PGCIL receives letter of intent for “Lakadia-C” interstate-TBCB scheme

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) announced that it has received the letter of intent (LoI) for developing an ISTS scheme “Common Transmission System for evacuation of power from Lakadia (Phase-II: 7.5GW), Jam Khambhaliya (Phase-II: 5.5GW) and Read more

Vikran Engineering wins Rs.150-crore substation extension order from PGCIL

Vikran Engineering Ltd has received an order worth over Rs.150 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) relating to a substation extension project. In a release, Vikran Engineering said that the order, valued at Rs.153.76 crore, excluding Read more

PGCIL acquires project SPV of Barmer HVDC transmission scheme won under TBCB

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has formally acquired the project SPV associated with the Barmer HVDC interstate transmission scheme that the Central PSU had won under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. The formal transfer of the Read more

PGCIL most likely to win Lakadia-C interstate scheme, emerges L1

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) is most likely to be declared winner of the ISTS-TBCB scheme housed under “Lakadia C Power Transmission Ltd.” It is reliably learnt that PGCIL has emerged as L1 bidder Read more

CERC approves tariff of Powergrid Mahan Rewa Transmission

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has adopted and approved the tariff associated with the ISTS-TBCB scheme being developed by project SPV “Powergrid Mahan Rewa Transmission Ltd,” a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd ( Read more

Madhya Pradesh prepares ground to receive 600 MW from PGCIL’s 765kV Bhedaghat PS

Madhya Pradesh has begun work on an intrastate transmission system that will enable it to receive 600 MW of power from the Bhedaghat pooling substation (PS) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). At present, Read more

Share of RTM in under-construction interstate schemes on the decline

The share of the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) in terms of aggregate outlay of interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes under construction is on the decline, official statistics indicate. According to statistics released by Central Electricity Authority ( Read more

GE Vernova T&D India emerges L1 in PGCIL’s Barmer HVDC tender

GE Vernova T&D India Ltd has emerged L1 in a tender of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) relating to the newly-acquired Barmer HVDC scheme. In a regulatory disclosure, GE Vernova T&D India Ltd (GEVTDIL) Read more

PGCIL receives letters of intent for mega Barmer HVDC and Lakadia-II ISTS-TBCB schemes

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), over the past few days, has received the letters of intent for two ISTS-TBCB schemes, including the mega Barmer HVDC scheme and the Lakadia-II schemes. The LoI for the Read more

PGCIL on course to fully commission Koppal-Gadag ISTS scheme in Karnataka

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) is expected to fully commission the Koppal-Gadag interstate scheme by end of September 2026. The ISTS-TBCB scheme is termed as “Transmission system for integration of REZ (Phase II) in Koppal II (Phase Read more