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July, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE
Niti Aayog, Ministry of Power and
ISGF Jointly Organized Key Stakeholder •

Niti Aayog, Ministry of Power and..........................................1
ISGF Jointly Organized Key Stakeholder
Consultation Workshop on the Energy

Consultation Workshop on the Energy
Storage System (ESS) Roadmap for India
Storage System(ESS) Roadmap for India •
•
Appointments and Transfers.....................................................2
Announcing Training Program on Electric...........................2
Mobility and Charging Infrastructure
Organized by ISGF
• Key Contacts...................................................................................2
• Smart Grid Updates:
o Policy, Regulations & Standards.......................................3
o Technology & Projects.........................................................5
o Smart Grid Pilot Projects in India.................................. 10
• Announcing EU-India Smart Grid...........................................4
Workshop in Paris
• Announcing Training Program on Cyber..............................4
Security for Power Systems
• Announcing Training Program on..........................................4
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
ISGF has prepared an Energy Storage Roadmap for India with the objective to help • ISGF Conducted Training Program on Electric...................9
policy makers and utilities in decision making related to investments in energy storage Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure in July 2019
for integration of renewable energy leading to a reliable and low carbon grid in India. The • Announcing Distribution Utility Meet 2019........................9
project evaluates the impact of distributed energy generation sources and electric vehicles • ISGF Organised Brainstorming Session.............................. 10
on the distribution grid and the techno-commercial viability of energy storage solutions on Addressing India’s Urban Water
to overcome the grid integration challenges. The Roadmap was developed in association Crisis using Smart Technologies
with India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) and supported through a grant from MacArthur • ISGF Conducted Training Program on................................ 11
Foundation. Advance Metering Infrastructure in July 2019
• Portal for Updates on Latest.................................................. 11
On 16th July 2019, NITI Aayog, Ministry of Power and ISGF jointly organized the Key Government Policies, Regulations and
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop in New Delhi for presenting the Draft Energy Guidelines on Renewable Energy
Storage System Roadmap for India and take suggestions for finalizing the Roadmap. • Announcing India Smart ........................................................ 12
Utility Week 2020
Workshop started with the Welcome Address by Reji Kumar Pillai, President, ISGF
and Special Address by Anand Kumar, Chairman, GERC; Arbind Prasad, Chairperson, Please visit www.indiasmartgrid.org for more
JERC and Inaugural Address delivered by RP Gupta, Additional Secretory-Energy, NITI information. To download a high resolution
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An interactive session on Early Experience with Energy Storage Systems in India was Chaired and Moderated by Vishal Kapoor, Director,
Ministry of Power. Giga-Scale Battery Manufacturing Program in India-Overview was presented by NITI Aayog.
Final version of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) Roadmap will be published in August 2019. The draft ESS Roadmap for India report can be
downloaded at the following link- http://ow.ly/JN5e30pbhNl

Appointments and Transfers

Subhash Chandra Garg has been appointed as Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power has been
Ministry of Power appointed as Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Home Affairs
and will take over as Home Seceretary from September 2019

Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power Lokesh Dutt Jha has been appointed as Chairman, Jammu &
has been promoted as Special Secretary, Ministry of Power Kashmir Electricity Regulatory Commission

Naresh Sardana has been appointed as Member, Haryana Ajay Gupta has been appointed as Member (Technical),
Electricity Regulatory Commission Jammu & Kashmir Electricity Regulatory Commission

Pravas Kumar has been appointed as Member (Law), S Nagalakshmi has been appointed as Chairman and Managing
Jharkhand Electricity Regulatory Commission Director, Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra
Pradesh Limited

Santanu Basu has been appointed as the Chairman and AK Gupta has been appointed as Managing Director of
Managing Director, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (JVVNL)
Company Limited

H Harinath Rao has been appointed as CMD of Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APSPDCL)

