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MINISTRY OF POWER
POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD
Power Grid Corporation of India limited (POWERGRID)
was incorporated on October 23, 1989 with an authorized
share capital of Rs. 5,000 Crore as a public limited
company, wholly owned by the Government of India.
POWERGRID started functioning on management basis
with effect from August, 1991 and it took over transmission
assets from NTPC, NHPC, NEEPCO and other Central/
Joint Sector Organizations during 1992-93 in a phased
manner. In addition to this, it also took over the operation
of existing Regional Load D espatch Centers from CEA, in
a phased manner, which have been upgraded with State
of-the-art Unified Load Despatch and Communication
(ULDC) schemes. According to its mandate, the
Corporation, apart from providing transmission system
for evacuation of central sector power, is also responsible
for Establishment and Operation of Regional and National
Power Grids to facilitate transfer of power within and
across the Regions with Reliability, Security and Economy
on sound commercial principles.
Based on its performance POWERGRID was recognised
as a Mini-ratna company by the Government of India in
October 1998. POWERGRID as the Central Transmission
Utility of the country, is playing a major role in Indian Power
Sector and is providing Open Access on its inter-State
transmission system.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF POWERGRID
As on December 2005, POWERGRID is operating around
54,800 ckt. kms. of transmission lines along with 93 Substations
with transformation capacity of 54,350 MVA. With
the use of modern state-of-the-art preventive maintenance
techniques, average availability of transmission systems
during the year 2004-05 was maintained above 99%.
Based on its network size and operational efficiency,
POWERGRID ranks among one of largest and bestmanaged
transmission utilities in the World. POWERGRID
continues to wheel about 45% of total power generated in
the country through its gigantic transmission network.
Shri Sushilkumar Shinde Hon’ble Minister of Power with (L to R) Sh. Dilip Walse Patil Energy Minister Maharashtra
Sh. R.V. Shahi Secretary (Power) and Sh. R.P. Singh C & MD of PGCIL at inauguration of Western Region Unified Load
despatch and Communication System.
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