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KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current state of power distribution in
India? What are the key sector trends?
• What are the challenges faced by the sector and what
is the future outlook?
• Brief presentation by Harminder Singh, Director,
Energy, India Infrastructure
INAUGURAL SESSION: GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE AND UPDATE
ON R-APDRP
Questions/Topics:
• What is the government perspective on the power distribution
sector in India?
• What are the key issues and challenges? What is the
future outlook?
• What is the status of the sanctioned projects under
the R-APDRP programme?
• Has the progress on R-APDRP been satisfactory so
far? What have been the key issues and challenges in this
regard?
• Address/presentation by G. Asok Kumar, Director,
Distribution, Ministry of Power
• Presentation by M.K. Goel, Director, Commercial,
Power Finance Corporation
• plus Q&A
DISCOM BEST PRACTICES I
Questions/Topics:
• What have been some of the best practices in network
management, loss reduction and customer care adopted by
the progressive discoms?
• What has been the impact of these practices on the
performance of these discoms?
• What were some of the challenges faced in implementing
them and how were they overcome?
• Address by P. Manivannan, Managing Director, Bangalore
Electricity Supply Company
• plus Q&A Via Video Link
PRIVATE PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the private perspective on the power distribution
sector in India?
• What are the key issues and challenges? What is the
future outlook?
• What are some of the best practices and latest technologies
being adopted by discoms?
• Presentation by Satish Mishra, Senior Vice-President,
Reliance Infrastructure
• plus Q&A
DISCOM BEST PRACTICES I (CONTINUED)
Questions/Topics:
• What have been some of the best practices in network
management, loss reduction and customer care adopted by
the progressive discoms?
• What has been the impact of these practices on the
performance of these discoms?
• What were some of the challenges faced in implementing
them and how were they overcome?
• Presentation by Ashish Kumar Goel, Managing Director,
Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited
• plus Q&A
BEST PRACTICES: EFFECTIVE CONSUMER METERING
• Presentation by Vaibhav Seth, Vice-President , A2Z
Maintenance and Engineering Services Limited
• plus Q&A
DISTRIBUTION REFORM AND REGULATION
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key issues in the sector, in financial
and efficiency terms? What are the underlying causes for
these?
• What are the future implications for utilities, the
sector and the economy? What are the interventions needed?
• What are the key regulatory issues? What is the benefit
of open access to discoms?
• Presentation by Anish De, Chief Executive Officer,
Mercados EMI Asia
• plus Q&A
SMART GRID – THE WAY FORWARD: DISCOM PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the smart grid initiatives taken by some
distribution utilities including yours?
• Are distribution utilities in India ready for smart
grid initiatives? What is the recommended roadmap for Indian
discoms?
• Presentation by Arunabha Basu, Vice-President and
Head, Technology, North Delhi Power Limited
• plus Q&A
CHALLENGES OF OPEN ACCESS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the benefits of intra-state and interstate
open access to discoms?
• What are some of the issues and challenges in implementing
open access?
• What is the redressal for Section 11 of the Electricity
Act 2003, being used to block open access?
Panel discussion amongst:
• P. Parameswaran, Member, Kerala State Electricity
Regulatory Commission
• Sanjeev Mehra, Executive Vice-President, PTC India
• Virinder Singh, Member, Punjab State Electricity
Regulatory Commission
• Satyajit Ganguly, Vice-President and Head, Business
Operations, Power Exchange India Limited
• plus Q&A
POWER PROCUREMENT COSTS
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the recent trends in power procurement
costs?
• What has been the impact of power trading, RPOs,
etc on these costs?
• How are the utilities gearing up to tackle increased
costs?
• Presentation by Sabyasachi Majumdar, Vice-President
and Head, Power Sector Ratings, ICRA
• plus Q&A
FOCUS ON EQUIPMENT: FEEDER AUTOMATION
• Presentation by Yogesh Bhamare, Assistant Vice-President
and Head, Engineering, Distribution Automation Products,
ABB Limited
• plus Q&A
FRANCHISE MODEL
Questions/Topics:
• What benefits does the franchise model provide for
private participation in the distribution sector?
• What have been the key learnings from this model
based on current experience?
• Which are the new emerging franchises and what are
their expectations?
• Presentation by Commander (Retd) D. Chatterjee,
Principal Consultant, Distribution Franchise, Maharashtra
State Electricity Distribution Company Limited
• plus Q&A
DISCOM BEST PRACTICES II
Questions/Topics:
• What have been some of the best practices in network
management, loss reduction and customer care adopted by
the progressive discoms?
• What has been the impact of these practices on the
performance of these discoms?
• What were some of the challenges faced in implementing
them and how were they overcome?
• Presentation by A.K. Verma, Director, Distribution,
Punjab State Power Corporation
• plus Q&A
IT AS AN ENABLER
Questions/Topics:
• What role has IT played in increasing the efficiency
of the distribution sector?
• How are discoms deploying IT?
• What has been the experience so far in leveraging
IT for business processes?
Presentations by:
• Anish Kalucha, Assistant Vice-President, IT, BSES
• V. Sivaji, General Manager, IT, Central Power Distribution
Company of Andhra Pradesh
• Randeep Singh, Deputy General Manager, Planning,
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
• Goutam Ghatak, Principal Consultant , Utility Division,
Wipro Limited
• Praveen Goyal, Assistant Vice-President, Market Development,
Ferranti Computer Systems
• Plus Q&A
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