Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) commissioned nearly 6,000 MVA of substation/transformation capacity in September 2021. This was the highest level achieved by PGCIL in any month during the current fiscal year, so far.
During September 2021, PGCIL commissioned five substations, including two of the 765/400kV rating. Three of the five substations were associated with TBCB projects, including the 765/400kV, 3,000 MVA new substation at Jeerat (West Bengal) of “Powergrid Medinipur-Jeerat Transmission Ltd). Incidentally, several components of this project are already commissioned while the entire project (known as Eastern Region System Strengthening Scheme – XVIII) is scheduled to commission by February 2022.
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During the first half (April to September) of FY21, PGCIL commissioned a total of 19,430 MVA of transformation capacity that was actually 16.6 per cent higher than the planned capacity addition of 16,665 MVA.
PGCIL also accounted for around 57 per cent of the total substation capacity augmentation by all ownership groups, which stood at 33,923 MVA.
In H1 of FY22, state government utilities could commission 13,493 MVA of transformation capacity that was just about half of the planned 26,605 MVA. Here, it was the extraordinary performance in July 2021 — when as much as 6,761 MVA was commissioned — that bolstered the overall achievement.
The private sector had planned to add 3,000 MVA of substation capacity against which only 1,000 MVA. The lone addition came from Adani Transmission Ltd.
Considering all ownership groups, a total of 65,231 MVA of substation capacity was planned to be added, as opposed to which the actual addition was 33,923 MVA. As discussed, the majority of this capacity addition came from PGCIL.