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 Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards
INDIA
Budget 2019 Provides Impetus to India’s Transition to E-Mobility
and EV Manufacturing
In the latest Union Budget for FY 2019-2020, the central
government has provided strong support to the nascent electric
vehicle industry with the announcement of tax incentives to
speed up the transition of the automobile industry from fossil
fuel dependent to electric. A budgetary allocation of INR 5 billion
or approx. USD 73 million has been made to the FAME India
program. The adoption of approximately 52,800 electric vehicles
(EVs) across all EV categories is being supported through demand
incentives. The categories of EVs supported through budgetary
incentives are electric buses, four-wheelers, three-wheelers,
and two-wheelers. The budgetary allocation through demand
incentives for EV adoption amounts to INR 2.71 billion or approx.
40 million USD. Read More: https://bit.ly/2YRJqpn
Himachal Pradesh Amends Regulation for Deviation Settlement
Mechanism
The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission
(HPERC) has finalized the amendments to its regulation on
deviation settlement mechanism and has included the concept of
area clearing price, which is the price of a time block electricity
contract established on the power exchange after considering all
the valid purchase and sale bids after dividing the market across
the constrained transmission corridors. HPERC also finalized
the additional charges in case of violation of the requirements
with regards to the sustained deviations. It has fixed a 0.5 MW
deviation limit in any direction (positive or negative) for a time block
of up to 10 MW. For the time block of up to 25 MW, the maximum
permissible deviation is 1 MW. Read More: https://bit.ly/30AK7Uf
MNRE Prescribes Roles and Responsibilities of DISCOMs for the
CPSU Program
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued
a notification regarding the modalities and role of distribution
companies (DISCOMs) to ensure the smooth implementation of
the second phase of the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU)
program. This government program aims to set up 12,000 MW of
grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects for self-use or
use by government entities. The MNRE has stated that DISCOMs
will facilitate open access to government producers intending to
use solar power generated by themselves through open access.
The power produced can be utilized for supply to other government
bodies or non-commercial sectors like agriculture, and local urban
bodies. Read More: https://bit.ly/2Y4hYYm
Registration Fee Exemption for Electric Vehicles
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has put
forward a proposal to relieve electric and battery-operated vehicles
from registration charges. The ministry will introduce measures
to introduce differential registration fees as per the Central Motor
Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989. The draft notification will modify
Rule 81 of the CMVR and states that battery operated vehicles
will be exempt from paying fees for the issue and renewal of a
registration certificate and assignment of a new registration mark.
The draft is currently open to suggestions from stakeholders. for utilities facing wildfire liabilities. The first is a 10.5 billion USD
Read More: https://bit.ly/30uiXOY
Gujarat’s Budget Emphasizes on Growth of Rooftop Solar
Sector
In the Gujarat state’s budget announced for FY 2019-2020, a
recalibrated target of 30 GW of renewable capacity by 2022 has
been announced. The state government has also renewed its
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focus on distributed generation solar projects in the state with the
new budget having a provision of INR 10 billion or approx.144.9
million USD for a new rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) program.
Under the proposed rooftop solar PV program, 200,000 families
will be covered during the year and the beneficiaries will be
given a subsidy of up to 40% of the capital cost for rooftop solar
projects of capacity 3 kW and a subsidy of 20% on the system
cost for rooftop solar projects in the range of 3 kW to 10 kW.
Read More: https://bit.ly/308HXeC
INTERNATIONAL
World Bank Loan to Tunisia for a Cleaner and Greener Future
The World Bank allocated 151 million USD in funding to Tunisia
to assist in the process of diversifying its sources of electricity.
The funds granted in the form of a loan will make it possible to
produce clean and less expensive energy, with the establishment
of renewable energy plants by private energy companies in the
country. These measures will contribute to the establishment of a
greener energy sector and will also reduce the dependence of the
electricity sector on fossil fuel imports. Further, it will strengthen
the financial position of the sector to enable it to attract more
private investment. Read More: https://bit.ly/2JyY53B
European Commission approves Stringent Emission Limits in
Italian Capacity Mechanism
The European Commission has approved under State aid rules the
introduction of stringent CO2 emission limits in the Italian capacity
mechanism. The CO2 emission limits will prevent high-emission
electricity generation, such as coal-fired power plants, from
participating in the Italian capacity mechanism. At the same time,
Italy will apply several measures to ensure that the mechanism
remains competitive in spite of the exclusion of such capacity
providers. This measure will also contribute to ensuring security
of supply and increase the level of environmental protection
without unduly distorting competition in the single market.
Read More: https://bit.ly/2XHda7S
China Approves Solar Projects Based on Feed-in-Tariff
Mechanism
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has approved 22.78
GW of solar projects based on feed-in-tariff mechanism. These
solar PV projects are expected to be grid-connected by December
2019. A total of 4,338 solar PV projects with a combined capacity
of 24.55 GW were proposed to be developed, but only 3,921
projects totalling 22.78 GW have received the official approval.
Out of the approved projects, 366 are ground-mounted utility-scale
solar projects with a total capacity of 18.12 GW. Moreover, 473 of
them are distributed generation solar projects totalling 0.56 GW
while 3,082 are self-generation or excess capacity solar projects
totalling 4.10 GW. Read More: https://bit.ly/2JEVweZ
California Assembly Passes Wildfire Fund for Utilities
California assembly has successfully passes a 21 billion USD
wildfire bill offering the state’s big investor-owned utilities a lifeline
against bankruptcy if they’re hit with multibillion-dollar wildfire
liabilities. The bill would create two separate funding mechanisms
“liquidity fund,” paid for by an existing 2.50 USD-per-month charge
on customers’ bills, which would offer utilities short-term loans,
repayable in full, to cover ongoing wildfire costs. The second is a
fund of up to 10.5 billion USD, to be raised through proportional
contributions from utilities if they choose to participate,
that would be available to pay out wildfire liability claims.
Read More: https://bit.ly/2YQwmQV
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EU-India Smart Grid Workshop, 14 – 15 November 2019, Paris, France
ISGF announces 8th EU – India Smart Grid Workshop in Paris, France scheduled on 14 - 15 November 2019. The importance of EU-
India cooperation on Smart Grid has been underlined in the Joint Declaration on a Clean Energy and Climate Partnership adopted
by EU and India on the occasion of the visit by India’s Prime Minister Modi to the European Leaders in Brussels on 30 March 2016.
The Paris Workshop will involve Indian and European Policy Makers, Network Operators, Regulators and Technology Providers in
interactions on the following themes:
• Regulatory Frameworks enabling RE Integration
• European and Indian demonstration projects on Energy Storage to promote the Integration of Renewable Energy and Electric
Vehicles
• Evolving Role of Distribution System Operators in the context of Smart Grids
• Upscaling and transferring promising Smart Grid demonstrations in Indian and European contexts
To join the delegation from India, please contact Ms. Reena Suri at India Smart Grid Forum (reena.suri@indiasmartgrid.org)

