India : Smart Meter mass rollout

The government of India holding Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL) awarded EDF (Électricité de France International Networks), in consortium with Accenture Solutions Private Limited (India), a large-scale contract for designing, installation, and implementing of advanced metering infrastructures for 5 million smart meters in India. The project is initiated in the state of Bihar to retrofit 1.8 million conventional meters with Pre-paid Smart meters.