<p>The project, under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (RAPDRP), was awarded by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB), HCL Infosystems said in a statement.<br /><br />The project will entail the deployment of a statewide solution to establish baseline data and IT applications for energy accounting/auditing and IT-based consumer service centres in 14 towns, comprising 30 sub-division offices and 293 other offices, it added.<br /><br />The company will also set up a Disaster Recovery Centre and modernise the state's existing Data Centre, as well as create a Wide Area Network.<br /><br />The Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) is a flagship programme of the Indian government with a total outlay of Rs 51,577 crore.<br />Under the programme, IT companies would assist power utilities to strengthen and upgrade transmission and distribution networks from concept to commissioning in order to facilitate a reduction in aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses.<br /><br />"This being our second win in the space after the similar project won in Rajasthan testifies for our understanding and leadership in setting up IT-based solutions for such critical projects in the country," HCL Infosystems Executive Vice- President (System Integration and International Business) Rajeev Asija said.<br /><br />The company had in 2009 won the country's first R-APDRP project from Rajasthan for over Rs 500 crore, it said.</p>
<p>The project, under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (RAPDRP), was awarded by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB), HCL Infosystems said in a statement.<br /><br />The project will entail the deployment of a statewide solution to establish baseline data and IT applications for energy accounting/auditing and IT-based consumer service centres in 14 towns, comprising 30 sub-division offices and 293 other offices, it added.<br /><br />The company will also set up a Disaster Recovery Centre and modernise the state's existing Data Centre, as well as create a Wide Area Network.<br /><br />The Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP) is a flagship programme of the Indian government with a total outlay of Rs 51,577 crore.<br />Under the programme, IT companies would assist power utilities to strengthen and upgrade transmission and distribution networks from concept to commissioning in order to facilitate a reduction in aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses.<br /><br />"This being our second win in the space after the similar project won in Rajasthan testifies for our understanding and leadership in setting up IT-based solutions for such critical projects in the country," HCL Infosystems Executive Vice- President (System Integration and International Business) Rajeev Asija said.<br /><br />The company had in 2009 won the country's first R-APDRP project from Rajasthan for over Rs 500 crore, it said.</p>