GMR Smart Electricity Distribution, a subsidiary of GMR Power and Urban Infra, has won a INR75.93bn ($1.02bn) contract to supply 75.69 lakh prepaid smart electricity meters to Uttar Pradesh. The project, which is being carried out under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme programme, has been described as the largest combined package order of its kind.
The scope of the project encompasses design, supply, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of prepaid smart metres infrastructure covering consumer premises, as well as at the network level, including distribution transformers and feeders for a period of 10 years
Gmr: The order, received under the Design, Build, Finance, Own, Operate, and Transfer (DBFOOT) model, entails 75.69 lakh prepaid smart meters across two discoms Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) and Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PuVVNL).