BSES, TERI sign agreements to conserve electricity

NEW DELHI: Delhi power distribution company (Discom) BSES on Thursday announced that it has signed separate agreements with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to deal with different aspects of energy conservation and conduct research on Demand Side Management (DSM).

According to a statement, the separate MoUs will be signed by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL) .

"While the agreement with BRPL will see the launch of an innovative educational programme for government school children, the strategic partnership with BYPL will explore collaboration opportunities for capacity building programmes, Distributed Energy Resources and implementation of Manual and Auto-Demand Response programmes, which will help in reducing power demand and improve its quality and reliability," it said.

"BYPL has signed a two-year MoU to conduct cutting-edge research on Demand Side Management, Manual and Auto Demand Response Program, smart grid technologies, solar rooftop PV, energy storage systems, electric vehicles and energy Efficiency." These studies will solve technical issues relating to loading of feeders, static and dynamic voltage regulation, energy efficiency, environment issues, power quality and protection that may arise with higher penetration of solar rooftop systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in distribution grids, it added.