OREANDA-NEWS. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. (Rlnfra), India's leading integrated infrastructure and power utility company today announced that it has been certified with the ISO 55001:2014 Asset Management Standards for the best practices in effectively managing the Distribution Network Assets in its Mumbai Distribution Business.

Rlnfra became World's first power utility to achieve this prestigious Bureau Veritas Certification.

Speaking on the development, Rlnfra CEO Mr Lalit Jalan said, “This is a validation of our good practices that makes Rlnfra the first ever Indian Company to be certified against the asset management standards. This certification will not only result in enhancement of service levels for our customers but also generate better results on Safety and Environment Consciousness fronts for our stakeholders”.

He added, “Our ultimate aim has always been to provide reliable and quality power to customers in the most efficient manners. We are consistently endeavouring to match the needs and expectations of our customers and achieving the required service levels.”

In the context of an electricity distribution utility, the distribution network assets management can be defined as a systematic process of operations, maintenance and upgrading of electrical assets in an efficient manner by combining best engineering models with sound business practices.

R-Infra has always pioneered to lead the application of Best Practices in its power distribution in India. This certification is one of such best practices & can be helpful for the utilities in India as a future roadmap. Assets covered under the scope of the ISO 55001:2014 certification are power transformers, switchgears, distribution transformers, capacitors, cables, and automation systems.

RInfra had earlier been conferred upon ISO 27001, India's first CMMI level 3 and First ever energy management ISO 50001.

RInfra is the largest power distribution licensee in Mumbai, with 25 years license to distribute electricity in its licensed distribution areas spread over 400 Sq. Kms. in the suburbs and surrounding areas of Mumbai, and supplying power to around 28 lakhs consumers.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) is the largest infrastructure company developing projects, through various Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), in several high growth areas in the Infrastructure sector i.e. Roads, Metro Rail, and Cement.

The Company is also the leading utility company having presence across the value chain of power businesses i.e. Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Trading of power.

The SPVs are inter alia developing a metro rail project in Mumbai; eleven road projects with total length of 1,000 kms; and developing two cement plants of capacity of five million tonnes per year each in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

RInfra along with its wholly owned subsidiary generates over 940 MW of power through its five power stations; distributes power to over 60 lakh consumers in Mumbai and Delhi and is developing five transmission projects including the first Independent Private Transmission projects.

RInfra also provides Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) services for developing power and road projects.