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Technologies which have been developed by the Hyderabad-based ICSA, which is into energy management and audit, can provide help top the South African power utility Eskom for significantly reducing its losses.
Speaking at a function Wednesday evening to celebrate the acquisition of South African software company Cura by Softpro, a subsidiary of ICSA, ICSA chairman and managing director Bala Reddy said that he had met the officials of Eskom, which had just increased its tariffs a few days earlier by over 30% as it struggled to find funds for the increased capacity required in South Africa.
Reddy has been quoted saying that ICSA had pioneered transmission distribution control in the power distribution sector in India to reduce commercial losses.
"The South African power company is losing money because they are producing electricity, but they are not able to bill it or collect their dues for several reasons. We want to bring in technologies to address these issues and involve local people in making a customised solution for South Africa."
"The South African power company is losing money because they are producing electricity, but they are not able to bill it or collect their dues for several reasons. We want to bring in technologies to address these issues and involve local people in making a customised solution for South Africa."
Among the issues that the proprietary software of ICSA could help Eskom with are tampering with the supply network and misuse of prepaid cards for electricity meters.
"With our software, if somebody is tampering with the system, information will be immediately provided to the supplier. They could even disconnect users remotely."
Reddy said with what they had achieved in India, the system could be adapted for use anywhere in the world.
"With our software, if somebody is tampering with the system, information will be immediately provided to the supplier. They could even disconnect users remotely."
Reddy said with what they had achieved in India, the system could be adapted for use anywhere in the world.
Reddy said Eskom had agreed to undertake a more detailed study of the opportunities available from ICSA.
