Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has qualified for the opening of initial price bids of the Lakadia-B ISTS scheme, estimated to cost INR 636 crore. The scheme seeks to augment existing/upcoming evacuation infrastructure to support connectivity applications worth 3.5GW received at the Lakadia pooling station in Gujarat.

Dec 23, 2024

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), alongside two major players, have qualified for the opening of initial price bids for an interstate transmission system scheme associated with the Lakadia Pooling Station in Gujarat, being developed under the TBCB mechanism.

As per media reports, RIL is in race with the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) for an ISTS-TBCB scheme housed under the Lakadia B Power Transmission Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of bid process coordinator REC Power Development & Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL).

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The Lakadia-B scheme is a multi-faceted transmission scheme, estimated to cost INR 636 crore and with a variable implementation period. The scheme seeks to augment existing/upcoming evacuation infrastructure to support connectivity applications worth 3,500 MW received at the Lakadia pooling station (PS) in Gujarat.

According to official documents, the Lakadia-B scheme has around 15 elements, largely comprising augmentation of the Lakadia PS by two 500 MVA, 400/220kV interconnecting transformers (ICTs), and several 220kV line bays for specific RE generators like TEQ Green Power, Renew Solar, Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India, etc.

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Earlier in September this year, the company was in the fray for an ISTS-TBCB scheme – Jamnagar Transmission Limited, also based in Gujarat. PGCIL and AESL were also in the race, with Sterlite Power as the fourth bidder. This project was eventually awarded to Adani Energy Solutions Limited.