Ongoing Consultancy - DSD

Ongoing Consultancy

A. Third Party Independent Agency under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) B. Third Party Independent Evaluation Agency - Energy Accounting under R-APDRP C. Third Party Independent Agency under Niranthara Jyothi Yojana (NJY) D. Surprise Checks and inspection of complaint works attended by the utility staff E. Third Party Inspection to ensure Safety at work place on all the works carried out by the utility F. Assessment of Vendors for the manufacture of indivisual component of distribution network

Details

A. Third Party Independent Agency under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

CPRI has been appointed as Third Party Inspection Agency (TPIA) in three tier Monitoring of RGGVY programme of the Ministry of Power; Govt. of India.

As Third Party inspection Agency, CPRI will report the progress and quality of works as per the Monitoring and Inspection report formats specified in REC guidelines. The basic areas monitored in the villages are:

• Project Parameter
• Highlights of major project monitoring observations of the project
• Village snap shots of each village visited covering
• Physical Performance in the village
• Workmanship and construction standards
• Quality of Materials and Equipment in the village
• Adherence to Indian Electricity rules
• Photographs of deficiencies & defects requiring rectification in the village

Currently the projects are underway in the following States & Districts:

1. Karnataka
1. Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) - Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts
2. Gulbarga Electricity Supply Corporation (GESCOM) - Gulbarga district
3. Hukkeri Rural Electric Cooperative Society Ltd., (HRECS) – Hukkeri town in Belgaum district
4. Hubli Electricity Supply Corporation (HESCOM) - Belgaum and Uttara kannada districts
2. Kerala
1. Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) - Kannur, Kasargod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wyanad, Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kotayam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram and Trisshur districts.

Ministry of Power, Government of India has introduced the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in April 2005 for achieving the National common Minimum Programme objective of providing access to electricity to all Rural Households over a period of four years. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme.

The main aim of the programme is:

• Create necessary infrastructure through
• REDB (Rural Electricity distribution backbone) - Provision of at least one 33/11kV (66/11kV) substation of adequate capacity in each block
• VEI (Village Electrification Infrastructure) - Electrification of every village with a distribution transformer in each habitation
• DDG (Decentralized Distributed Generation and supply) system in villages where grid connectivity is not feasible or cost effective
• Below Poverty line (BPL) households to get electricity connection free of charge. Revenue sustainability & supply of electricity to be ensured through franchises who could be NGOs, User Associations, Cooperatives or Individual Entrepreneurs with the associated of Panchayat Raj Institutions
• The scheme aims at electrifying all un-electrified villages over a period of four years and provides access to electricity to all rural households CLICK HERE TO VIEW RGGVY Progress (Size : 33KB, Ms Excel file)

B. Third Party Independent Evaluation Agency - Energy Accounting under R-APDRP

CPRI has bagged the prestigious consultancy as “Third Party Independent Evaluation Agency - Energy Audit (TPIEA-EA)” of Karnataka state under the R-APDRP of Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.

As TPIEA-EA, CPRI shall oversee the tasks under R-APDRP through Monitoring of AT & C losses for all the ESCOMs of Karnataka. It covers 98 towns in the entire state as identified project areas under respective Distribution companies.

Role of CPRI as TPIEA-EA:

• Establishing/Certification /Reporting of (initial) Baseline AT&C loss figures of the project area as per the methodology, provided by nodal Agency. Sample checking/testing/ verification of the initial base line data of AT&C losses and the computation method.
• Physical verification of the electrical boundary vice versa the physical boundary of project area.
• Physical verification & site visits of energy input & output points (import/export metering locations for the project area) to ascertain the ring fencing of project area.
• Certification of the input energy of project area for three billing cycle perio