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 Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projects
Grid Modernization and Smart Metering EU to Introduce Legislation Mandating EV to Install Acoustic
Vehicle Alert Systems
India considers Mass Rollout of 300 Million Smart Meters
The legislation issued on July 1, 2019 stated that all electric cars in
India is considering a plan to install smart meters in every home Europe must be fitted with sound-emitting technology to reduce
and business as part of its ongoing effort to turn around the the risk of danger to pedestrians accustomed to noisy internal
country’s ailing power sector. The plan under consideration would combustion engines. While the extremely quiet operation of
require 300 million smart meters over three years. The federal electric vehicles is often touted as another bonus for the emerging
power ministry has begun discussions with manufacturers on zero emissions form of transport, this silence is believed to
supplying the meters, which improve efficiency by monitoring present a risk to other road users, particularly the vision-impaired
and transmitting power use data. As part of the plan, the federal and their companion animals. The European Union has introduced
government is mulling providing subsidies to partially cover this legislation. Read More: https://bit.ly/2XdekXu
the costs, one of the officials said. Preliminary estimates by the
government put the cost for the meters at about 2,000 rupees Renewable Energy and Microgrids
($29) apiece, or $8.7 billion in total, according to one of the officials.
That’s partly based on an expectation that prices would be lower Largest Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Glass Installation in
than a smaller government tender for 5 million smart meters in Canada at Edmonton Convention Centre
2017 at 2,503 rupees. Read More: https://bit.ly/2XdjUZY The project will begin this
The City of Edmonton,
EBRD to provide Ukraine €149 Million for Power Grid month and is expected to
Modernization be completed in early 2020. which owns the
The new solar cells will Edmonton Convention
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a decree on the Centre, has announced
convert sunlight into clean
expediency of attracting a loan from the European Bank for
electricity while maintaining a $10.8 million atrium
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the amount of €149
million to implement a project to modernize the transmission
the transparency of the modernization project
network. The project will be implemented by Ukrenergo National
Centre’s current glass atrium. that includes the
All 696 sloped panels on replacement of the
Power Company. It will improve the efficiency and reliability of
the atrium will be replaced, venue’s 35-year-old
power transmission in western, northern, southern and central
with photovoltaic glass units
regions of Ukraine. Read More: https://bit.ly/2J1kNRy skylight units with
replacing approximately 50
Electric Vehicle(EV) and Energy Storage per cent of the existing glass. photovoltaic (solar cell)
It is estimated that more than glass units
Tata Group to Set up Lithium-ion Battery Plant in Gujarat, India 227,000 kilowatt hours of
Tata Group, has committed an investment of INR 40 billion to set electricity will be generated each year and the panels will reduce
up a lithium-ion battery plant in Dholera Special Investment Region anticipated greenhouse gases by over 150,000 kg. The investment
(DSIR) in Gujarat. Tata Group have procured land of 126 acres and is anticipated to be paid back in around 22 years. Read more:
in the first phase, the company will make an investment of INR https://bit.ly/2YobjFp
10 billion. The ultimate manufacturing capacity would be 10 giga EESL to spend Rs 800 Crores to Install Solar Rooftops in
watts (GW). Read More: https://bit.ly/2YKZ99A Maharashtra, India
Flipkart, Amazon and others Collaborate with Delhi Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) plans to install an aggregate
Government to Deploy EVs for Delivery Services 200 MW of grid connected solar rooftop across 5,000 state-
The Delhi government is running a pilot project testing the owned buildings in Maharashtra in the next two years at a cost
use of electric vehicles for deliveries. With the electric vehicle of around INR 8 billion. State-run EESL, which is a joint venture of
freight project called Deliver Electric Delhi, 1,000 EVs will be four other PSUs including NTPC, Power Finance Corporation, Rural
used for deliveries over the next 12 months in partnership with Electrification Corporation, and Power Grid Corporation, will be
installing rooftop solar on RESCO model in phased manner. EESL
30 players. Some of the high-profile participants include Flipkart,
is already retrofitting government buildings in Maharashtra with
Amazon, Bigbasket, Grofers, Uber Eats, Zomato to Hero Electric,
energy efficient appliances, investing INR 3.25 billion to enable
Mahindra Electric, Tata Motors and even logistics company Blue
them to achieve 39 per cent savings in annual energy costs. Under
Dart Express. The project is a joint initiative by the Dialogue this program, the company has already retrofitted 2,000 buildings
and Development Commission of Delhi (DDC-Delhi) and Rocky with energy efficient appliances in the state and has successfully
Mountain Institute (RMI). Companies have already started installed 1.75 lakh LED lights, 1.25 lakh energy efficient fans and
delivering products using EVs, without government push. In 3,200 super- efficient ACs. For the retrofitting in 3,000 buildings,
May, Zomato announced its partnership with eBikeGo to enable EESL will place about 7,000 energy efficient ACs, 11 lakh LEDs
EV deliveries. Its rival Swiggy too is piloting an EV project bulbs, six lakh energy efficient ceiling fans and also replace 14,000
across 10 cities in the country. Meanwhile, there are reports streetlights in the state, contributing to energy savings of 100
that the Indian government could order ride-hailing giants Uber million units per year. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Xh8Ccc
and Ola to convert 40% of their fleet to electric cars by 2026.
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First Molten Salt Solar Thermal Power Plant Runs at Full
Capacity in China
The facility has set a new record by generating over 1.8 million
kilowatt-hours of power day and night, with all indicators
suggesting it has reached or exceeded its designed values. This
marks another important step after the plant created 1.67 million
kWh of power over 34 hours of continuous operations in mid-April.
The power station is among China’s first batch of solar thermal
