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NERPSIP completion pushed further to June 2025

The North-Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) is now expected to be fully commissioned in June 2025.

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PGCIL starts commercial operations on Raipur Pool Dhamtari TBCB project

Powergrid Raipur Pool Dhamtari Transmission Ltd, a TBCB subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), has begun commercial operations from its interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme in Chhattisgarh.

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PFCCL incorporates three project SPVs for ISTS-TBCB projects

Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL) has newly incorporated three wholly-owned subsidiaries that will act as project special purpose vehicles (SPV) for as many interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes being developed under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route.

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CERC grants interim transmission licence to Rajasthan IVB Power Transmission

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted interim transmission licence to Rajasthan IVB Power Transmission Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt Ltd (DRAIPL).

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Second phase of Ananthapuram REZ integration planned under TBCB mode

A new interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme for integrating 3 GW from the Ananthapuram-II REZ in Andhra Pradesh has been proposed for development under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mode.
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Transmission resource adequacy plan for Karnataka to be finalized soon

Amp-Energy-Bosch-OA-Karnataka | T&D India

The National Committee on Transmission (NCT) has directed Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to finalize the transmission resource adequacy (RA) plan for Karnataka soon.

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Power ministry relaxes guidelines for substation location in ISTS-TBCB projects

Linxon India | T&D India

The power ministry has relaxed norms for location of new substations associated with interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes to be built by transmission service providers selected under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism.

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Tata Power gets MERC approval for BESS rollout in Mumbai

Fluence Technology Stack | T&D India

Tata Power has received approval from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) to install a 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Mumbai over the next two years.

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Transformation capacity at Davanagere PS to be augmented under TBCB

An interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme to augment transformation capacity at the upcoming Davanagere Pooling Station (PS) in Karnataka will be taken up under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route.

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Over 11,000 ckm of transmission lines added in 2024

India has seen the addition of over 11,000 ckm of transmission lines in 2024, it was informed in Parliament.

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