CEA
Transmission line addition falls significantly short of target
- Sep 8, 2023
Transmission line addition during the first five months (April to August) of ongoing fiscal year FY24 fell significantly short of target. According to an analysis by T&D India, based on statistics newly released by Central Electricity Authority ( Read more
Substation capacity addition meets less than half of target
- Aug 25, 2023
The quantum of new transformation capacity added in the first four months of FY24 was less than half of the planned addition. According to latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), a total of 14,016 Read more
Transmission line addition in Q1FY24 meets only 54 pc of target
- Jul 18, 2023
The total quantum of transmission line addition in Q1 of FY24 was just 54 per cent of the planned addition. According to recently released statistics by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the country saw the addition of Read more
CEA proposes guidelines for O&M of co-located TBCB assets
- Jul 7, 2023
The Central Electricity of Authority (CEA) has issued draft guidelines for operation & maintenance (O&M) of assets created under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. CEA has prepared a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will be part of Read more
CEA proposes RTM route for re-conductoring of ISTS lines
- Jul 3, 2023
In a newly released draft paper, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has recommended that re-conductoring of transmission lines of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) be carried out under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route as opposed to the tariff-based Read more
Transmission line addition in FY24 estimated to grow 13.5 per cent
- Jun 16, 2023
The official target for transmission line addition in FY24 represents a 13.5 per cent growth over the actual achievement in FY23. However, the comparable growth in the case of transformation capacity (substations) is much lower at 2.9 per Read more
National Electricity Plan: 2022-32 notified
- Jun 1, 2023
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has notified the National Electricity Plan (NEP) (Vol-I Generation) for the period of 2022-32. The plan document, which was released on May 31, 2023, includes a review of the last five years (2017-22), a Read more
Substation capacity addition almost meets target in FY23
- May 9, 2023
The total substation capacity addition in FY23 stood at 75,902 MVA, meeting 96.1 percent of the target, which incidentally, was revised downwards on two occasions. According to an analysis by T&D India based on official statistics released by Central Read more
220kV substation capacity addition on track in FY23
- Mar 28, 2023
The pace of the addition of 220kV transformation (substation) capacity appears to be on track in FY23, though there has been a substantial shortfall in higher voltage levels like 400kV and 765kV. According to official statistics recently released by Read more
Power ministry accepts expert committee report on grid modernization
- Mar 8, 2023
The report of a task force on grid modernization set up by the power ministry in September 2021 was recently accepted by the ministry. Set up under the chairmanship of CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), Read more