Over the last quarter all the key performance indicators have shown a steady improvement for the pilot site at Aurangabad. The most noteworthy is the AT&C loss figure that dipped from a staggering 26% to below 15% (monthly basis) and still improving. The annualized AT&C losses are hovering just above 19%. Transformer failure rates are at an all time low (below 2%) and gradually creeping towards the target zero mark. These have been made possible by the all out teamwork of MSEDCL officials at Aurangabad under the able leadership of Mr. K. J. Sirsikar, Chief Engineer, Aurangabad Circle.

The technical projects earmarked for the Division are also nearing completion. 8 of the 11 proposed substations are already in place. There has been a steady improvement with respect to the reliability and availability of power in this division. Initiatives have been launched to create a mechanism for continuous evaluation of consumer satisfaction. Creation of state of the art consumer care centers with modern facilities and conveniences are being mulled.

In a nutshell, the DRUM pilot project at Aurangabad is justifying the concept of ‘Centre of Excellence’.

MGVCL has successfully completed technologically innovative projects like fault passage indicators, advance technology surge arrester installation, line capacitor and APFC installations, pre paid metering etc. and other few are on the verge of completion like Remote monitoring of reliability indices, GIS etc. MGVCL has decided to complete the remaining various technical projects like customer installation renovation and refurbishment, HVDS scheme implementation, ABC cabling etc. by awarding the contract on turn key basis for which tender has been invited. To improve the performance of various KPI indices, MGVCL is in the process of constituting a task force.

Bescom has created a task force to improve the performance of various key performance indices and it is striving in a determined manner to improve upon. As a result the indices like AT&C losses, transformer failure rate reduction has already started showing positive gains. Partly the results are substantiated from the successfully completed technical projects for which success stories are being captured through case studies and gains quantified for replication in the distribution sector. To improve upon the reliability indices parameters, Bescom has invited tender to complete the refurbishment work on HT and LT mains, on Distribution transformer centre etc. A state of the art Sub Division office has been created and consumer facilities provided to improve the customer satisfaction.