In a bid to fast track building of
high capacity inter-state transmission lines, the Ministry of Power has approved
9 new projects with an aggregate cost of over Rs.12,500 crore.
These transmission projects will
benefit several states such as Haryana, Chhattisgarh, UP, MP, Maharashtra etc,
by enabling high capacity 765kv lines carrying up to 2100MW each apart from
construction of new 765/400kv substations. The projects will help evacuate
power from central generating stations such as 660MW Sipat of NTPC, 1600MW
Gadarwara, private sector generating stations such as Sassan UMPP (1320 MW).
Congestion will also be reduced in Haryana Region by the strengthening of the
Northern Transmission system. Projects which will be developed through tariff
based competitive bidding process inviting participation from all Bidders
including private sector.
These
projects were mainly stuck in the approval process in the government since last
several months. The approval to go ahead with implementation was granted
immediately.
In the
country as a whole, the total inter-regional
transmission capacity of about 28,000 MW will be added in the next 3 years so
that the total capacity is enhanced to more than 66000 MW by 2017.
List of
Transmission Schemes approved by Government for high capacity Inter-State
/Inter Region Transmission is as follows:
|
S.No
|
Scheme
Name
|
Estimated
Cost
(Rs.
In Crore)
|
|
1
|
Northern Region system Strengthening Scheme
–XXXV
|
88
|
|
2
|
Additional System Strengthening for Sipat STPS
|
2473
|
|
3
|
System Strengthening for IPPs in Chhattisgarh
and other generation projects in Western Region
|
823
|
|
4
|
Additional System Strengthening Scheme for
Chhattisgarh IPPs
|
2191
|
|
5
|
Transmission system associated with Gadarwara
STPS (2x800 MW) of NTPC (Part-A)
|
2525
|
|
6
|
Transmission system associated with Gadarwara
STPS (2x800 MW) of NTPC (Part-B)
|
2360
|
|
7
|
Connectivity lines for Maheshwaram (Hyderabad)
765/400 kV Pooling S/s
|
396
|
|
8
|
Transmission system for LTA of 400 MW for
2x500 MW Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. TS-I (Replacement) (NNTPS) in
Neyveli
|
612
|
|
9
|
Transmission System Strengthening associated
with Vindhyachal-V
|
1050
|
|
|
Total
|
12518
|
RM/RS