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Semester I Academic Year 2015/2016
Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) (Information Systems)
CISB413
Malaysian Power & Electricity Industry
Research Assignment 3: Synergizing
IS/IT with the Electricity Industry
Prepared by,
Ammuthavali Ramasamy
ammutha@uniten.edu.my
Tel: 03-89212312, BW-3-C28
CISB413 Malaysian Power & Electricity Industry
RA 3
Research Assignment 3
Synergizing IS/IT with the Electricity Industry
While India has made impressive progress in the Power Sector since independence, it
has not been sufficient. In terms of generation, while new capacity has been added,
demand has far outstripped the supply leading to a widening gap. The primary reason of
the widening gap lies in the distribution link in the value chain. The generation
companies have not found it easy to recover their dues from their biggest buyers, mainly
the State Electricity Boards (SEBs). SEBs suffers huge financial losses every year due
to power theft and ineffective practices of billing and collection. Apparently, the losses
have reached an alarming USD 4.5B. It is clear that the biggest fundamental issue
hampering the viability of the Indian Power Sector is the sheer volume or level of
Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses that amount to 25%, a very high level by any
standard. To make the matter worse, indirect calculations show T&D losses to be much
higher in the range of 40-50%. In addition, the distribution system in India is often
characterised by inefficiency, low productivity, frequent interruption in supply and poor
voltage.
The Indian Ministry of Power believes evidently, some fundamental changes are
imperative in the working of the power sector. Enabling the core business operation at
the transaction level using Information system (IS) would lay the foundation for
sustainable reforms. The overall quality of data will improve and thereby an overall
improvement in the flow of information for decision support. Information...