India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) has won an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The scheme is housed under project SPV “Kallam Transco Ltd.”
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in a recent order, has stated that “Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross Border Power Transmission Ltd,” a joint venture between Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is eligible for a separate transmission licence.
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), through separate orders issued over the past one week, has adopted the tariff with respect to five interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes that were recently awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism.
The Supreme Court, in a recent order, decided to constitute an expert committee to look into the issue of laying underground (UG) cables, in place of overhead transmission lines, in priority and potential habitations of the endangered Great India Bustard (GIB) in Gujarat and Rajasthan. This Supreme Court order could potentially relax its order of April 2021 on the same subject.