SEPTEMBER 2006 – ISSUE NO 22 COMPANY NEWS COMPANY NEWS
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT VARIOUS DIVISIONS
TROMBAY
NEW
· On 18th August 2006 Unit # 6, has completed 365 days of continuous operation.
Hearty congratulations to all of those who have contributed in achieving this milestone.
· To review and recognize the efforts of employees contributing towards the quality initiative, “Quality Day” program was organized at Trombay on 23rd. August 2006. 15 teams gave a presentation. Nearly 150 employees participated in the program.
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· On 5th August 2006 Mr. H S Karangale, Director, RCF visited Trombay Load Despatch Center, EQAG Lab, and Units 5 & 6. He was impressed with the Trombay plant and marked in Visitor's book as “well maintained plant with excellent housekeeping". This visit was arranged as a part of our Senior Management contact plan with major customers for business enhancement.
· On 23rd August 2005 Mr. A K Vohra, CEE, Western Railway and his team visited Trombay. During the visit they were taken to Load Dispatch Center, EQAG Lab, and Units 5, 6 & 7. Mr. Vohra was impressed with the Trombay plants and marked the respect for our Founders by commenting in Visitor's book as “Time proves that staying ahead in Knowledge, Technology and Investments pays to the mankind and society. Hats off to the people who had this vision and foresight".
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· On 13/08/06, Mr. P K Damle (OE, Electrical) observed that 220 V DC supervision LED for 6.6 kV Unit Bus was not glowing. During investigation it was found that 220 V DC for bus PT was lost and the cause was defective ON/OFF switch. The supply was made available. The unavailability of the DC supply would have prevented the change over of auxiliary supply to Unit Bus 5B during unit trip out. Keen and timely observation of Mr. P K Damle was highly appreciated.
· On 13/08/06, Mr. Ganesh Bagwe, DOT, observed that though ID Fan 5A inlet damper 1 was indicating full open as per its limit switch indication in Control Room, it is only 10% open and its operating link is dislodged. The damper was opened fully manually with MMD's help and the dislodged operating link was restored back. Also on 19.08.06, he observed defect in Motor blower 2of ID fan 6C. The blower number 2 were found defective & subsequently attended by EMD. Keen observation of Mr. Bagwe was appreciated.
· On 25-08-2006 at 18.10 Hrs. when GTG & STG was carrying 120 MW & 68 MW respectively, GTG control changed over from Load Control to Speed Control and GTG load came down to 5 MW immediately. This was due to momentary loss of CS 275 bus communication due to loading. GTG load was manually picked up from backup panel on speed control & after two attempts GTG load was successfully changed over to load control mode and conditions were stabilized. Delay in the above operation would have lead to GTG tripping on reverse power & STG tripping on low main steam temperature. The effort of M/S K. B. Lad, S. D. Joshi, A. S. Patil & S. S. Deshpande who reacted quickly and saved the unit during peak hours was highly appreciated.
T & D
NEWØ Kolshet - Under 5 S – Modified defect register which can now be called as 3-D register for capturing all 3 Ds – Dirty, Difficult & Danger / Hazard – Concept launched & shared with Salsette EMD & other 5 S champions. Mr. Shyam Talawadekar endorsed the format of the same.
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Ø Salsette - 22 KV HPA Breaker brought from Malad S/S was overhauled at Salsette R/S. Mr. Kanchan and his team explained and demonstrated the procedure to a team of 6 technicians of Malad. The breaker is being taken into service at Malad.
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Ø Parel - Frequent starting of oil pump in 145 Kv BHEL make SF6 breaker of Parel-Mahalaxmi line no 1 has been attended (Main valve assembly) departmentally without the help from OEM.
Salsette - Once again Salsette Maintenance team replaced 220 kV GIS breaker hydraulic cylinder without any external help. This is the third instance that the cylinders are replaced successfully. Two technicians from Dharavi R/S attended and shared their knowledge.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Ø Transmission - S G Bhangaonkar along with M/S Uday Deshmukh, N J Nigam & Mrs. M Laxmi conducted a session on ‘Over View’ of LAVASA Project .
Ø Carnac - Mr.P.R.Naik explained the O/H of Voltas FB4 mechanism
Ø Kalyan - A knowledge sharing session was arranged on 28/8/2006. Mr. V D Kulkarni gave a talk on Open Access in power sector.
