RECPDCL, a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited, has signed the PIA Agreement and the DDF Agreement for the “Appointment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Service Provider for the rollout of 33.26 Lakh Smart Prepaid Metering (Phase-II Project) under the RDSS Scheme in Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) jurisdiction on DBFOOT basis” on July 10 at Rajkot, Gujarat.

Further, the AMISP Contract Agreement was also signed by RECPDCL with M/s Bharat Grid Private Limited, a joint venture between Actis and EDF India.

The agreement was signed in the presence of K P Joshi, IAS, MD-PGVCL; TSC Bosh, CEO-RECPDCL; Saurabh Rastogi, Executive Director-RECPDCL; RJ Vala, Chief Engineer-PGVCL; Christophe Feuillard, CEO-BGPL; and other officials of PGVCL, RECPDCL, and Bharat Grid.

The key benefits of the project include loss reduction, reduced downtime, better consumer engagement, and improved overall efficiency of the distribution sector.