power generation demonstration projects. With an investment
of 3 billion yuan ($433.1 million), it was built by Beijing Shouhang
IHW Resources Saving Technology Co Ltd, which wholly owns
the power station’s intellectual property rights. The power plant,
also called the “super mirror power plant”, works by using 12,000
mirrors that concentrate the
sunlight onto a receiver at the China’s first
top of a solar tower, which
100-megawatt molten
then heats the molten salt. salt solar thermal power
It is designed to generate
plant in Dunhuang,
390 million kWh of power
Northwest China’s
annually, which can reduce
Gansu province, has
carbon dioxide emissions
by 350,000 metric tons per successfully generated
year. That’s equivalent to the power while operating
annual environmental benefit
at full capacity on 17th
derived from 667 hectares
June 2019
of forested land. Read more:
https://bit.ly/2Yxhhnv
Solar Power can save you INR 46,000 in Yearly Bill in Delhi,
India
The city’s much-needed push for solar energy could be just
around the corner with Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission
(DERC) finally notifying the group net metering (GNM) and virtual
net metering (VNM) framework, which will benefit thousands of
RWAs, households and CGHS societies. Users will be able to
benefit from a single solar plant at one location with the surplus
energy being sent back to the grid and adjusted with the bill of
each meter connected to it. This will, in theory, allow members
of a society and consumers to reduce their monthly bills. areas in India either don’t have at all or have sporadically. GRID’s
Read more: https://bit.ly/2Xkrjvi
Renewables, Strengthening T&D Infrastructure Top Priorities
for Power Sector in India
With nearly 100 percent household electrification, the
government of India is now focused on 24x7 reliable power
supply throughout the country. This requires strengthening of
the distribution infrastructure and improvement in the financial
profile of the electricity distribution utilities (discoms). The
system strengthening works and IT initiatives under the centrally-
sponsored schemes play an important role in improving operating
efficiencies, especially the distribution loss levels for state-owned
discoms. The central government must augment the budgetary
allocations towards its flagship schemes - Deendayal Upadhyaya
Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) and Integrated Power Development
Scheme (IPDS). Apart from higher fund allocation, the government
must usher in reforms in the distribution segment to achieve a
sustainable improvement in the financial profile of the discoms.
With an installed capacity of 77.6 GW as on March 31, 2019,
the incremental capacity of 97.4 GW is required to meet the
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Government’s RE capacity target of 175 GW by FY2022, entailing
an investment of more than INR 5 trillion. In this context, the
government must enhance funding allocation for the renewable
energy sector to support the development of renewable
energy parks and for augmentation of inter-state transmission
infrastructures. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Xjm9Lk
Port’s Microgrid in North America Could be Sea Change for
Industry
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is among the busiest seaports in
the U.S. It’s among the top 10 in terms of annual cargo volume
in North America, and the second-busiest container seaport in
the nation, handling more than 8 million container units in 2018.
It has 10 piers, 62 berths, and 68 post-Panamax gantry cranes. Its
annual trade is valued at more than $200 billion, and it supports
more than 575,000 jobs in Southern California. The California
Energy Commission (CEC) has provided a $5 million grant to
POLB, Houston and the City of Long Beach Harbor Department
for creation of a new microgrid. This microgrid will be designed to
increase energy resilience through islanding and distributed energy
resource (DER) integration, a system that will allow the port’s
critical safety and security facility to operate without interruption.
Read more: https://bit.ly/2NpVgWp
A Solar-Powered Solution to the Clean Water Shortage in Rural
India
Among the solutions for creating access to more potable water
is a water-filtration system developed by an organization called
Grassroots and Rural Innovative Development Pvt Ltd (GRID).
GRID’s solar-powered microgrid water filtration system makes
rural India’s water drinkable so villagers don’t have to rely on India’s
extremely limited clean water supply. GRID’s microgrid system,
which is simply a local energy source -- in this case powered by
the sun, converts contaminated water into clean, potable water
using reverse osmosis (RO) and ultraviolet (UV) technologies. RO
is a process in which water is pushed through a filter that traps
both its dissolved and suspended contaminants. UV light then
kills any remaining bacteria. While individual reverse-osmosis
systems are currently used in many of India’s urban areas, they’re
expensive, and typically require electricity to run, which many rural
solar-powered microgrid RO system can operate in remote areas
because it uses the power of the sun to filter water and does so at
a fraction of the cost of traditional electric-powered systems. Their
model can provide 20 litres of water each day at approximately
$0.04 USD. Read more: https://wxch.nl/2KQ7uWq
Cyber Security
US wants to Isolate Power Grids with ‘Retro’ Technology to
Limit Cyber-Attacks
The US is very close to improving power grid security by mandating
the use of “retro” (analog, manual) technologies on US power
grids as a defensive measure against foreign cyber-attacks that
could bring down power distribution. The idea is to use “retro”
technology to isolate the grid’s most important control systems, to
limit the reach of a catastrophic outage. Specifically, it will examine
ways to replace automated systems with low-tech redundancies,
like manual procedures controlled by human operators.
Read more: https://zd.net/308U4Ij
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FERC Expands Cybersecurity Reporting Standards to Include
Non-Disruptive Incidents
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of US approved
on 21 June 2019 an order to expand reporting requirements for
attempts to compromise the national grid, a move it expects
will improve the security of the bulk electric system. The order
mandates reporting of cyber events and creates guidelines for the
content, along with filing deadlines and how the reports are to be
disseminated. The changes will enhance the reliability of the Bulk-
Power system by providing a more accurate picture of the rapidly