Ø Safety - An interactive meeting of Safety stewards of Hydro & T& D Divisions was held at Dharavi. The safety stewards shared ‘Best Practices’. All safety stewards were informed to track the near miss accidents & motivate all employees to report the same.
Ø An officers dialogue for T & D Divisions with GM (TD&H) was arranged. Total 57 officers attended the dialogue. GM(TD&H) discussed challenges before our company, regulatory norms on operation & expenditure, vigilance and pro-activeness to reduce forced shutdowns
NEAR-MISS OCCURRENCES
Ø Salsette - Mr Suryavanshi and Mr. V K Shetty were appreciated for two instances of keen observation and timely action taken for Saki 3 transfer bus GOD hot clamp and 11kV transfer bus insulator chirping which prevented possible 110 kV line tripping.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Borivli - Remote load shedding scheme commissioned for the overloading of 220KV Kalwa Salsette Lines. This was done in a record time of 1 day.
Chembur & Vikhroli - Installation & commissioning of SCADA at Chembur & Vikhroli completed and taken into operational service
ANY OTHER EXCELLENT POINTS
Ø Salsette - 15 nos BMS students of Ratnam management institute , Bhandup visited Salsette Receiving station. They were briefed on corporate social responsibility , PMS system , General management principals by Mr. M P Shevde and Mr. U M Deshmukh.
Ø Transmission - No 110 kV / 220 kV Line tripping during the month. Only one line tripping of 22 kV Bhira-Headworks 1 is because of landslide due to very heavy rains in Dongarwadi area.
HYDROS
NEW
On 21-8-06 “Quality Circle Day” for Hydro-Stations was conducted at Khopoli. Mr.Ashok Sethi (H & TRD ) inaugurated the function. Quality circle teams from all three divisions ( Total 11 Nos.) gave presentation on various topics. Token appreciation was given to all members.
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1. CSR - Transport and Medical services were provided to Villagers while the roads were submerged at Thokarwadi.
2. Bhivpuri: CSR – Computer training course (MS-CIT) is being conducted for the benefit of surrounding village students to increase their employment opportunities.
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Hydro achieved Highest Monthly Generation in Aug 06.
Bhira: 236.678 MUs.(Previous highest of 232.39MUs in Aug 05.)
Bhivpuri: 69.662MUs (Previous highest of 61.26Mus in aug05.)
Khopoli: 60.102 MUs (Previous highest of 57.95 MUs in Augo5.)
Hydro achieved highest Monthly PLF in Augo6.
Bhira: 106.04% against previous highest 104.12% in Aug 05.
Bhivpuri: 124.48% against previous highest 109.72 % in Aug 05
Khopoli: 112.20% against previous highest 108.22 % in Aug05.
Inflow/Spilling over of all lakes for two successive years thus creating another record. (Lonavla could not spill.)
Monsoon report as of 31st aug 06.
Bhira: Inflow :1454 Overflow: 488 MCM Effective inflow: 966
Bhivpuri: Inflow 394 Overflow :42 MCM Effective inflow: 352
Khopoli: Inflow : 334 Overflow :32 MCM Effective Inflow: 302
CORPORATE SOURCING GROUP
NEW
· CSG started the initiative of meeting the internal customer at their divisions i.e. at customers offices. A team from CSG visited the operating Hydro Divisions viz. Bhira, Khopoli and Bhivpuri to understand the key requirements of the Divisions from CSG, as a Service Provider and to improve process as required like order placement, delivery follow up etc. This is precursor to ISLA review meetings.· Visit by CSG reps to Chembur & Mankhurd Rec. Stns. was made on 30 August 2006. The visit was well received and long pending issues were resolved on the spot. The divisions being small in size had thus far, not received much attention from Corporate departments / divisions. This formed a unique opportunity for both sides to understand & appreciate each others view points, capabilities and limitations, given the situation they were in. Following is an abstract from the response to our meet. (letters in “Bold” are as in original text).
“Your visit to Chembur Rec. Stn. today,has helped us in directly projecting ourproblems to CSG. We appreciate theprompt action by you,towards resolving our pending issues.Thanks for this initiative towards better co-operation and co-ordination, between your department and all divisions. “
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CSG organized TRD store officers meet on 3.8.2006, One of the participant ‘s (Mr.Mascarnhas Lazarus ) remarks on meet are as under:-
· “The Stores Officers meet organized by CSG on 3-08-2006, has helped us to understand and appreciate, thequality and quantity of work beingcarriedoutby your department. The statistics were mind boggling, and it has reinforced our faith and trust in CSG.
