Episode 4 of Discom Perspectives is now streaming!Alok K. Brara and Priyanka Kwatra speak to Abhishek Ranjan, Chief Executive Officer, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), about the its operational performance, grid modernisation initiatives, and key priorities for the coming years.Mr Ranjan also highlights BRPL’s use of digital technologies for predictive maintenance and network management, the growing role of battery storage in managing peak demand and optimising network utilisation, and the progress of its smart meter rollout.

In this episode of the Discom Perspectives series, Power Line's Alok Brara, Nandita Kochhar and Priyanka Kwatra speak with Prudhvitej Immadi, Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL), about the discom's operational and financial performance, as well as its key goals and top priorities. Mr Immadi also highlights the utility's digitalisation initiatives for intelligent network management and operation, the benefits realised from its smart metering measures, and the strategies and plans for managing the growing integration of renewable energy.The Discom Perspectives series is sponsored by STS Association.

STS Association is an international organization that develops and maintains the standard transfer specification for prepaid meters. In this podcast, Power Line’s Alok Brara and Nandita Kochhar sit down with Lance Hawkins-Dady, director and chairperson, STSA; Franco Pucci, technical consultant, STSA; and Don Taylor, a renowned pioneer in the field of prepayment metering, to understand STS’s goals and objectives as well as its recent achievements. They also discuss the initiatives it is currently working on.

In the second episode of the Discom Perspectives series, Power Line's Alok Brara and Priyanka Kwatra speak to Alok Kumar, Director General of the All India Discoms Association, about the transformation underway in India’s power distribution sector.

From prioritising loss reduction and network upgrades to leveraging the large amounts of data generated from smart meters, Mr Kumar discusses how discoms can achieve operational efficiency, financial sustainability and better consumer service delivery. He also sheds light on the India Energy Stack initiative, with which he has been closely involved, explaining how it will help improve discom productivity and resource visibility. In this insightful conversation, we also explore promising technologies that could transform discom operations.

The Discom Perspectives series is sponsored by STS Association.

Episode 1 of Discom Perspectives is now streaming!

In this episode, we sit down with Arti Dogra, Chairperson, Rajasthan DISCOMs, and Energy Secretary, Government of Rajasthan, to discuss the operational, financial and structural transformation of Rajasthan’s distribution utilities over the past few years, as well as their preparedness for an increasingly complex power landscape.

This episode is hosted by Alok Brara and Priyanka Kwatra of Power Line Magazine.

The Discom Perspectives series is sponsored by STS Association.