changing cyber threat landscape. Previous to the order, reports
were only required when an incident had compromised or disrupted
reliability tasks. However, as the North American Electric Reliability
Corp. (NERC) stated in its annual report of the U.S. power grid’s
2018 performance, cyber events to cause non-reliability disruptions
have continued to grow. The new reliability standard is in response
to a directive from FERC Order 848. It gives utilities or responsible
entities the flexibility to develop assessments needed for their
systems while creating a standard for reporting on attempts to
compromise cyber systems associated with electronic security
perimeters, physical security perimeters, and electronic access
control/monitoring systems. Read more: https://bit.ly/2J9oYJM
Open-Source Cybersecurity Tool to Enhance Grid Protection by
INL, US
A revolutionary new cybersecurity tool that can help protect the
electric power grid has been released to the public on the code-
hosting website GitHub. This is developed by researchers at the
U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory
(INL), the Structured Threat Intelligence Graph (STIG) software
allows utility owners and operators to easily visualize, share,
create, and edit cyberthreat intelligence information. The ability
to share threat intelligence is essential for protecting critical
infrastructure like the electric power grid, water treatment facilities,
oil refineries, and manufacturing plants from cyber exploits. Prior
to the development of this software, threat information was
too complex and cumbersome to share, limiting its application
in operational environments. The new software standardizes
collection via Structured Threat Information eXpression (STIX)
and converts complex data on cybersecurity vulnerabilities into
a visualization that is easy to understand and act on. With STIG,
utility owners and operators have a common system for sharing
threat intelligence information, thus increasing the chances of
detecting and mitigating cyber exploits before they lead to a
cyberattack. Read more: https://bit.ly/2K1oHsO
Disruptive Technologies
Energy Sector Gets First Open-Source, Tailor-Made Blockchain
Blockchain has long been touted as the optimal method for energy
sector applications including enabling peer-to-peer generation and
distribution, renewable energy certificate trading and operating the
most effective demand-response energy programs, but has been
beset by problems, not least a lack of transparency into how its
stakeholders conduct operations, something EWF claims it has
now addressed.
For the first time, energy sector companies are hosting validator
nodes on a decentralized network as they seek to adapt to a more
digitalized and decentralized energy system.
Energy Web Foundation (EWF) with this background launched
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world’s first public, open-source, enterprise-grade blockchain
tailored to the energy sector the Energy Web Chain (EW
Chain). Read more: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.
php?id=5705
Blockchain-Based Energy Trading Firm to Optimize Solar Energy
Distribution in Austria
Blockchain-based energy trading firm Power Ledger, Australia will
roll out its peer-to-peer (P2P) network in Graz, the second-largest
city in Austria. Power Ledger has partnered with E-NEXT, an
innovation arm of major Austria’s energy utility Energie Steiermark,
to launch its blockchain-powered energy trading platform in and
around Graz.
The initiative is an attempt to optimize energy distribution and
to contribute to the city’s transition towards zero-carbon energy.
Power Ledger’s technology is expected to enable rooftop solar
energy-based households in the city to sell excess renewable
energy to their neighbors, generating a monetary incentive for Graz
residents to use such energy. Power Ledger will initially roll out its
service to 10 households in Graz, while the project reportedly has
the potential to expand to more households in the city, as well as
across the overall energy network of Austria. Read more: http://
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Spring-Loaded Drone can Collapse Mid-Flight to Zip Through
Windows
At ICRA in Montreal, researchers from UC Berkeley demonstrated
a new design for a foldable drone, able to shrink itself by 50
percent in less than half a second thanks to spring-loaded arms
controlled by the power of the drone’s own propellers. The drone
changes shape without the use of any additional actuators: When
low thrust forces are produced by the propellers, springs pull the
arms downward into the folded mode. When high thrust forces
are produced, the vehicle transitions into the unfolded mode.
The big advantage of this design is that it adds a relatively small
amount of complexity while still enabling dynamic folding that
significantly reduces the size of the quadrotor, and in its unfolded
state, it’s just as easy to control as a quadrotor that can’t fold.
Read More: https://bit.ly/2GsY1Aq
Microsoft is Investing $1 Billion in Open AI to Create Brain-Like
Machines
Microsoft says OpenAI will help it jointly develop and train new
AI technologies for its Azure cloud computing service. It will also
work with it to develop new supercomputing hardware to try to
achieve AGI—machines with the capacity to learn tasks the way
human beings do. That’s a holy grail of AI that still remains (and
may always remain) out of reach. OpenAI’s founders, which
include Elon Musk and other tech leaders, reckon AGI could help
solve longstanding challenges in areas that range from climate
change to health care. The investment is part of Microsoft’s new
strategy and will help the firm keep pace with rivals like Google,
Facebook, and Amazon, which have all spent big on AI in recent
years. Read More: https://bit.ly/2Zcxe2s
Smart Cities
21 Projects Completed, 31 worth INR 22.47 Billion in Pipeline
for Smart City in Maharashtra, India
Under the smart city project undertaken by the Nashik Municipal
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projects worth INR 26.675 billion have been sanctioned. The
smart city project likely to change the facelift of the city. Around
21 projects worth INR 4.6703 billion have already been completed
while 11 projects worth INR 5.6161 billion are being executed.
Around 15 projects worth INR 13.2752 billion are still in tender
process while 5 projects worth INR 3.1134 billion are in the stage
of preparing detailed project report (DPR). Under the smart city
project, tasks worth INR 10 billion are to be implemented through
smart city funds. The centre will share 50% of the funds while both
