Sam Pitroda to Chair Smart Grid Task Force

New Delhi: Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation will head the “India Smart Grid Task Force" which the Ministry of Power is launching shortly.

Union Minister of Power Sushil Kumar Shinde launched the India Smart Grid Forum in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, he said that suddenly ‘Smart’ and ‘Intelligent’ are becoming the buzz words for Indian Power Sector because deployment and adoption of latest technologies will help it to leap forward into a new orbit. He said that Smart Grid will bring the Communication, IT and Power Technologies in unison and establish a comprehensive power infrastructure.

The Minister said that Smart Grid envisages providing choices to each and every customer for deciding the timing and amount of power consumption based upon the price of the power at a particular moment of time. This Task Force will be an Inter-Ministerial Group and will serve as a focal point for activities related to the Smart Grid.

“Smart grids” are sophisticated, digitally enhanced power systems where the use of modern communications and control technologies allows much greater robustness, efficiency and flexibility than today’s power systems

Ministry of Power will be the Patron of the Forum and PFC, REC will be permanent invitees and members. Initially the Forum will be open by invitation to selected state power utilities, private power utilities, power sector public undertakings