Distribution Infrastructure Works for Loss Reduction and was apprised of its detailed progress.
During the meeting, Smart Metering Project was also taken up for discussion and Union Secretary directed the officials of KPDCL to complete the project before the given deadline.
Union Secretary appreciated the groundwork of KPDCL which has resulted in a decrease in AT&C loss of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited. He directed the officials to speed up the appointment of PIAs so that the remaining projects are taken up at the earliest.
The Corporation assured the Union Secretary that they will continue their efforts with the same zeal and devotion to further bring down AT&C losses to around 15% by the end of 2024-2025.