state and the civic body will share 25% of each. The projects with
additional costs of around INR 16.675 billion are to be developed
under the public private partnership (PPP) and corporate social
responsibility (CSR). Read More: https://bit.ly/2LooJNS
Waterfront Area in Toronto into High-Tech Smart City
The project is taking up investment of $990 million, and will be a
massive, joint effort that will bring together government agencies
and non-profit firms alike. Sidewalk Labs has revealed a massive
plan for investing about $990 million to build a waterfront area in
Toronto, Canada into a high-tech smart city. The project will be a
joint collaboration between government agencies at various levels,
non-profit partners and more than 100 Toronto firms. Under the
plan of the Alphabet-owned company, a slice of the Toronto-based
Quayside waterfront area will be turned into a high-tech smart
city featuring buildings made from timbers, green energy, low
emissions of greenhouse gas, a modular pavement system that is
easy to repurpose for future temporary events, and installation of
public WiFi service. Read More: https://bit.ly/2XRkJYE
Free Wi-Fi Services Across Smart City Bhubaneswar in the
State of Odisha in India
Bhubaneswar Smart City will soon have free Wi-Fi services
across major streets, institutions & landmarks. This will surely be
a step towards creating a connected city and bridge the digital
divide amongst citizens. The 500 Wi-Fi hotspots will be installed
across the city under ‘Bhubaneswar Me’ Wi-Fi Services. It will
provide high speed internet at a speed of 2 mbps. A centralized
monitoring system will be set up for uninterrupted services. own expense and cost. The day-to-day operation of the equipment
Source: https://bit.ly/2FY4Nhj
Smart Water
Recycled Water Policy Announced in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, (DoE), has announced the
launch of a Recycled Water Policy that will ensure optimal use
of recycled water in the emirate. Recycled Water Policy supports
efforts to preserve Abu Dhabi’s water resources, including drinking
and underground water, in order to meet the future needs of all
sectors.
Recycled Water Policy reinforces DoE’s role in ensuring sustainable
supplies of recycled water through the distribution companies.
This is aligned with the total capacity of wastewater treatment
plants owned by Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC)
and other operators licenced by DoE. The policy promotes DoE’s
efforts to develop a water management strategy to ensure
efficient management and preservation of water resources in the
UAE capital. Read More: https://bit.ly/2GsEkJ4
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Technology & Projects (Contd...)
Israel’s Water Technology Company to Help Resolve Water-
Parched Marathwada’s Water Woes in Maharashtra
Israel’s water technology company is helping Maharashtra’s
drought-affected Marathwada region in the resolution to their
water-scarcity problem. They will launch a joint project with
Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) to create a water grid
for the water-starved Marathwada region. Under the water-grid
plan for Marathwada prepared by experts from Mekerot, Israel’s
national water utility, all 11 dams in the Marathwada region will be
linked together under a looped grid so that water can be moved
from dams which have excess water to those which are deficient.
The project is estimated to cost around INR 100 billion to construct
a water grid. Read More: https://bit.ly/32UpiW5
Smart Gas
GAIL Gas Ltd Strengthens CNG Infrastructure in Jharkhand,
India
GAIL Gas Limited has rolled out opportunities to partner in building
the CNG infrastructure in the Seraikela- Kharsawan and West
Singhbhum districts, Jharkhand, India. The company is motivating
land owners and individuals to collaborate for developing these
two Districts by setting up CNG Station on Dealer Owned Dealer
Operated (DODO) Model.
As per this opportunity, the entire plot owned by a private owner
shall be developed exclusively for setting up of CNG station, like
petrol pumps, and allied commercial activities. The selection
process will be as per guidelines developed by the company. After
selection of the site, applicant desirous of setting up CNG station
as dealer will enter into a long term agreement with company for
10 or more years on lease basis. CNG equipment (compressor/
cascade/ dispenser, etc.) for the CNG Station shall be installed
and commissioned by GAIL Gas while adhering to all the statutory
rules/guidelines related to fire and safety. On the other hand,
the dealer will arrange all the permissions to setup CNG Station
including change of land use, necessary clearance, license, etc. at
as well as of CNG retail outlet including dispensing of gas and
general maintenance shall be the responsibility of the appointed
dealer. The dealer shall be paid commission by GAIL Gas as
per the sales achieved based on the fixed dealer commission.
https://bit.ly/2y7zvju
Implementation of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) Networks in
Five Districts of Assam, India
Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL), Oil India Limited (OIL) and
GAIL Gas Limited (GGL) signed an agreement for incorporating
a new company for implementation of the City Gas Distribution
(CGD) network in five districts of Assam, India
The venture is the outcome of the extension of the National Gas
Grid Pipeline (Urja Ganga Project) to Assam. With the connection of
Assam to the National Gas Grid, steady supply of natural gas shall
initiate a spurt in the industrial sector, power generation sector,
automotive CNG sector and domestic piped gas to household’s
sector. The supply of piped natural gas to the industrial, commercial
and domestic customers in the first phase in Kamrup, Kamrup
(Metro), Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts will be a major
initiative, Assam. https://bit.ly/2LBjICB
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 Training Program on Electric Vehicles and
Charging Infrastructure Organized by ISGF
India has taken various initiatives to stimulate demand
and expedite the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in
the country. GoI has set an ambitious plan to introduce
6-7 million EVs by 2022. In order to achieve this target,
it is necessary to build charging infrastructure and
electricity distribution grid upgrades. GoI has already
issued clarification that anyone can setup public charging
stations. Sustainable business models for running
charging stations need to be evolved. Above all, it is
important to create talent pool of professionals to build
a conducive ecosystem around the entire gamut of EV
business.

