The collection of energy revenue in the State has showed an upward trend post Covid-19 lockdown.
It was revealed at a meeting where Energy Minister Dibyasankar Mishra reviewed the status of revenue collection and electrical accidents with senior official of the department.
Energy Principal Secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal and other senior officials participated in the meeting.
According to officials, the industrial electrical consumption was reduced in the early two months of lockdown by almost 26%. However, the industrial consumption has against increased due economic activities during the current unlock period.
Accordingly, revenue collection from electricity duty has also increased, said the officials adding that reduction of consumption and revenue collection may not be more than 6% this year compared to the last year.
The Minister also reviewed the progress of Real Time Data Acquisition System (RT-DAS) to capture the meter data of the Captive Power Plants remotely. He directed Engineer-in-Chief (Electricals) to complete the installation of RT-DAS system at the earliest.
The Minister reviewed the total number of accidents occurred in 2019-20 and this financial year upto August and the progress of accident compensation gazette notification.
He contended that 90% of accidents made by human mistakes can be prevented. More accidents are happening in 11- KV system than the LT system.
He suggested to the Electrical Inspectorate to devise a mechanism for improvement of electrical safety systems in which safety training, safety examinations, educating electrical workman working at ground level and creating public awareness would be a continuous programme round the year.