REC Quality Monitoring for DDG projects under

DDUGJY (Mini-Grid)

1. Basic Details:

Parameters Details

Date of Inspection

Date of Inspection

Name of village

Census Code

Name of Block

Name of District

Name of State

Total no. of Households

No. of BPL Households

Total Connected load(watts)

Project Implementing Agency

Project Executing Agency(Turnkey Contractor)

GPS coordinate of system-Minigrid Control room

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 2. CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTION OF MINIGRID SOLAR POWER PLANT SYSTEM

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Item/Parameter Response Response
No.
Type
DC Side of Mini Grid
1 Is solar system working? Yes/No
2 If not working, since when? _Months
3 Comments (If not working)
4 If working, number of supply hours per day _Hours
5 Per day generation (Average) _Unit
6 Total no. of Solar Modules Nos
7 Capacity of each Solar Module Wp
8 Total capacity Wp
8 Name of Manufacturer of Solar Module Name
9 Photograph of name plate of module (1 sample) Photograph
Whether any snail trails/cracks can be observed on solar
Yes/No
10 cells?
11 Sample photograph of cell cracks/snail trails Photograph
Whether panels/modules in clean condition at time of
Yes/No
12 inspection?
13 Whether panels/modules are easily accessible for cleaning? Yes/No
14 Photograph of the dirty modules (For cleanliness aspect) Photograph
Photograph of any major shadow on the modules at the time
Photograph
15 of inspection
16 Check direction of panel (write correct direction)
17 Provision of movement of panel Yes/No
18 Photograph of steel structure holding solar panel Photograph
Photographs of cable termination and inside of the junction
Photograph
19 box.
Photograph of cable route between panel and inverter/battery
Photograph
20 showing dressing of cable with structure.
Check foundation of steel structure as per approved drawing.
Yes/NO
21 Describe discrepancy if any

22 Whether lightning arrestor installed? (take photo) Yes/No

All modules connected to earthing through Mounting Module
Structure (MMS) or through direct bare metal wire? ( take Yes/No
23 photo)
Whether junction box is connected to earthing properly
Yes/No
24 through an earth strip? ( take photo)
Photograph, if junction box is not connected to earthing
Photograph
25 properly through an earth strip
26 Whether Fencing provided for Solar Array? ( take photo) Photo
Whether Fire extinguishers available in Control room and
Photo
27 Solar Array area?
Check Cable terminals at Battery, panels, junction box,
Photographs
28 inverter
29 Check cable lying arrangement like cable tray, laying of Photograph

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Item/Parameter Response Response
No.
Type
cables in the tray, Cable laid on pipe/batton wiring

30 Check cable schedule Photograph

31 Capacity and make of the inverter kW

32 Photograph of inverter Photograph
Photograph of inverter specifications sheet available on the
Photograph
33 inverter
34 Whether inverter is properly connected to earthing? Photograph
35 Whether any AC Distribution Box (ACDB) installed? Photograph
36 Whether any Energy meter installed in ACDB? Photograph
37 Power generation at the time of inspection Photograph
Photograph of the Energy meter reading (while it is showing
Photograph
38 Watt)

39 Photograph of earthing Photograph

Selfie of the Inspecting officer with background of the plant
Photograph
40 and also with occupant.
Check pre-dispatch inspection report of inverter and cross
check it with inverter available at site and give his remark Yes/No
41 after cross verification.
Cross check with name plate data Yes/No
42
Batteries for Minigrid/ Standalone System
43 How many batteries are connected Nos
44 Capacity of single battery Ah
45 Nominal Voltage of single battery V
Type of Battery (Lithium Ferro phosphate/Lithium ion/Lead
Type
46 Acid/Sealed Gel battery)
47 Photograph of battery specification/model sheet Photograph
Whether proper arrangement is made for mounting batteries?
Yes/No
48 (Eg. Battery stand), take photo.
Yes/No and
Check capacity of individual battery
49 specified

Calculate overall capacity of battery bank Yes/No

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Check and review pre-dispatch inspection report of
Yes/No
51 battery/battery bank, give comments after cross verification

Battery bank Photograph

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53 Whether vertical alignment of poles from Ground Level (GL)? Yes/No

