Weather Portal & Web Portal MERIT launched
23rd June, 2017Category:
Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines launched Weather Portal for Power Sector in association with POSOCO and IMD at the meeting of the Forum of Regulators. He also launched another portal MERIT (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency). This has been developed by Ministry of Power in association with POSOCO and Central Electricity Authority.
The information available in the Portal regarding weather forecast shall help State Discoms to take pro-active steps regarding short term and medium term management processes and supply planning requirements and also for better planning for infrastructure availability to ensure cost effective and reliable supply. The MERIT Web portal displays extensive array of information regarding the merit order of Electricity procured by State. Information available in the MERIT shall help State Discoms to optimize their power procurement in more efficient way leading to lower cost of power to consumers.
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