POWERGRID Acquires Bhadla-III And Bikaner-III Transmission Limited Under TBCB

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) – a Maharatna CPSU under the Ministry of Power has acquired “Bhadla-III & Bikaner-III Transmission Limited”, the Project Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the Transmission System Project for System Strengthening for Interconnections of Bhadla-III & Bikaner-III Complex on 30th August 2024. It was acquired from the PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) (Bid Process Coordinator) after competing with various private sector players and emerging as a successful bidder in the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process.

Bhadla-III & Bikaner-III Transmission Limited shall implement a Transmission System comprising 765kV D/C Transmission Line interconnecting Bhadla-III & Bikaner-III substations and associated bays extension works at these substations in the state of Rajasthan. The transmission system is an Inter State Transmission System Project and will be commissioned in 24 months.

This high-capacity tie interconnection between Bhadla-III and Bikaner-III PS shall provide flexibility in power transfer from Bhadla/Bikaner RE clusters and increase the resiliency of the transmission corridor in both complexes. Further, the project as mentioned earlier shall also help in meeting additional evacuation requirements from Bhadla-III PS onwards for some RE generators coming up in the future years.

POWERGRID, through its various Projects SPVs which have been acquired through tariff bidding route, is implementing various Transmission System Projects being constructed on the build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis. These Projects will augment the Indian transmission infrastructure to evacuate Green Energy to the National Grid thereby reducing dependency on fossil fuels, in line with the Government of India’s vision of achieving a 500 GW renewable energy target by the year 2030.

As of 31st July 2024, POWERGRID has commissioned and is operating 278 Substations more than 1,77,790 ckm transmission lines and 532,446 MVA of transformation capacity. With the adoption of the latest technological tools and techniques, and enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability of more than 99.8%.