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All-India grid frequency profile improves in August 2021

 

The frequency profile of the all-India grid showed some improvement in frequency profile in August 2021, according to latest statistics released by Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO).

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Schneider Electric reaffirms commitment to create sustainable and smart grids

Schneider Smart Grid | T&D India

 

In its endeavour to accelerate the ‘New World of energy’, Schneider Electric has stressed on the need to reinvent electrical transmission and distribution ecosystem by leveraging digitisation.

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Transmission line upgrade falls short of planned target in H1 of FY22

Bajaj TLT | T&D India

 

India added 6,586 ckm of transmission lines during the first half (April to September) of FY22. This fell substantially short of the planned target for the period.

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Sterlite Power wins transmission project in northeast, in TBCB mode

Sterlite NE TBCB | T&D India

 

Sterlite Power, in a release, said that it has been awarded the Bongaigaon inter-state power transmission project under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism.

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In-principle approval for GDAC on Indian Energy Exchange

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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), it is reliably learnt, has given its in-principle approval to Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) for introducing a new trading instrument “Green Daily Ahead Contract” (GDAC) on the exchange.

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PGCIL achieves record substation capacity addition in September 2021

Bhuj Substation FIO | T&D India

 

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) commissioned nearly 6,000 MVA of substation/transformation capacity in September 2021. This was the highest level achieved by PGCIL in any month during the current fiscal year, so far.

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World Bank issues “no objection” to Ranchi smart grid tender

Ranchi Smart Grid | T&D India

 

The World Bank has issued a “no objection” to the financial bid evaluation report of one package relating to the Ranchi smart grid project in Jharkhand.

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Northeast Frontier Railway completes electrification of high-density network

NFR Railway Electrification | T&D India

 

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) recently completed electrification of the last leg of the high-density network (HDN) from Katihar in Bihar to Guwahati in Assam, a government release said.

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DERC holds emergency meeting, extends relief to discoms

Tata Power

 

Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) held an emergency meeting on October 9, 2021, in the wake of the current coal supply crisis. The regulator also extended fiscal relief to the power discoms.

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Electricity derivatives: Long-pending matter between SEBI and CERC resolved

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The long-pending matter between SEBI and CERC regarding regulatory jurisdiction of electricity derivatives finally got resolved with the Supreme Court, on October 6, 2021, favorably disposing of the matter in terms of the agreement reached upon by SEBI and CERC.

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