Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) announced that it has commissioned an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme called “North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme – XII (NERSS-XII).”
In a brief stock exchange filing, PGCIL said that NERSS-XII was commissioned on November 2, 2024, and the notification for commercial operation (date of commercial operation) was received on November 23, 2024.
According to information available with T&D India, PGCIL was awarded NERSS-XII under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) modality in FY21.
In May 2021, the board of directors of PGCIL had approved investment of Rs.576.42 crore towards NERSS-XII. The project was scheduled to commission progressively by March 2023.
It is further learnt that NERSS-XII involved re-conductoring of several existing transmission lines spread over Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, etc.
The key project components of NERSS-XII covered re-conductoring of:
- 400kV double-circuit Siliguri – Bongaigaon line with twin HTLS conductor
- 220kV double-circuit Alipurduar – Salakati with single HTLS conductor
- 220kV double-circuit BTPS – Salakati 220kV with single HTLS conductor
- 132kV single-circuit Dimapur–Imphal with single HTLS conductor
- 132kV single-circuit Loktak–Jiribam with single HTLS conductor
In FY21 itself, according to information available with T&D India, PGCIL was awarded few other components of the overall North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme, namely NERSS-XI, NERSS-XIII and NERSS-XIV.
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