R-APDRP: Missing Change Management and Capacity Building

R-APDRP As-it-is:

                       R-APDRP Updates (Source: PowerLine)

• One of the biggest IT deployment project worldwide – Rs. 30K cr. by 2012
• 1403 eligible towns with 49 utilities already sanctioned for IT enabled baseline acquisition (Phase-A)
• 60 schemes for SCADA/DMS likely to be sanctioned by Mar 2011 (5 already done)
• Strong framework for driving different functionalities:
• Process – KPMG
• IT (consultants, implementers) – many top players
• Capacity Building – Feedback Ventures
• Monitoring (TPIEA) – many players

R-APDRP: Missing understanding on usability of technology by utility people

The Restructured Accelerated Power Distribution Reforms Program (R-APDRP) of the Government of India is an ambitious program aimed at achieving significant loss reduction of the distribution utilities in the public sector. The Rs. 30K cr. deployment by 2012 makes it probably one of world's biggest scale IT deployment in utilities. The program has two parts. The Part-A, aims at using IT to create base line data and Part-B aims at strengthening the electrical network for reducing losses and improving the level of service delivery and quality of power to customers.