PTC India has won a Rs.9-crore tender for providing distribution management services to Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT).
In a release, PTC India said that it has won the bid for providing “Technical advisory services, operation & maintenance of electrical HT & LT network, system & consumer energy metering & billing support” to Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) for a period of three years”.
Commenting on the development, Dr. Rajib K Mishra, CMD In-charge, PTC India, said, “PTC India has won this assignment by outbidding other large players operating in this field.”
Dr Mishra added that Distribution Management Services was one of the focus areas for the growth of the Consulting Business and company shall continue to allocate more resource and energy in this area.
PTC has been providing similar services in power distribution management to ports and special economic zones for the last 5-6 years.
PTC has worked with four major ports in India — Deenadayal Port (Kandla Port, Gujarat), Mumbai Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port (both in Maharashtra) and Paradip Port (Odisha). It is also working with the State Industrial Development Corporations of Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh in providing distribution management services for their special economic zones and industrial areas.
It may be recalled that PTC India was very recently appointed as aggregator for a 1,500-mw power procurement drive of state utility Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd (read full story).
Featured photograph (source: MbPT) is for representation only