French electric utility firm EDF has successfully installed 1,00,000 smart meters in India under its contract with Energy Efficiency Services (EESL).
The milestone marks the completion of the first stage of the contract and the beginning of commercial roll-out of five million smart meters installation across India, nearly half of which will be installed in the state of Bihar.
EESL buys modern electrical appliances such as LED lights and smart meters in bulk to drive down deployment costs. It awarded the contract in 2019 jointly to EDF and Accenture Solutions.
The project covers design of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), proper installation of five million smart meters across India, integration of the smart meters with the existing billing systems of electricity distribution companies as well as operation and maintenance for a period of six-and-a- half years.