Ongoing Projects

1. Provision  of Optical fibre based communication through OPGW for providing reliable communication to all Grid s/s with PSDF support. 

   Under the project a total of 2289 ckt KM of OPGW will be laid covering 56 nos of grid s/s.

   Schedule of completion of the project is Feb2021.

2. Procurement , commissioning , AMC and integration with central SCADA of 78 RTUs against replacement of 51 nos of old RTUs against replacement of 51 nos of and 27 new  RTUs for new grid S/s.

   Remote Terminal unit(RTU) are the basic Telecommunication equipment used for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in Power System. Under this project, provision has been made for replacement of 51 nos of Old RTUs as well as procurement of 27 nos of new RTUs.

   Schedule of completion of the project is Dec 2020.

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF TELECOM WING

1. Most of the  industries, IPPs, CGPs have been integrated with SLDC for real time data display under supervision of Telecom wing as per OGC Regulations,2006.
2. Dark  fibres have been leased out to Powergrid & BSNL and OPTCL is earning an revenue of  Rs 2.00 Crores per annum presently. Many more OPGW lines are in pipeline for leasing out to BSNL/PGCIL.
3. Wideband communication channels have  been provided to IT wing of OPTCL at different Grid s/s in OPTCL for the reliable and secured IT enabled services like ERP, AMI and Video conferencing thereby saving revenue otherwise would  been utilised towards leasing of communication channels from Telecom operators.
4. ONLINE SCADA data is extended to DOSCC of 4 DISCOMs for better grid management.
5. CUG is operational in OPTCL under supervision of Telecom Wing of OPTCL.
6. BharatNet Phase-II Project in Odisha:

• “ Bharat Net Project” is a Project of Govt. of India , funded by USOF for provisioning of Broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats(GP) in India.
• Under Bharat Net Phase-I, 15 nos of districts in Odisha were covered by laying underground fibre .
• Under Bharat Net Phase-II,  balance 15 nos of districts along with left over GPs from Phase-I will be covered by laying Overhead Fibre(ADSS fibre) of 15171 KM on 33kv, 11kv & LT  existing electric poles of DISCOMs.
• OPTCL is engaged as State Implementing Agency (SIA) for implementation of the project.
• Project completion date: 30.06.2020.