With this background ISGF organised

a 2 days Training Program from 18
– 19 July 2019 at New Delhi which
was attended by over 50 participants
from Electric Utilities, Transport
Operators, EV and Component
Manufacturers, Academia and
Research, Manufacturers etc. The course was tutored by Ravi Seethapathy,GSGF - Ambassador for Americas and
Chairman, Biosirus, Canada; Akshima T Ghate,Principal,Rocky Mountain Institute;Rahul Walawalkar,President & MD,
IESA; Prabhjot Kaur, CEO, Centre for Battery Engineering and EVs, IIT-Madras; Aditya Ramji, Economist, Mahindra
Electric; Paresh Bhatt,Chief of New Business, Tata Power Company Ltd; Aishwarya Raman, Associate Director, Ola
Mobility Institute; Aqueel Ahmed, CARET, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Next edition of this Training Program
will be held in IIT - Tirupati on 20 - 21 - 22 November 2019.

Organizing Partner Host Utilities Co-Host Utility

India Smart Grid Forum

2019
3
rd

07 - 08 November 2019
Eros Hotel New Delhi
Nehru Place, New Delhi, India

www.dumindia.in

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Smart Grid Pilot Projects in India
All Smart Grid Pilot Projects are declared Go-Live. Details about the Pilot Projects are given at: http://www.nsgm.gov.in/en/sg-status
Ongoing Tenders
Sl. No. Utility Tender Details Submission Dates Source
1 Punjab Tender for supply, installation, commissioning of LT AC 3-Phase, 20th September, 2019 https://bit.ly/2xOBeKI
State Power 4-Wire whole current static, watt-hour DLMS category D-2
Corporation compliant smart meters of rating 10-60 amps, 50 Hz, 415 volts
Limited (PSPCL) of accuracy class-1 with optical port and integration of these
smart meters with existing MDM system of PSPCL
2 South Central Provision of smart meters at service buildings & staff quarters – 5th August, 2019 https://bit.ly/32pL8Ap
Railway Vijayawada division
3 Smart City Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of smart metering 25th July, 2019 https://bit.ly/2Sgj262
Municipal system including new water supply HSCs, associated civil
Corporation, E&M works, PHE related work for strengthening/augmentation
Kanpur of water supply network in ABD area of Kanpur city including
comprehensive annual maintenance contract of 5 years

Expected Tenders
Sl. No. Utility Tender Details Status
1 Meghalaya Power Distribution Supply of 2,00,000 smart meters DPR and budget
Corporation Limited under approval
2 Himachal Pradesh State Supply of 2,00,000 smart meters for Dharamshala area in Himachal Pradesh DPR being
Electricity Board Limited prepared
3 Chhattisgarh State Power Supply of 4,40,000 smart meters for Raipur and Bilaspur area in Chhattisgarh DPR under
Distribution Company Limited approval
4 Daman & Diu Electricity Supply of 60,000 smart meters for Daman & Diu DPR being
Department prepared

