Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) has achieved a major milestone in India’s power distribution transformation by successfully delivering 1 crore smart electricity meters across multiple distribution companies. With this, AESL becomes the first company in India—and among the first globally—to reach this scale in smart metering deployment.
The company is now preparing to deliver the next 1 crore smart meters within the coming financial year, reinforcing its position as a key player in India’s digital energy transition. As an Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider (AMISP), AESL has been mandated to install around 2.5 crore smart meters across five states, executing installations at a pace of nearly 25,000 meters per day, the highest in the industry.
This milestone comes well ahead of AESL’s earlier guidance of achieving the 1 crore mark by March 31, 2026, highlighting strong execution capabilities. The smart metering rollout plays a critical role in modernising retail power distribution by providing real-time consumption data, improving billing transparency, and supporting grid modernisation under the Government of India’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).
Commenting on the achievement, Kandarp Patel, CEO of Adani Energy Solutions, said that smart meters go beyond billing accuracy. They help empower consumers with real-time usage insights, improve grid reliability, reduce losses, and enable more efficient energy management across the system.
AESL attributed its rapid execution to an integrated ecosystem approach. The company has partnered with group firms such as Adani Esyasoft Smart Solutions for smart metering and IoT services, and AdaniConnex for local data hosting. In parallel, AESL has trained a large workforce of technicians through its CSR initiatives to support meter installations on the ground.
AESL began its smart metering journey in 2024 and has reached this milestone in approximately 24 months, making it the fastest smart meter deployment of its kind in India. Under RDSS, India aims to replace 25 crore conventional meters with smart meters to reduce losses, improve forecasting, and enable better integration of renewable energy into the grid.
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