Efforts to bring system losses of electricity down to 5pc
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By Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo
DHAKA, Feb 25, 2021 (BSS) – The government has a target to bring system losses of electricity down to five percent following the international standard from the existing 8.73 percent.
“Our target is to bring it around five percent as per the international standard with successfully installing smart grid, substations and prepayment meters across the country,” Director General of Power Cell Engineer Mohammad Hossain told BSS here today.
He said with sincere efforts and realistic and sustainable steps by the government, the electricity system losses have been brought down to 8.73 percent from 14.33. Hossain said system losses usually takes place for technical and non-technical including illegal connections and other cable related defaults, adding, “Access to quality and reliable electricity is no more a dream as the country’s 98 percent people are now getting uninterrupted supply of pow
50pc power sector data generation to be brought under automation this year
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DHAKA, Jan 3, 2021 (BSS) – The government is set to bring 50 percent of data generation of power sector under automation system by this year to ensure uninterrupted power supply as well transparency of power distribution companies, officials familiar with the process said.
“We’re working on setting up automatic machine at each distribution feeder to count every disruption of electricity round the clock, which is now being done manually,” Director General (DG) of Power Cell Engineer Mohammad Hossain told BSS here today.
Hossain said the digital machine will generate data of interruption, which the distribution companies are now counting manually. “There was no such a system to ensure original number of disruption per day,” he added.