54 Whether Each LT pole individually earthed? Yes/No
Whether proper tensioning of overhead conductor/LT
Yes/No
55 cable/ABC Cable?
56 Whether proper tensioning on stay set? Yes/No

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Item/Parameter Response Response
No.
Type
Whether Proper phase to phase clearances are maintained on
Yes/No
57 the line?
58 No. of Poles installed Nos
59 Whether proper binding of cable/conductor to the insulators? Yes/No
60 Total length of LT conductor/Cable Kms
Painting of pole to be checked. Comment on its
Photograph
61 painting/galvanisation
Check cement concrete foundation of poles. Check it with
reference to approved drawing. Dig-out one sample Yes/No
62 foundation at one of the four sides and check concreting.
Line is passing through water logging area and its foundation
Yes/No
63 is not grouted in cement concrete
64 Verticality of poles is not proper (Tilting of poles) Photograph
65 Proper painting/galvanizing is not done on steel structure Photograph
Households(HHs) Connection
66 How many connection are provided in the village? Nos
67 Whether each Household is metered? Yes/No
68 Whether each household’s meter is earthed properly? Yes/No
69 Whether Proper home wiring is done for each Household? Yes/No
If “No” for above points then no. of HHs where
Nos
70 connections/earthing/metering not done properly
Size of service cable is 2.5/4.0 mm2 twin core (unarmoured)
Yes/No
71 PVC insulated cables with aluminium conductors

Whether service cable is free of joints Yes/No

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Whether bearer wire is 3.15 mm (10 SWG) GI wire (55-95 kg.
Yes/No
73 quality) is provided
Type and size of PVC pipe/GI pipe support is not as per Yes/No
74 specification
Household has been provided with internal house wiring and Yes/No
accessories between switch board and Angle Holder as per
75 specifications

Proper ground clearance of service line as per the guidelines Yes/No

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Proper tensioning of service cable at consumer premises Yes/No
77
Check and record wattage of LED lamp provided at consumer
Yes/No
78 premises
All the construction activities related to power supply in the
79 households have been performed as per REC construction Yes/No
standards.
General Parameters
80 Whether data logger is installed? Yes/No
If yes for above point, then Daily generation at the day of
kWh
81 inspection
82 Monthly generation of current/previous month kWh
83 Average no. of hours of power supply per day to the No of hrs

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Item/Parameter Response Response
No.
Type
beneficiaries
Whether any customer care number has been provided to
beneficiary for complaint registration, if yes provide the Yes/No
84 contact number.
85 No. of HHs not getting electricity due to system failure Nos
86 Date of installation Date
87 Date of commissioning Date
88 No. of Street lights installed Nos
89 Whether installation of Street lights are proper Yes/No
90 Photograph of the complete structure of street light Photograph
91 Whether all street lights are glowing/working properly Yes/No
Take Copy of design calculation of capacity of battery bank
Yes/No
92 and panel.
If it is “No” for above parameter then no. of Street lights not
Nos
93 working

Check Protection system on DC and AC network in the control

photograph
94 room.

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 3. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

Sl Consumer Name Feedback

No (Inputs from consumers regarding benefits of electrification, quality
of power supply and their satisfaction) ~10% of HHs

4. OTHER REMAKRS (From Inspecting officer):

5. NAME OF INSPECTING OFFICER AND QUALIFICATION:

Sign & Date of Inspecting officer

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 Check list for Documents at Project Implementing Agency level:

Sl Documents Collection Verification w.r.t

No (Y/N) Standard guidelines of
DDG/SBD
(Y/N)
1. List of villages with block and district
name

2. Detailed Project Report(DPR) for all

villages

3. Approved Technical Specification

4. Guaranteed Technical Particular(GTP) &

Approved Drawings
5. Tender Document for all villages

6. Work order for all villages

7. Bill of Quantity of each village

8. Commissioning reports for each

9. Other documents warranty of battery

and solar panels
10. Material inspection reports

a) Solar panel

b) Battery

c) Invertor

d) Pole

e) Conductor/cable

f) Energy meter

 Check remote monitoring mechanism of mini grid operation like daily generation, utilisation
and storage of power.
 Check construction of control room-roof, flooring, wall finish, windows, and door.
 Record room dimension.
 Check and record sign board.
 Check and record regular operation & maintenance mechanism established by Project
developer. Submit report