ADB to scale up smart meters project in Uttar Pradesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to scale up a satellite-based smart meters project being implemented in Uttar Pradesh by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). As part of ADB’s $200 million loan to EESL for implementing various demand-side energy efficiency projects in India, the ADB-assisted pilot project is running in Varanasi where around 5,000 households have been given smart meters with satellite communication technology. ADB is considering scaling up this project through a proposed second plan. EESL’s smart metering initiative is part of a larger low-carbon energy transition programme by the government.