Development of Data Visualisation Dashboard and Benchmarking of NEA's Load Dispatch Centre's Data Acquisition System and its Integration with South Asia Energy Database

This paper elaborates the success story behind development of the visualization dashboard and benchmarking of the data acquisition system, located at Nepal Electricity Authority's (NEA's) Load Dispatch Centre (LDC), Kathmandu and presently used for operating the electricity grid of Nepal. Under the project, activities have been carried out towards augmenting the LDC's Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS), Management Information System (MIS) and Data Dissemination by developing an offline database, comprising of the data from existing SCADA system as well as integrating it with offline data captured through manual efforts. The activities also include carrying out gap analysis and suggesting ways towards enhancing the NEA's Load Dispatch Centre's IT infrastructure and data management eco-system. The realization of this regional project has been the outcome of a successful and joint initiative between Nepal Electricity Authority's Load Dispatch Centre (LDC), Kathmandu, Nepal and USAID's South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP) Program, New Delhi India. The project will immensely help and support NEA in operating the electricity grid of Nepal with enhanced level of safety and security as well as for carrying out the Cross Border Electricity Trade (CBET) in a most economic and efficient manner along with development of the LDC's Strengthening Action Plan for the state-of-the-art RTDAS, MIS and data dissemination.