Special Report
Transmission line addition falls 27 per cent in H1FY26
Transmission line addition during the current fiscal year continued to be depressed with the first half (H1: April to September) closing with a 27 per cent year-on-year decline.
ISTS-TBCB in H1FY26: Winners declared for 12 schemes, seven SPVs transferred
- Oct 6, 2025
Winners were declared for a total of 12 interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism during the first half (H1: April to September) of the current fiscal year FY26, according to a special study by tndindia.com.
HVDC technology ruled out for mega Ladakh RE evacuation scheme
- Oct 1, 2025
The option of using HVDC-based power transmission technology for the mega transmission scheme to evacuate 5 GW of renewable energy from Leh in UT of Ladakh is now ruled out.
Substation capacity addition more than doubles, 765kV voltage class dominates
- Sep 24, 2025
Over half of the new substation capacity added in the first five months of FY26 (April to August) pertained to the 765kV voltage class, implying a major boost to the interstate transmission system (ISTS) network.
Transmission line addition meets over 90 per cent of target
- Sep 16, 2025
India’s transmission line addition during the first five months (April to August) of FY26 met over 90 per cent of the target set for the period.
ISTS-TBCB bidding pipeline gets major boost with mega schemes approved
- Sep 1, 2025
The bidding pipeline of the ISTS-TBCB development space is set to get a major boost with mega schemes worth Rs.29,000 crore newly cleared.
Significant downward revision in FY26 targets for transmission infrastructure capacity addition
- Aug 22, 2025
There has been significant downward revision in the targets for transmission line and substation capacity addition during FY26.
Over Rs.30,000 crore grant released under RDSS so far
- Aug 12, 2025
A total sum of over Rs.30,000 crore has so far been released as Central grant under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), it was informed in Parliament recently.
Substation capacity addition more than doubles in Q1FY26
- Jul 18, 2025
The quantum of new substation capacity added during Q1 (April to June) of FY26 was more than twice the comparable level in FY25, official statistics suggest.
Transmission line addition in Q1FY26 meets barely a fifth of the target
- Jul 16, 2025
The quantum of transmission line addition in the first quarter (Q1: April to June) of current year FY26 was less than 20 per cent of the planned addition.