Overview
- A two-day national conference in New Delhi showcased AI and machine-learning applications for power distribution and concluded with a call to engage consumers and build trust in new technologies.
- A national call for innovation drew 195 entries with 51 shortlisted, and winners included TNPDCL and MP East in DISCOMs, Tata Power and Apraava in AMISPs, Pravah and Flock Energy as solution providers, and Tata Power for home automation.
- The Central Electricity Authority’s STELLAR tool was launched to help utilities conduct resource adequacy studies and prepare long-term adequacy plans.
- The India Smart Grid Forum presented a handbook outlining 174 AI, ML, AR/VR and robotics use cases to guide utility adoption.
- Leaders highlighted priority use cases such as smart meter analytics, digital twins, predictive maintenance, theft detection, appliance-level insights, automated outage prediction and GenAI decision support, while stressing capacity building, interoperability and secure data sharing.