Posts by T&D India

PGCIL to expand capacity at Tuticorin-II Pooling Station in Tamil Nadu

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has been assigned a project seeking to expand transformation capacity of the Tuticorin-II GIS Pooling Station in Tamil Nadu. National Committee on Transmission (NCT) approved this project, estimated to Read more

Four developers in the fray for Mahan ISTS scheme in Madhya Pradesh

Four developers have technically qualified for opening of initial price bids of an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme in Madhya Pradesh. It is reliably learnt that bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd, based on technical bids Read more

Bajel Projects wins order from MPPTCL for metro rail power supply

Bajel Projects Ltd has announced the winning of an order relating to developing power supply infrastructure for the Bhopal metro rail project in Madhya Pradesh. In a stock exchange communication, Bajel Projects said that the order placed by Madhya Read more

Senvion crosses 1-GW milestone in India

Senvion India has crossed the 1 GW installed base of wind turbine generators (WTG) in India, a company release said. Coinciding with the 1 GW installed WTG milestone, Senvion India has also completed the manufacturing of 500 nacelles from Read more

RECPDCL transfers four SPVs of ISTS-TBCB schemes to winning developers, PGCIL gets three

Bid process coordinator REC Power Development & Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL), on March 24, 2025, transferred four special purpose vehicles (SPVs) corresponding to as many interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes, to their respective winning developers selected Read more

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Over three-fourths of loss reduction works under RDSS awarded

  Over 75 per cent of the total sanctioned loss-reduction works, in value terms, under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), has so far been awarded. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Shripad Naik, Minister Read more

PGCIL gets extension in implementation timeframe for RTM projects

The National Committee on Transmission (NCT) has granted extension in completion timelines to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) with respect to projects implemented under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route. This extension has been Read more

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Privatization of power distribution in UTs: A status report

Here is a status report of the government’s proposal of privatization of power distribution in Union territories. In a recent written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Power, said that the privatization of two Read more

PGCIL formally acquires SPVs for two ISTS-TBCB wins

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has acquired two project special purpose vehicles for the development of as many interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes. Both the two SPVs were acquired from bid process coordinator PFC Read more

BHEL lands Rs.7,500-crore thermal power EPC order in Gujarat

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has received the letter of intent (LoI) for an EPC mandate worth around Rs.7,500 crore in Gujarat. In a regulatory filing, BHEL said that it has received the LoI from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Read more