Technical Training at DESCO

Abstract

Electricity is the main key for development of a country. Proper supply of electricity has a positive impact on GDP of a country. In Bangladesh, we have a shortage of electricity production. Still only 6()01o of our entire populations are getting electricity. People, who are getting electric lines, are also facing a huge number of load shedding. After the liberation war, every government tried to improve power sectors but still Bangladesh is struggling. The most pressing problem in the power sector has been with the distribution system, which is characterized by heavy system loss and poor collection performance. Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd. (DESCO) was created in 1996 under company Act 1994 as a public Limited company to improve better revenue collection and better consumer service. DESCO purchases electricity from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). Then, electricity is transmitted from the Power plants to DESCO's receiving substations through the National Grid Power Grid Company Bangladesh Limited (PGCB) is in-charge of the National Grid any they receive charge for transmission of electricity through the National Grid. Then, DESCO distributes electricity to the consumers through its own distribution network and collects revenue against the electricity usage. We have done our internship with DESCO, which is a distribution company. We have seen a lot of operations of DESCO having a vast experience about how the distribution networks are maintained, Customer service, Administration, IT department, Grid and Substation maintenance, Control room operations etc. We have tried to cover all the operations of DES CO during our 100 hours internship.