Adani Transmission has received a contract from The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking, a Mumbai-based civic transport and electricity provider, to execute the smart metering project on a design-build-finance-own-operate-transfer (DBFOOT) basis.

As part of the contract, Adani Transmission’s distribution platform will install 10.8 lakh smart meters and related communication and cloud infrastructure over a period of 30 months and maintain them for the following 90 months.

The smart metering project in Mumbai shall cover end-to-end smart metering for distribution infrastructure and end consumers of BEST Undertaking, according to Adani Transmission.

Kandarp Patel — Adani Transmission distribution CEO said: “This is yet another accretive initiative for us, as we secure our first competitively bid smart metering project under our Distribution Platform and embark on a trusted partnership with BEST Undertaking.

“This project is in line with our long terms goals to deliver customer value by unlocking the potential of technology and digitalization.

“We are confident to deliver this project as per expectations within a timely manner allowing BEST Undertaking and its consumers to fully capitalize on the potential of digitalization.”

Smart meters are said to drive overall efficiency in electricity distribution and eliminate manual intervention in energy accounting.

In addition, smart meters will enable BEST consumers to monitor online consumption patterns and opt for pre-paid billing and net-metering facility.

BEST, by executing the smart metering project, can also execute remote connection and disconnection of non-paying consumers.

Smart meters are believed to enable the regulators to propose consumer friendly time of day tariffs, said Adani Transmission, which is the electric power transmission arm of the Adani Group.

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