Learning Launch 

 Challenge : 

 The Power distribution business in India is dilapidated due to mounting debts , cross subsidies ,   non - recovery of due electricity bills , poor and old infrastructure and power theft . To help the   power distribution companies sail through this crisis , the State Government has to take some   steps and come up with innovative Ideas in order to revive and sustain the Power distribution   business towards Profit . In order to achieve this , the government set up a task force which   needs to come up with a solution as soon as possible . The task force has recommended to   replace the current Energy meters with Smart prepaid energy meters . 

 Selection : 

 The task force initially came up with a lot of ideas , but most of them involved manual meter   readings and involvement of human resources in unnecessary and unproductive activities . The   task force decided to go along with Prepaid Smart energy meters on trial basis in order to find   out the conformance of assumptions to the real world observations and also to get an idea   about the overall financial viability of the scheme . 

 Application : 

 In order to test the idea , the task force identified key areas in the state ( taking into account the   diversity based on income level , urbanity and geographical conditions ) . The areas were called as   ‘ Trial Sections ’ . A total of 25 trial sections across the state were selected and the existing   meters in the area were replaced with Smart Prepaid energy meters . The energy meters came   with a simcard and it had to be recharged according to the needs of the households . 

 The consumers in the selected sections were given prior knowledge regarding the calculation of   daily estimated electricity consumption , and they had to calculate their estimated consumption   for the trial month and select an appropriate recharge plan . The trials were conducted for 3   months and at the end of the 3 months ’ results were observed and consumer surveys were   made . 

 Insights : 

 The consumers survey and the observations of the trial system gave following observations : 

 1 . A lot of technical glitches in the Smart Prepaid Energy meters .   2 . Confusion and dissatisfaction about the way by which tariffs were calculated .   3 . Technical glitches in the Meter data acquisition system .   4 . Improvement in the revenue generation and more efficiency .   5 . Reduction in manpower requirement . 

 Conclusion : 

 By taking into account all the above observations , the task force recommended redesign of   Smart energy meters and meter data acquisition system . The technical glitches had to be   removed by the company producing it and trials had to be taken . The task force recommended   a new comprehensive tariff calculation method taking into account all the disparities and New   consumer support centers were recommended to be established at all the sections according to   the count of the number of consumers in that section . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Learning Launch 

 Challenge : 

 The Power distribution business in India is dilapidated due to mounting debts , cross subsidies ,   non - recovery of due electricity bills , poor and old infrastructure and power theft . To help the   power distribution companies sail through this crisis , the State Government has to take some   steps and come up with innovative Ideas in order to revive and sustain the Power distribution   business towards Profit . In order to achieve this , the government set up a task force which   needs to come up with a solution as soon as possible . The task force has recommended to   replace the current Energy meters with Smart prepaid energy meters . 

 Selection : 

 The task force initially came up with a lot of ideas , but most of them involved manual meter   readings and involvement of human resources in unnecessary and unproductive activities . The   task force decided to go along with Prepaid Smart energy meters on trial basis in order to find   out the conformance of assumptions to the real world observations and also to get an idea   about the overall financial viability of the scheme . 

 Application : 

 In order to test the idea , the task force identified key areas in the state ( taking into account the   diversity based on income level , urbanity and geographical conditions ) . The areas were called as   ‘ Trial Sections ’ . A total of 25 trial sections across the state were selected and the existing   meters in the area were replaced with Smart Prepaid energy meters . The energy meters came   with a simcard and it had to be recharged according to the needs of the households . 

 The consumers in the selected sections were given prior knowledge regarding the calculation of   daily estimated electricity consumption , and they had to calculate their estimated consumption   for the trial month and select an appropriate recharge plan . The trials were conducted for 3   months and at the end of the 3 months ’ results were observed and consumer surveys were   made . 

 Insights : 

 The consumers survey and the observations of the trial system gave following observations : 

 1 . A lot of technical glitches in the Smart Prepaid Energy meters .   2 . Confusion and dissatisfaction about the way by which tariffs were calculated .   3 . Technical glitches in the Meter data acquisition system .   4 . Improvement in the revenue generation and more efficiency .   5 . Reduction in manpower requirement . 

 Conclusion : 

 By taking into account all the above observations , the task force recommended redesign of   Smart energy meters and meter data acquisition system . The technical glitches had to be   removed by the company producing it and trials had to be taken . The task force recommended   a new comprehensive tariff calculation method taking into account all the disparities and New   consumer support centers were recommended to be established at all the sections according to   the count of the number of consumers in that section .
### Output: 