ISGF Organised Brainstorming Session on Addressing India’s

Urban Water Crisis using Smart Technologies on
17 July 2019 in New Delhi

ISGF has continuously worked for development and advocacy of Smart Grids and Smart Cities in India since its inception, it now plans
to replicate its journey of the Smart Grid domain in the Smart Water Distribution Domain. ISGF organized a Brainstorming Session on
“Addressing India’s Urban Water Crisis Using Smart Technologies” on 17th July, 2019 at CBIP Building, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India.
The Brainstorming session was attended by senior officials from India’s leading water utilities, technology providers, top-notch domestic
and international technical experts. Dr Smita Misra, Lead Water and Sanitation, World Bank Delivered the inaugural address and shared
her views and world bank’s initiatives on the water sector in the country. Presentations were made by Avinash Kumar, Vice President,
SEW, Mr Ravi Seethapathy, Executive Chairman, Biosirus Inc. Canada and Neville Bhasin, Forbes Marshall and Ajay Pradhan, CEO, Cetus
Consulting and Solution Services, Sukanya Randhawa, AI Reasercher, IBM and klas Lundgren, Senior Adviser Asia, Solarwater PLC. The
stakeholders discussed trends, share best practices in the water domain.
The session had themes on Advanced Smart Water Technologies, Emerging Technologies in Distribution, Treatment and water.

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 ISGF Conducted Training Program on Advance Metering
Infrastructure in July 2019
The metering industry has taken rapid strides in the recent past
few years by traversing from automated meter reading (AMR)
to smart metering, using bi-directional communication, thereby
enabling greater benefits to electricity distribution companies
(DISCOMs), customers and society. AMI is a new concept that
involves in-depth knowledge of three distinct technologies:
metrology, telecommunications and IT. The DISCOMs are well
versed with the electrical technologies of the electricity grid, but
when it comes to telecommunications and IT, their expertise is
limited. Besides the fact that AMI is an evolving technology adds
to the challenge. With this background ISGF had organised a 2
days Training Program on Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
from 04 – 05 July 2019 in New Delhi to impart knowledge about
the nuances of smart metering, architectures, standards, business
models and implementation experiences of past projects. The
course was inaugurated by AK Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Power. The Course was attended by 55 participants from
Distribution Utilties, Academic Institutions and Industry. The
course was tutored by various experts from India and Overseas
such as Glen A Pritchard -PECO Energy, USA; Cedric Lavenu,
Expert Research Engineer, EDF, France; Kaveh Razazian, CTO,
Sagemcom, France; Ajoy Rajani, Chair of ISGF WG Group on IoT,
Smart Metering, AI and Analytics; Vikas Kashyap, ISGF; Rajeev
Kharyal, General Manager, TPDDL;Marc Delandre, Chairman,
G3PLC Alliance; and Pankaj Batra, Former Chairperson CEA and
WG Chair on Policy, Regulations and Business Models. Next edition
of AMI Training Program will be conducted on 04-05 November
2019 in New Delhi.

Portal for Updates on Latest Government Policies, Regulations

and Guidelines on Renewable Energy
ISGF’s Member Organization - Central Board of Irrigation & Power (CBIP) has developed a platform which provides summary of all
regulations, policies, CEA regulations, financing norms and MNRE guidelines on renewable energy. all orders on renewable energy
issued by various regulatory commissions, government agencies till June 30th, 2019 have been summarized and consolidated with latest
amendments and have been uploaded on the websites of CBIP, MNRE and IREDA and can be viewed through the following links:
• http://www.cbip.org/RegulationsData/REHome.aspx
• http://www.cbip.org/Policies2019/policies.aspx
• http://www.cbip.org/A_IREDA_NORMS/NORMS.aspx
• http://www.cbip.org/CEARegulations/cea.aspx

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 RNI No. DELENG/2015/66565 Published on 5th August 2019
Delhi Postal Reg No. DL-SW-01/4195/19 - 21 Posted on 8th & 9th of following month

India
SMART UTILITY
Week 2020
03 - 07 March 2020
NewCentre,
Manekshaw Delhi,NewIndia
Delhi, India

04 - 06
03 March 2020 04 March 2020 06 March 2020 07 March 2020
March 2020
ISGF Innovation Technical Tours and
Conference & Welcome
Master Classes Awards and Cultural Tours
Exhibition Reception
Gala Dinner (Optional)

Conference Themes of ISUW 2020

ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE,
FLEXIBLE SMART SMART METERING-
24X7 QUALITY CROSS BLOCKCHAIN AND
GRIDS & DIGITAL MICROGRIDS &
POWER CUTTING ADVANCED ANALYTIC OPPORTUNITIES &
UTILITIES ENERGY "VOICE OF THE
THEMES STORAGE CHALLENGES
CUSTOMER

SMART
MOBILITY & SMART & SMART WATER SMART CITY GAS VOICE OF THE
ELECTRIC SUSTAINABLE DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMER
VEHICLES CITIES

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