5 lakh smart prepayment meter to be installed in north
BSS, Rajshahi
Around five lakh smart prepayment meters are going to be installed in different parts of the countrys northwest region aimed at checking misuses of power and getting actual revenue against the consumption of power.
Headquared in Rajshahi, Northern Electricity Supply Company (NESCO) Limited will install the smart meters under a project styled Installation of five lakh smart prepayment meters in NESCO areas with an estimated cost of around Tk 414.83 crore.
Zakir Hossain, NESCO Superintending Engineer and Director of the project, said the three-year project is being implemented in 16 power supply units under Rajshahi, Natore, Chapainawabgonj, Bogura, Pabna, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Nilphamari districts.
Under the project, 4,67,200 single phase smart prepayment meters, 32,800 three-phase smart prepayment meters, 3000 data concentrator units, 17 utility vending stations, one central data center, one master information centre and one digester recovery centre will be installed.
In addition to the advance revenue collection the project will provide improved client-services side by side with bringing down the non-technical loss to zero level.
The mega scheme will also ease the demand side load management system together with halting the power wastage. Upon successful implementation of the project by June, 2021, the clients could use power upon its financial ability by using smart prepayment meter.
