PATNA: Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) is likely to adopt some of the good practices of Maharashtra's electricity companies in Bihar to improve its functioning. A high-level BSEB team had last week gone to Maharashtra under the leadership of its member (finance and revenue), Vinayak Prasad Gupta, to study the various systems of the electricity companies there.
After the team's return, Gupta said on Sunday that a strategy would be chalked out to improve the system here on the pattern of Maharashtra. "We had a great experience in Maharashtra while visiting its various centres related to data, audit, manpower management, IT and franchisee system", Gupta told TOI.
The team included S K P Singh, general manager, Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (Pesu), P K Singh, director metering, Arbind Kumar, director revenue, Sumit Kumar, director security and Rakesh Kumar, executive engineer in charge, interstate operations.
During its three-day stay, the team also evaluated the mechanism to reduce transmission and distribution (T&D) losses. Maharashtra's T&D loss is around 17%, while in Bihar the figure is currently estimated at nearly 40%. The gap is huge but it can be reduced through effective management, said an official.
"I have made a power point presentation on the basis of our visit which will be shared with top power board officials and the energy minister. Certain guidelines would be made for field officers to improve the billing and collection efficiency," Gupta said.
In Maharashtra, regions with high revenue collection get quality power supply. "We are contemplating to introduce this system in Bihar also," said a team member.
The IT set-up of BSEB would be further strengthened to yield more accurate results. The performance monitoring of field officers, power purchase management, strategy, competitive bidding, human resource management, training of officers & staff etc would be made through IT-driven technology.
The BSEB has already taken initiatives for appointment of franchisees in order to improve its efficiency. The aim is to provide quality power to all urban and rural consumers and to meet the power demand for agricultural purposes.
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