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How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

592 points · 336 comments · rbanffy

  1. motionlessveloc · · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder how many HNers recall life in Delhi even 20 years ago? Cutting electricity loss is one thing, but getting rid of "load shedding" (unplanned power cuts) is the really revolutionary part. It was not uncommon for the power to go out several times a day and you had to rush to unplug expensive appliances (TV, laptop), because when the power came back it was often accompanied by a surge. My office was wired with two sets of electrical sockets, one connected to grid mains and the other connected to the UPS (for important equipment only).
    1. Gangway0829 · · focus · HN ↗
      Do you remember the scheduled water cuts? We would stockpile water in buckets so we could flush the toilets. Good old days!
      1. shrikant · · focus · HN ↗
        I remember the inverse of that in Chennai -- scheduled running water for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evenings when we had to stockpile water in every container possible.
        1. parthdesai · · focus · HN ↗
          It's so weird reading these comments, we didn't have either of these issues in Gujarat in early 2000s (left India in mid 2000s).
          1. anukin · · focus · HN ↗
            Same here from Kerala since almost 90s.
            1. plinkplonk · · focus · HN ↗
              Kerala is having daily power cuts right now!
              1. anukin · · focus · HN ↗
                That is true. That has more to do with new state government we elected. Also most houses here’s got battery backup along with solar. The state subsidies helped a lot.
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