Inside Pages9Final.indd - Ministry of Power

Ib) Other Schemes
1.0 ULDC-ER
2.0 ULDC-WR
3.0 Series Compansation at Rengali
II) New Sub-Stations
MINISTRY OF POWER
1.0 Thiruvananthpuram 400 /220 kV
2.0 Mainpuri 400 /220 kV
3.0 Vapi 400 /220 kV
4.0 Boisor 400 /220 kV
5.0 Kaithal 400 /220 kV
6.0 Patiala 400 /220 kV
7.0 Narendra 400 /220 kV
8.0 Baripada 220/132 kV
9.0 Gangtok 132 /66 kV
TOWARDS FORMATION OF NATIONAL GRID
Ministry of Power has envisaged establishment of an
integrated National Power Grid in the country by the
year 2012 with an inter-regional power transfer capacity
of about 37,150 MW (Enhanced from earlier planned
target of 30,000 MW) details at Annexure-I. A perspective
transmission plan has been evolved for strengthening the
regional grids with ultimate objective of establishment
of strong & vibrant National Power Grid to support the
generation capacity addition program of about 1,00,000
MW during X & XI Plans.
The exploitable energy resources in our country are
concentrated in certain pockets. As a result, some regions
do not have adequate natural resources for setting power
plants to meet the future requirements whereas others
have abundant natural resources. This has necessitated
the formation of National Power Grid to transmit power
from resource rich to deficit area as well as facilitate
scheduled/ unscheduled exchange of power.
Further, acquiring Right of Way (ROW) for constructing
transmission system is getting increasingly difficult. This
necessitates creation of high capacity “Transmission
Highways”, so that in future, constraints in ROW do not
become bottlenecks in harnessing natural resources. It is
envisaged to establish such an integrated National Grid
in a phased manner by the year 2012, which can support
inter-regional transfer of power to the extent of about
37,150 MW. Working towards this plan, POWERGRID has
implemented various inter regional schemes and an inter
regional power transfer capacity of 9,500 MW is available
by Dec., 2005.
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN
TRANSMISSION
POWERGRID has established First Public-Private joint
venture in Indian Power Sector with M/s Tata Power
(POWERGRID stake 49% and Ms Tata Power stake
51% in the JV Company viz. “Powerlinks Transmission
Limited”) for implementation of major transmission lines
of Transmission system associated with Tala HEP in
Bhutan, East-North inter-connector and Northern Region
Transmission System, costing about Rs. 1,612 Crore. This
project received excellent response from International
Funding Institutions like IFC, Washington including
multilateral financing from private sector arm of ADB,
Manila and Indian Financial Institutions like IDFC, SBI.
The JV Company has received its transmission license
from CERC, the first such license in Indian Power Sector.
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