GE T&D India has won a mandate from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) to build SCADA control centres in eastern India.
In a brief regulatory filing, GE T&D India said that PGCIL has placed an order valued at Rs.305 crore on GE T&D India for supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of SCADA/EMS control centres.
This mandate is part of an overall project called “Implementation of Unified Load Dispatch and Communication ULDC Phase-III SCADA/EMS Upgradation Project Eastern Regional SLDCs and RLDC.”
GE T&D India said that completion of supplies, erection and commissioning is scheduled to take place by February 2026.
Project scope
According to information available from PGCIL but not contained in the GE T&D India regulatory filing, the scope of this project includes implementation of SCADA/EMS system for following constituents of the Eastern Region Power System:
- Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre (owned by GRID-INDIA)
- Damodar Valley Corporation
- West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd
- Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Ltd
- Jharkhand Urja Snacharan Nigam Ltd
- Bihar State Power Transmission Power Corporation Ltd
- Energy & Power Department, Government of Sikkim
It is further learnt that seven new main control centres and as many new backup control centres will be put up as part of the overall project, corresponding to the seven constituents listed above. The main control centres, in respective order, will be put up at Kolkata, Howrah (DVC headquarters), Howrah, Bhubaneswar, Sarwal, Patna and Gangtok.
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Key to abbreviations: SCADA = Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition; EMS = Energy Management System; SLDC = State Load Dispatch Centre; RLDC = Regional Load Dispatch Centre; GRID-INDIA = Grid Controller of India Ltd.
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