DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN CESC

AS DISTRIBUTION SECTOR

IMI, Kolkata
3rd February 2017
CESC LIMITED A SNAPSHOT

1897: Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was

established
1899: The first thermal power plant in India was commissioned
in Calcutta
1899: Calcutta was electrified - 17 years after New York, 11
years after London

Area of Operation 567 Sq. Km. (covering

Kolkata and Howrah)

Consumer Base 31 Lacs (aprox)

(including 1752 HT consumers and
19 - 33 kV consumer)

Annual Electricity Sales 9240 MU

Annual Turn Over 6616 Cr

Maximum Demand 2050 MW

CESC Generation --- 1125 MW

HEL Generation --- 600 MW
 CESCs Major Achievements & Awards in 2016
Business-Excellence:
Significant achievement in CII-Exim Bank Award for
Business Excellence

Service Leadership Award : Innovation with Impact

award, Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award etc..

Operational Excellence Award : National award in

Energy Management etc.

Organisational Capability Building : CII EXIM

Bank Award for HR Excellence, National Award for
Excellence in Training & Development (World HRD
Congress etc.

Safety Health & Environment award : Greentech

Safety Award, Greentech Environment Award,
Global Environment Award
 CESCCESC
Power
Power
System
System
CESC 8200 nos DT
Generation 400/500kVA
1125 MW

22 nos EHT
112 33/6 &11 kV
Substation
Dist Stn (Trf-209)

Five Import
One Import
connectivity
connectivity
with STUs
with CTU

Haldia Energy
400kV OH LIne
Ltd- 600MW
 OUR POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Generating Station 220/132 kV Substation 33/6-11 kV Distribution Distribution Network

Station

Budge 750 MW MVA Capacity 3702 MVA MVA Capacity 3270 MVA Transformers 8200 nos
Budge 220kV-1120 MVA (including DT of 3915 MVA
132kV-2582 MVA HVDS)

Southern 135 MW Transformers 48 Transformers 209 Ring Main Units 5259

Titagarh 240 MW Switchgears 10 GIS station Switchgears 327 GIS, Switchgears 2663
12 OD station 2381 AIS, SF6 Consumer 313
101-GIS,105-OD 122 OD module
SF6 RMU 5115

TOTAL 1125 MW Lines ckm: 294 UG, Lines ckm: 1320 UG Lines ckm: 6047 UG
300 OH 33 kV 92 OH 11 kV & 6 kV 87 OH

MVAC Lines ckm 7250 UG

5019 OH

EHV / HV ASSETS : 22,500 APPROX.

All figures are approximate
Disaster that can affect Distribution System
Natural Norwester
Cyclone
Deluge
Earthquake

Man made Fire

Human error
Failure of Grid or Plant & Equipment
Sabotage, Strike & unrest
Cyber attack
Structural failure
Bomb threats/Explosion .
Major challenges of DM in Distribution Sector
Electricity interruption or no supply situation stalls relief & rescue operations
during disasters therefore demands Disaster resilient Distribution system

Interruption of Electricity services stalls operation of Hospitals & health care,

Mass transportation-Railways & Airports, affects water supply & sewerages
system etc.

Major Distribution asset are of over ground installation open to air and
scattered over entire licensed area of Distribution utilities high risk of being
damaged/affected

Large length of Distribution network of utilities are in OH system with bare

conductors and poles etc. vulnerable to natural disasters

Distribution equipment are installed in congested Public places, Residential

areas safety issues during natural or even in manmade disasters
We planned 3 Tier Approach of DM in CESC

ADMG (Apex Disaster Management Group)

CDMG (Central Disaster Management Group)

NDMG (Nodal Disaster Management Group)

 Role & Responsibilities of three tiers in CESC
ADMG (Apex Disaster Management Group)
Comprises of Leadership team are in advisory role to monitor & review Disaster
handling process by next levels, communicate with Senior Govt. Officials &
Media, allocate fund & sanction budget.

CDMG (Central Disaster Management Group)

Consists of Senior level executives who coordinates with State Administration &
external stakeholders to announce disaster event, arrange special resources,
monitor and review Nodal groups, consolidate post disaster report for future
action plans.

NDMG(Nodal Disaster Management Group)

Line function groups who execute the ground work, carry out restoration of
supply, remove/replace damaged & danger prone electrical asset to ensure safety
etc and work under supervision of CDMG.
Our DM plan - based on Disaster category
Sr No Type of Disaster Major Minor
1 Norwester

2 Cyclone

3 Deluge

4 Earth quake

Definition :

Major: Encompassing entire licensed area with extensive damage

Minor: Localized with moderate damage

 DISASTER MANAGEMENT- PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM

CESCs APEX LEVEL DISASTER

INTERACTIONS WITH HIGH LEVEL GOVT. OFFICIALS
Disaster MANAGEMENT GROUP
Management (ADMG)
Team Level-1 PRESS BRIEFING

SYSTEM CONTROL IMD

(NDMG)
CESCs CENTRAL LEVEL CUSTOMER CORPORATE
KMC
Disaster DISASTER MANAGEMENT GROUP RELATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
Management (CDMG) (NDMG) (NDMG)
Team Level-2 KP
GENERATION

CESCs SUBSTATIONS HT SECURITY TRANSMISSION TESTING DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTION

DISTRICTS
OPERATIONS AUTOMATION (NDMG)
Disaster (NDMG) (NDMG) (NDMG) PROJECTS (NDMG)
(NDMG) (NDMG)
Management (NDMG)
Team Level-3
 CESC DM Plan - Three stage Activities

Pre-Disaster situation

DM activities In
During Disaster situation
CESC are grouped
in 3 stages
Post Disaster situation
 SOPs of DM

SOPs of each groups in the organisation define step by step activities in tackling
emergency situations & responsibility map against positions.

