Revenue Protection Concept

To highlight the impact of Commercial losses and

explain the Integrated Revenue Loss Management
Model that is being developed for the Maharashtra
Electricity Distribution Company.
 
Objectives:
 To ensure that energy loses (non- technical) on the distribution
network are kept to a minimum.
 Disconnect the all illegal connections, by conducting effective theft
drive.
 To enforce credit control rigorous disconnections to be effectively
done by observing all legal steps.
 Efficient Use of GIS mapping for the all equipments and meters to
exert proper control.
 To generate revenue related MIS reports for analysis and further
suggesting corrective measures if any.
Methods to Achieve Objectives:
 By replacing EM ( Electromagnetic) meters .
 By replacing faulty meters immediately and updating data base
immediately .
 By checking the 0-30 units consumption for more than three
months / six months list from IT for all Consumers and providing
tagging for No-use/rare use consumers.
 By proper mapping of consumers for effective energy audit of DTC.
 The meter reading of all HT & Special LT consumers will be done
through AMR only and analyzing the data for making correctives
measures if required to avoid revenue losses.
 By providing LT Ariel bunch cable/conductor in specific theft prone
areas.
 To reduce the overloading of the system, to reduce unwarranted
losess.
 Proper vigilance on consumers by the employees of MSEDCL.
 Bill Collection facility to consumers in urban as well as rural
areas for 24x7.
 For continual use, the consumers who opt for cashless
transactions shall be allowed monitory benefit.
 Outstanding Debit Recovery for the consumers.
a) Consumers shall be disconnected for recovery of arrears by
following all legal procedure .
b) For the consumers , who are not willing to pay the dues ,
immediate legal procedure shall be initiated against such
consumers .
 Low load high consumption & High load low consumption
consumers shall be checked invariably by the employees of
MSEDCL and corrective measure to be taken promptly .
Impact on Achieving Objectives
 Significant Improvement in Revenue Collection
 Enhancing Performance of the Utilities.

 Curbing probable theft and motivating the people

for seeking regular connections immediately

where infrastructure is ready .
 Higher Economic Growth due to load release/

enhancement will be achieved .

 Competitive ,Operational and Working efficiency

will be improved.
 Power to all with affordable tariff to help in

increasing per capita consumption.

 National AT & C losses

Region 2013-14 2014-15

Eastern 36.24 39.64

North Eastern 35.92 35.29
Northern 24.86 28.06
Southern 19.08 18.22
Western 18.37 21.59
National Average 22.58 24.62

Western region AT&C losses

2016-17
Maharashtra 19.5
Karnataka 15.61
Gujrat 14.57
Goa 12.6
Western Average 15.57
The Region wise average AT&C Losses for utilities selling directly to consumers for 2013-
14 and 2014-15 is shown above
Western regions have achieved lower AT&C loss than national average in 2013-14 & 2014-

15.