DPDC to install 1.4m smart pre-payment meters


FE Team | Published: September 23, 2020 23:28:47 | Updated: September 23, 2020 23:35:18


DPDC to install 1.4m smart pre-payment meters

As a part of the government's plan to bring all consumers of power under the smart prepayment metering system, a move is underway to install 1.4 million (14 lakh) smart prepayment meters in the jurisdiction areas of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC), reports BSS.
"DPDC has already brought 4.60 lakh consumers under pre-payment metering system and the rest will come under the system in phases," Managing Director of DPDC Engineer Bikash Dewan told the news agency on Wednesday.
He said DPDC is on the way of implementing advanced metering infrastructure and smart pre-payment meters project based on radio frequency communication for the first time in the country.

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