AI to play key role in optimising power sector: Minister

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)-based applications will play a pivotal role in building intelligent, consumer-centric, self-optimising distribution networks, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal said on Sunday.

Addressing participants at the two-day national conference here on the use of AI/ML technologies in the power distribution sector, the minister noted that the AI/ML-based solutions, smart meter analytics, digital twins, predictive maintenance, theft detection intelligence, appliance-level consumer insights, automated outage prediction, and GenAI-based decision support can transform both consumer experience and operational efficiency.