DVC's Mega Power Play: Rs 1,500 Cr Modernization Launched!

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has launched a ₹1,500 crore project to modernize its power supply infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 high-quality electricity and minimizing aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses. This initiative will replace conventional distribution methods with an advanced, technology-driven system across DVC’s 24,235 sq. km command area in West Bengal and Jharkhand.

The project integrates cutting-edge technologies, including a distribution management system, outage management system, customer relationship management, metering data management system, GIS mapping, and fiber optic-based metering communication. The upgraded network will also feature unmanned container-based substations (E-houses), GIS-based 33 KV panels, modular battery chargers, and substation automation systems (SAS).

Implementation is planned over 18 months, with the first phase introducing 12 E-houses, eight conventional indoor-based 33/11 KV substations, and four GIS-based prefab substations. The first E-house was commissioned in Dhanbad on January 3, 2025, with additional units set for BIADA, Deoli, Giridih, Hazaribagh, and Sindri by March 2025.

DVC’s modernized system will be managed from two advanced control centers in Kalyaneshwari, West Bengal, and Koderma, Jharkhand, ensuring operational redundancy and 24/7 customer support.

To drive these power distribution reforms, DVC has partnered with Tata Consulting Engineers, Siemens Columbia, Siemens India, Transafe, and Techno Electric, enhancing reliability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.