Northern Discom devises ‘HYPER’ action plan to combat monsoon-linked power disruptions

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Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Northern Discom K. Varun Reddy 

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Northern Discom K. Varun Reddy  | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

HYDERABAD

The Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TGNPDCL) has rolled retired a tech-driven enactment program ‘HYPER’ utilising real-time upwind updates, to guarantee restoration of energy proviso connected a war-footing during dense rains and gales/heavy winds, arsenic portion of its proactive determination to tackle monsoon-related powerfulness proviso disruptions.

As portion of the HYPER plan, GPRS-enabled exigency reconstruct squad (ERT) vehicles person been stationed crossed each 18 circles and placed each officials and tract unit connected precocious alert, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Northern Discom K. Varun Reddy has said.

Acknowledging that the powerfulness assemblage faces terrible vulnerability during the monsoon, the CMD stated that TGNPDCL has fortified its infrastructure and adopted the ‘HYPER’ model combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is designed to minimise powerfulness downtime and would service consumers swiftly.

What is HYPER enactment framework?

The HYPER enactment model would see continuous monitoring and precocious alertness astatine the headquarters, pre-positioning of capable workforce and indispensable equipment, accurate, real-time information postulation and accelerated dissemination of breakdown information, strategical deployment of tract teams based connected ground-level vulnerability, fast-tracked and harmless execution of restoration works and punctual resumption of powerfulness proviso wrong the stipulated turnaround time.

ERTs to chopped down effect time

Further, the GPRS-enabled ERTs would minimise effect clip during breakdowns caused by uprooted trees oregon snapped lines. The ERT vehicles are afloat stocked with important repair inventory, helium explained, adding that the units integrated with GPRS exertion would let the power country to way locations successful existent time, enabling the closest squad to navigate and scope the breakdown spot instantly.

Predicting imaginable feeder faults 7 to 21 days successful advance

The AI-powered predictive attraction and drone monitoring has been designed integrating the existing SCADA, GIS and OMS (Outage Management System) platforms. “This precocious integration enables predicting imaginable feeder faults 7 to 21 days successful beforehand allowing for preventive maintenance, forecasting of powerfulness loads accurately to negociate proviso dynamics seamlessly and utilising drone exertion for aerial inspection of powerfulness lines and speedy harm appraisal successful inaccessible terrains”, the CMD said.

Published - June 15, 2026 05:55 p.m. IST

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