Jazz Reducing Electricity Line Losses With GSMA, CISNR, And PESCO
Umer Jamshaid Published January 21, 2019 | 06:59 PM
Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company, has been awarded the prestigious GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund, launched in June 2013 to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water and sanitation services
Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st January, 2019) Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company, has been awarded the prestigious GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund, launched in June 2013 to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water and sanitation services.
The grantwas awarded to Jazz’sfor their “Energy and Line Losses Reduction in Pakistan” idea in collaboration with Centre for Intelligent Systems & Network Research (CISNR) & Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO), which uses an indigenous solution developed by their partner, CISNR, to address the biggest issue being faced by local power distribution sector; line losses and electricity theft.
Jazz has been successful in securing the seed grant after an extensive evaluation and due diligence exercise carried out by GSMA among multiple organizations from various markets. Not only telecom operators but technology innovators and development organizations from Africa and Asian regions were part of the competition, as well.
“Empoweringcustomers digitally is no small feat and requires constant reinvention and innovation. This is another commitment to that philosophy to address ease for masses as they access important utility services,” said Ali Naseer, Chief Corporate and Enterprise Officer – Jazz.
He continued, “We have partnered with GSMA for Energy and Line Loss Reduction Solution in orderto improve the overall power distribution sector.” Jazz aims to ensure that the digitization of these utilitiesimproved the quality of life for Pakistanis.
The solution utilized the connectivity provided by Jazz to remotely monitor and manage distribution boxes, transformers and grid station feeders to ensure a more efficient and precise process that identifies points of failures, faulty lines and theft locations.
The seed fund is to be used to source and install the devices in selected subdivisions of PESCO. CISNR will be responsible for the device units (Transfocure andElectrocure), whereas infrastructure hosting and connectivity would be provided by Jazz.
In addition to this, it will also address challenges such as load management at the transformer level and consumption wise distribution in order to optimize the distribution network. Successful execution and scale through this grant will surely prove to be a strong case for all other distribution companies, which are still not able to come up with a standardized solution to address the on grid-power distribution issues in Pakistan.
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