Only two contenders – Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) and Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) – are in the fray for the Bidar pooling station augmentation scheme in Karnataka.
Bidding has recently begun for development of an intrastate transmission system (InSTS) scheme in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir, under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mode.
A government release, in a year-end review of the Union power ministry, observed that over 10,000 ckm of new transmission lines (of 220kV or above) were commissioned in calendar year 2024 (January to December).
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted transmission licence to Khavda IV A Power Transmission Ltd, a TBCB-subsidiary of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL).
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has sold its residual stake in four associate companies to Power Grid Infrastructure Investment Trust (PGInvIT).
Bid process coordinator REC Power Development & Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL) has formally transferred project SPV “Rajasthan IV 4B Power Transmission Ltd” to the winning developer Dineshchandra R. Agarwal Infracon Pvt Ltd (DRAIPL).
Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL) has newly incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary that will act as a special purpose vehicle for development of an ISTS-TBCBscheme relating to green hydrogen plants in Gujarat.