Bhubaneswar, April 1 : As a major step towards providing reliable power supply to consumers, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, has introduced mobile compact substation in its licensed area of operation. Odisha Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra inaugurated the mobile substation on Friday in presence of, Chief Executive Officer, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited M. Shenbagam . The mobile compact substation includes a distribution transformer, low voltage switchgear, metering equipment, surge protection and cable connecting arrangement mounted on a mobile trolley. The mobile compact substation is a plug in type substation and requires only 1 – 1.5 hours for putting into service apart from the travel time.
It is used temporarily to minimize power supply outage to customers during conditions such as failure of existing transformers for various reasons during summer. TPCODL has procured 8 mobile substations for quick power restoration during emergencies in urban and peri-urban areas. Speaking on the occasion Mishra said, ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the people of Odisha is the primary goal and congratulated TPCODL team on this initiatives which,he said will work towards providing reliable power supply.” “This is our step towards addressing the challenges the summer brings with additional loads.This solution will ensure we are able to respond to Transformer failures within a couple of hours ensuring reliable supply”,the minister said.
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