Power and ICT- Working together Rajendra Singh Senior Regulatory Specialist Policy Division,GICT, World Bank

Agenda: Synergy in Power and ICT Sectors Power to ICT ICT to Power Regulatory Issues- Learning from Telecom Sector’s Global Success

Power to ICT Rural Telecom: Requirement of Reliable Power Supply Data Center – High growth due to cloud computing and other market and technological developments – 50 percent operating cost in Air-conditioning Last Mile Telecom Connectivity: Broadband on Power Line(BPL) Reliable and Low Cost Connectivity: Optical Ground Wire(OPGW) Complete Solution: Tower, Shelter, Power, Connectivity New Business Models and Capacity Building

ICT to Power Distributed Information Processing in the Power Management System Managing Peak Demand Using Reverse Communication From Power Consumers to Power Generators- Saving in Generating Costs Integration of RE sources With the Power Transmission Grid Innovative Power Tariff Plans Using ICT – Managing Subsidy: Cost based power tariff and targeted subsidy to the poor population using ICT( Unique Identity and money transfer on Mobile platform) – Indian Example of flat tariff plan since 1989 for tube wells in various states to save metering and billing cost, which was 30 percent of supplying power ( Source: Agriculture water management article 95(2008) )

Regulatory Issues Electricity Act in various countries very forward looking- Easy Entry Conditions, Open Access, Promotion of Competition. Example, Indian Electricity Act,2003 – No Generation License subject to compliance to technical standards – Open Access Electricity Regulators could not fully succeed to enforce the provisions of law in practice Telecom Regulators had followed this difficult path, which led to the success in telecom sector At Macro level common issues related to Subsidy, Tariff, Interconnection, and Open Access in both Power and Telecom Sectors