Recent posts on BESCOM

TenderSURE on Residency Road

12-NOV-2014 07:09:54 AM -- srinidhi

TenderSURE is being discussed with some discontent these days because it has hit the road users community (dominated by motorvehicle users) hard. However its commendable that they continue with their work.

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Can the Metro depend on government-run BESCOM?

7-APR-2014 12:00:22 PM -- murali772

Metro services on the recently inaugurated Peenya section were disrupted for over an hour on Sunday afternoon following a power failure.

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The "Trishanku" Layouts in Bangalore !

29-JAN-2014 10:03:24 AM -- wgwwd

Well, we are aware of so many layouts nemely "private" or "gated" layouts in Bangalore. One of my friend happens to live in such a layout. Here is "story" of  his layout.

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Data in Government offices - How safe are they?

24-SEP-2013 10:12:56 AM -- Vasanth

Today morning I had suprise visitors to my home from Bescom. Two men in a scooter, one person ready to remove the electric fuse at home. They came and suddenly asked for the receipt of last month's electricity bill. I had kept it somewhere and had to search all over home.

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Fresh rent-seeking avenue for BESCOM staff

12-SEP-2013 01:26:55 PM -- Chandru.p

Most apartment complexes have so far been tapping from their common area power connections for the in-house utility service centres (kirana shop, ironing shop, etc), which are generally outsourced to local vendors. That way, they have been enjoying the benefit if domestic tariffs for the power needs of these services.

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Questions regarding a Solar Grid Tied Inverter Development & Deployment

14-JUL-2013 10:55:15 AM -- raju@solar
We are a group of two Electronics Engineers working from past several months on building a GTI (Grid Tie Inverter).
The system is made up of only the Solar panel and Electronics. The power generated from the Solar panel is processed by the electronics and fed to the connected Grid.  All the Electronics was locally developed.

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How to make footpaths free of transformers - your suggestions

5-JUN-2013 03:02:54 AM -- silkboard

Guys, BESCOM is seeking ideas on how to make Bangalore footpaths free of transformers. I think newspaper ads are out today. Was wondering if we can collect some ideas via this post and share with BESCOM.

update: First up, a list of previous posts on the subject, as this is not new.

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BESCOM performance

12-APR-2013 03:58:32 PM -- n

The performance of various electricity distribution companies has been indicated by the power ministry.  BESCOM gets a rating of B+ which is third from the top.  The PDF cannot be attached as it exceeds the 1 MB limit for attachments.

According to the report,

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BESCOM connection and disconnection process

20-JAN-2013 05:20:34 AM -- sanjayv

BESCOM Connection and Disconnection Process – For Non Payment

A Note on the Process

 

This note is in the context of discussions on MD BESCOM Manivannan’s wall on facebook at the following locations

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Pictures of rooftop Solar system

22-DEC-2012 03:29:03 AM -- silkboard

Continuing over from this other discussion (Rooftop solar for domestic needs), here are the pictures of the Solar system we put up at a remote rural location.

Batteries and charge controller, or "Solar power conditioning unit" as they call it

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