Posts by Venugopal Pillai

PFCCL empanels ten AMISPs for smart metering projects under RDSS

PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL) has empaneled ten entities that would be eligible to participate as Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Providers (AMISP) for smart metering projects under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). PFCCL would be Read more

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Bidding annulled for hydropower evacuation scheme in Himachal Pradesh

Bid process coordinator REC Power Development & Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL) has annulled the bidding process for an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme for evacuation of upcoming hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh. RECPDCL has scrapped the bidding Read more

Godrej Enterprises Group sees substations EPC as a key focus area

Godrej Enterprises Group views EPC of power substations as a focus area, and foresees itself as a specialized substations player in the years to come. Addressing a media roundtable in Mumbai recently, Raghavendra Mirji, Executive Vice President & Business Read more

Transmission infrastructure addition falling short of target

The quantum of power transmission infrastructure addition is falling significantly short of target, as evinced by official statistics. Latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) clearly points out to the fact that addition of new power transmission infrastructure Read more

PFC Consulting qualifies bidders for five ISTS-TBCB schemes

Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL) has prequalified bidders for five ISTS-TBCB schemes, the final awards of which are expected by end of March 2025. According to a study by T&D India, PFCCL, over the recent past, has Read more

Intrastate transmission scheme in Odisha comes up for re-bidding

An intrastate transmission system (InSTS) scheme in Odisha to be awarded under the TBCB framework has come up for rebidding. Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL) recently initiated the re-bidding process of an InSTS scheme Read more

Digitalization is a key enabler of decarbonization: Siemens

In late November 2024, Siemens Smart Infrastructure published a new report “Digital Transformation, Sustainable Returns: The New Pathway of Infrastructure”. Among several significant findings, the report observed that in several key industries lack Read more

PGCIL set to close FY25 with over 80 per cent growth in capex

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has projected capital expenditure of Rs.23,000 crore in FY25, which would imply a growth of 84 per cent from the actual FY24 level of Rs.12,500 crore. Read more

PGCIL confident of meeting FY25 capitalization target

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) is confident of meeting its Rs.18,000-crore capitalization target set for the current fiscal year, FY25, thanks to the anticipated commissioning of several large projects in the remaining months of the year. During Read more

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CESC Group formally takes over power distribution in Chandigarh

The CESC (RP-Sanjiv Goenka) Group has formally acquired power distribution operations in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. In recent stock exchange filings, CESC Ltd said that “Chandigarh Power Distribution Ltd” – an entity housing the power distribution activities in Read more