The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted the final transmission licence to Bhadla-III Transmission Limited. The company is developing an ISTS scheme known as Additional transmission system for evacuation of power from Bhadla-III PS as part of Rajasthan REZ Phase-III (20 GW) under BOOT Model, having an estimated cost of INR 369 crore.
Dec 19, 2024
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted final transmission licence to Bhadla-III Transmission Limited, a TBCB-subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
The transmission licence shall remain in force for a period of 25 years from the date of issue i.e. Dec 15, 2024, unless revoked earlier.
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CERC had granted interim transmission licence to Bhadla-III subject to response to the public notice that the petitioner was expected to publish. Accordingly, Bhadla-III Transmission Limited filed a public notice on Nov 28, 2024.
Bhadla-III Transmission Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGCIL that is developing an ISTS scheme known as ‘Additional transmission system for evacuation of power from Bhadla-III PS as part of Rajasthan REZ Phase-III (20 GW),’ under the build, own, operate & transfer (BOOT) model.
The project, estimated to cost INR 369 crore and currently under construction, involves augmentation of the Bhadla-III Pooling Station (PS) in Rajasthan by putting up two interconnecting transformers (ICT) of 765/400kV, 1500 MVA ratings, which will be the third and fourth such ICT at the pooling station.
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Besides, two ICTs of 400/220kV, 500 MVA will also be put up. While the overall completion date of the project is February 2026, one 765/400kV ICT is scheduled to come up by December 2025.
It is interesting to note that PGCIL has another TBCB-subsidiary: Bhadla III Transmission Limited that is developing an ISTS scheme called ‘Transmission system for evacuation of power from Rajasthan REZ (20 GW) under Phase III, Part B1.’ This project involves, among other elements, developing the greenfield 765/400kV, 3×1500 and 400/220kV, 3×500 MVA Bhadla-III pooling station. The Bhadla-III PS is scheduled to commission by March 2025.
