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New Delhi 18 November 2009

BYPL wins the prestigious India Power Awards 2009 for

“Overall Loss Reduction in Urban Segment”

• BYPL awarded under the category “Overall Utility Performance – Non Agriculture Dominated Utility
• BYPL won the award despite stiff competition from 25 companies / nominations in this category
• BYPL has reduced its losses from 63.16% in July 2002-03 to 24.4% as 2008-09.

BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has been awarded the prestigious India Power Awards 2009 for greatly reducing its AT & C Losses by the Council of Power Utilities. In a glittering ceremony at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre yesterday, the award was presented to the BYPL CEO Mr Ramesh Narayanan and BRPL CEO Mr Gopal Saxena by Mr Bharatsinh Solanki, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Power.

The award was presented for “Overall Loss Reduction in Urban Segment” under the category “Overall Utility Performance – Non Agriculture Dominated utility”. BYPL won the award amidst still competition. Only four utilities apart from BYPL (APGENCO, SJVNL, PGCIL, UGVCL) made the cut in this category from among the 25 nominations that were received.

A total of 48 awards were presented across 27 different categories. Other prominent utilities that received the awards yesterday under various categories included NTPL, Power Grid Corporation of India and NHPC among others.

These awards were selected by an eminent jury consisting of stalwarts from the power sector. It included

Mr H.L.Bajaj, (Member (Technical), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity), Mr V.Raghuraman, (Former Senior Advisor, Energy Deptt. CII) Dr.H.R.Sharma, (Chief Technical Principal, Hydro Tasmania Consulting India), Mr P.Abraham, Former Secretary (Power), Dr.C.R.Prasad, (Former CMD (GAIL) and Mr C.V.J.Varma – Member Secretary & President, CPU.

According to a Mr Ramesh Narayanan, CEO, BYPL “Since the privatisation of the Delhi distribution in July 2002, BYPL has reduced its losses by nearly 40%. From a high 63.16% in 2002-03, the AT & C losses have now come down to 24.44%. Such a fete is unparalleled in the distribution sector”.

Expressing his gratitude and happiness on the occasion, Mr Narayanan said this award will further motivate us to perform even better and continue to bring AT & C losses to still lower levels. BYPL is committed to perform according to the expectations of its different stakeholders, he added.

It has not been easy for BYPL for affect such a substantial reduction in its AT & C losses. This colossal loss reduction has been possibly due to deployment of various theft control measures and huge investments in infrastructure and technology. On one hand, where the company launched a massive anti power theft campaign, on the other, it employed several measures like providing “Tatkal” connections within 24 hours, Replacement of old cables with Aerial Bunch Cables and installing meters on Distribution Transformers to prevent misuse of electricity. The company also worked very closely with stakeholders, including school children, to create awareness about the menace of power theft.

BSES, Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.

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