HVPN to use grid of Power Grid Corporation

Hisar, Jul 9 (UNI) The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) plans to use the grid of the Power Grid Corporation of India for evacuation of power to be generated from Rajiv Gandhi Khedar Thermal Power Project, Hisar.

A spokesman for the power corporations said here today that an agreement between the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam and the Power Grid Corporation of India was signed last evening for construction of two bays of 400 KV level at the 400 KV substation, Matana district Fatehabad at a cost of Rs 15 crore.

As per the agreement the HVPN would construct a 400 KV transmission line from its 400 KV substation Kirori, which is under construction, to evacuate power from RGTPP, to 400 KV substation Matana (Fatehabad) and then to 400 KV substation Nuhianwali in district Sirsa for connectivity between HVPN, PGCIL and HPGCL at a cost of about Rs 80 crore.

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