· I wish to thank You andalso Mr. V L Gopalkrishnan, Mr C P Ranade, and Mr S P Naphade for the excellent presentations given to us. As you time and again reiterated,Stores and CSG must Synergize and work as a Team. We assure you of our commitment towards this end.
· Mr. R D Parakh, Mr S K Vishwekar, Ms Madhura Amonkar, Mr Pattabhiraman and Mr P K Kadam, also shared their valuable knowledge and inputs. This is also highly appreciated. We also thank Mr R Venkatram for his support for this first of its kind event.
· This unique forum has succeeded in identifying the exact process, by which we can mutually work, towardsachieving a highly professional Materials Management Culture.”
BETTER
Tata Power Debt rating:- CRISIL has reaffirmed a “P1+” rating for Tata Power’s Rs.500 Crs short term debt programme (enhanced from Rs.200 Crs). The “P1+”rating indicates that the degree of safety with regards to timely payment of interest and principal is “very strong”.
CORPORATE IT
NEW
Broadcasting Video & Audio over the Network – Web-casting (multi-media streaming)
· Video streaming of the JRDQV awards ceremony at NCPA on 29 July 06 was done with a difference this year. Hitherto four Satellite download antenna used to be arranged for Dharavi, Carnac, Trombay and Khopoli at a cost of Rs.45,600/-.
· To facilitate the viewing from each station’s conference room a novel arrangement was made using Microsoft Windows Media Encoder software, a production tool for converting both live and prerecorded audio and video into multi-media files or streams. This type of software encoding was used to broadcast JRD QV awards at 11 locations in company on 29th July , 2006.
· Live signals of broadcast by VSNL from NCPA was received through an antenna set up at Dharavi which in turn was encoded using Windows media encoder PC to stream over our network to these locations.
· PCs located at different locations used Internet browser and media player to receive this stream from Multimedia servers located at 2 places. Since only one antenna was used the cost was substantially lower at Rs.15, 300/-.
Employee Services Portal
A new look and new feature-rich role-based Employee Services Portal has been launched on Sangam. The new module is based on requirements of different type of users like Officers, Union Staff, Consultants, Trainees and Internal Auditors. All programs have been customized depending on the access right to the various categories. The new portal has added features of displaying selected employee related services without additional clicks. Employees have the choice of customizing the Portal as per their requirements. This Employee Services Portal will be further augmented in future, based on customer feedback.
Employee Authentication System
A new user authentication system has been implemented on Sangam. Salient features of this system are as follows:
· Password encryption
· Enhanced Password Security
· Password Age
· Password History
· Email intimation alerts to user
· Account expiry date
Above enhancements were done to fulfil the requirements of the Company’s Information Security Policy.
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‘Information Security Policy’ Acceptance
An innovative new method was employed to obtain IT Users’ acceptance of the Company’s ‘Information Security Policy’. ‘E-signoff’ of Users was undertaken, saving time for both Users & IT and improving compilation accuracy. After authentication of User ID through a log-in process, a simple ‘Information Security Policy’ acceptance screen was presented, with built-in links to the Policy document, should the User wish to study it. Clicking of the ‘Accept’ button registered the User’s name and relevant details in a database, to be kept on record for future reference. Employing this method enabled the Company-wide signoffs to be obtained within one week.
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New SAP Servers
Planned replacement of old SAP Servers was effected recently and the same were replaced by new IBM Servers.
The earlier landscape was heterogeneous, comprising of Windows, Tru-64 Unix and HP-Unix. The new Servers have permitted shifting to a uniform Operating system for the entire SAP landscape. The new system has the following advanced features:
· Permits micro-partitioning of CPUs.
· Permits dynamic allocation of Server resources like CPU and RAM to the SAP instance.
· Permits creation of virtual Servers in a single box.
The unstinting efforts of our BASIS team enabled migration of the whole SAP landscape of Test, Development, Quality and Production Servers to the New Landscape. The whole system was then thoroughly tested by the TPC ABAP and Functional team and released for general use from 15th August 2006.
The BASIS team effort was appreciated by SAP-India.
The new Servers will lead to a significant reduction in response time for transaction and reports processing in SAP. Their feature of dynamic resource allocation will permit temporary expansion of SAP production capacity to meet period-ending and annual loads without deterioration of performance. They will also enable us to proceed with the planned upgrade from ‘SAP R/3’ to ‘my SAP ERP 2005’, necessary to meet our Company’s emerging growth challenges.