Torrent Powergrid gets license for 400 KV transmission line

Ahmedabad, May 8 (UNI) Torrent Powergrid has received license from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to set up a 222 km long, 400 KV transmission line from the upcoming 1,100 MW combined cycle power project of Torrent Power, near Surat, to the Pirana sub-station, being built by Powergrid.

The project is being taken up on a build, own and operate basis, at an estimated investment of Rs 358 crore and the beneficiaries of the project shall be Ahmedabad, Surat and Madhya Pradesh, a torrent company statement said here today.

The transmission line will evacuate power from the upcoming Sugen project to the Western Grid, thereby increasing the power availability in the Western Region.

Powergrid will provide the design, engineering and technical parameters for setting up the transmission line and the project completion is scheduled to coincide with the commissioning of the Sugen Project.

Torrent Powergrid, a joint venture company of Torrent Power Ltd and Power GridCorporation of India Ltd, is the second private company in the country to receive the interstate transmission license from CERC.

The first transmission license was issued to Power Links Transmission, a joint venture of the Tata Power Company and Powergrid.

UNI