Each SOP describes the performance criteria, relevant standards, plan of

arrangement for manpower, services & infrastructure etc., along with
departmental/divisional organogram showing chain of command.

Documentation control & periodic review process of SOPs with ownership are
indicated in DM Manual.
 DM MANUAL OF CESC
(under Revision as per suggested structure of NDMA, GOI)
Contents :
Introduction

HRVA (History, Risk & Vulnerability mapping)

Prevention & Mitigation Plan

Mainstreaming DM plan in new projects

Preparedness

Response

Recovery

Financial Arrangements

Important contact nos, Districts Maps

SOPs
 Our External interfaces in managing Disaster &
Crisis situation

CEA
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
State Administration and SDMA
Kolkata & West Bengal Police
KMC and other Municipal Authorities
Fire Brigades
State Discom, STU, CTU, SLDC, RLDC
Print and Electronic media
Contractors and Suppliers
Local Councilors and influential persons
Consumers
 Major Initiatives in CESC for better DM
Routine communication with IMD for latest weather update & early warning

Defined positions in Organogram for announcement & closure of Disaster

Back up Control Room kept is kept in hot stand by on Disaster announcement

24 x 7 Command centre for monitoring & redressing HT & LT consumer

complain and use of DMS for flawless network operation
 Major Initiatives in CESC for better DM
LT breakdown crew tacking system using GPRS to attend extreme emergency
and emergency calls on priority.

Identified list & Shutdown protocol of HT feeders, DTRs installed in storm affected
& low lying areas

Remote operation of RMUs & Sw. Gears of all Sewerage Pumping stations,
Hospitals, vital installation from control centre for fastest restoration in crisis event

Failsafe Communication system using Radio communication or Mobile trunk

system when primary communication fails.
 Major Initiatives in CESC for better DM
Smart Meter technology is being utilised to monitor supply status from remote
and proactive outage management of VIP consumer and vital HT installation
become possible during normal & crisis situation.
 Major Process Initiatives in CESC for better DM
Deputing our Engineers & Security Officers at Kolkata Police control room for better
co-ordination during disasters & crisis situation

Manning KMC control Room with our Engineers for faster restoration during disaster
situation

Maintaining hot lines with Kolkata Police and KMC control Room for emergency
communication

Tagging our breakdown crew with local police stations in case of emergency/crisis
situation

Decentralised operation with manpower & material for quick restoration of supply

Escalation of call centre operation during emergency so that maximum consumer

complain gets docketed.

Mobile Generators, high ground clearance repair vehicles are kept at strategic
locations & pressed into service as situation demands.
 CESCs thoughts for better DM
Setting up EOC with all logistics and infrastructure for better monitoring &
coordination during emergency situation

Use of dynamic IT enabled Disaster Management Dashboard to display all

outages, incident of fire & electrocution and vital information.

Use of web based DRRS system for tackling fire related emergency situation

Keeping ERS system ready to tackle outages of EHV OH Lines during Disasters

Capacity building exercises through Mock drill, table top exercises and class
room training by experts (NIDM) and internal faculty members.

Arranging Coordination Meeting with all external stakeholders for networking and
doing the gap analysis

Benchmarking with National & International organizations

Adoption of modern technology

Snapshot of Disaster Dashboard
 Disaster Response & Recovery System(DRSS)
Web enabled DRRS system helps to instantly locate Fire service stations,
Police stations, Water bodies when fire accident takes place in any
Substation/Establishments
 Capacity Building Exercises

Class Room Training on Disaster

management for our own employees
are included in CESC annual
Training calendar and are regularly
conducted.

Brilliant ideas evolved from the

participants are captured and
explored for implementation during
Disaster related meetings. Faculty from NIDM - conducting session on DM

External faculties are invited to

provide national perspective and
modern practices of DM to our
CDMG, NDMG members and other
employees.

In-house Program on DM
 Mock Drill Exercises
Mock drill exercises on Fire fighting, handling various crisis situation e.g. Acid
leakage, Security breach etc. are conducted as per annual plan for preparedness
and to improve response time.

Annual Calendar for Mock Fire Training

 Participation in External Training Program
CESC employees participate, present papers in National and International
seminar to update & keep track on latest DM practices, DRR system

Workshop on DM organised by SDMA, AMCDRR Conference on DRR

Govt. of WB

Presenting paper in CBIP Conference

 Making resilient Distribution system
Replacement of oil filled Distribution Transformers with Dry type in Hospitals, market
areas, congested public places, Govt. Building etc.

Renewal of old /damaged wiring at supply points in Heritage buildings, Hospitals,

School/Colleges, Govt. Offices etc. within the cities

Conversion of bare OH conductor with insulated conductors or ABC cables in

congested locations of metro cities.

Replacing conventional HV Switch Panel with GIS

Condition monitoring of T&D assets and Condition based maintenance

Planning to use Ester based insulating oil in Power Transformers

Elaborate network planning with (N-1) contingency

Defined restoration plan and Communication protocol

Construction of Sub-Stn building & establishment fortifying earthquake and

protection against other calamities.
 CONTACTS

Asoke Chakraborty
R&DM Cell

Phone 09163335493
Email ashoke.chakraborty@rp-sg.in