- India to upgrade to smart meters by 2025
- Issues a schedule for meter upgrades
The Ministry of Power, India, has issued a timetable to upgrade all meters to smart meters with pre-payment features. The Ministry stated that all consumers (except agricultural users) in areas with communication networks shall have their existing meters replaced with smart meters with pre-payment features.
All union territories, electrical divisions with AT&C (aggregate technical and commercial) losses up to 25%, all government offices, all industrial and commercial consumers shall have existing meters replaced with smart meters by December 2023 according to the new schedule. All other areas will be upgraded by March 2025.
According to the notice, State Electricity Regulatory Commissions may request an extension of the implementation period, only twice but not more than six months at a time.