Overview
- Power Minister Manohar Lal said AI and machine learning will underpin intelligent, consumer‑centric, self‑optimising distribution networks.
- At the two‑day New Delhi conference, the CEA’s STELLAR tool was launched to support long‑term resource adequacy studies for distribution utilities.
- A national call for innovation drew 195 entries with 51 shortlisted; winners included TNPDCL and MP East (DISCOMs), Tata Power and Apraava (AMISPs), Pravah and Flock Energy (solution providers), and Tata Power (home automation).
- Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal emphasized nationwide digitalisation using measurable AI use cases and called for training, secure data‑sharing frameworks, and interoperability to scale deployments.
- ISGF released a handbook outlining 174 utility use cases, and the minister urged active consumer engagement to counter misinformation and support adoption.