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  Home About Us | | | | | | | POWERGRID, the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, is engaged in power transmission business with the mandate for planning, co-ordination, supervision and control over complete inter-State transmission system. POWERGRID, as on July 2009, owns and operates about 71,600 ckt kms of transmission lines at 800/765 kV, 400 kV, 220 kV & 132 kV EHVAC & +500 kV HVDC levels and 122 sub-stations with transformation capacity of about 81,200 MVA. This gigantic transmission network, spread over length and breadth of the country, is consistently maintained at an availability of over 99% through deployment of state-of-the-art Operation & Maintenance techniques which are at par with global standards. About 45% of total power generated in the country is wheeled through this transmission networkRecognizing the role of POWERGRID in the overall development of transmission and power sector, Govt. of India has conferred Navratna upon status to POWERGRID in May` 08, the highest honour for a Public Sector Enterprise.
For overall co-ordination at national level, POWERGRID has implemented National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) at Delhi with back up at Kolkata, which has been commissioned in February, 2009. NLDC shall be the apex body to ensure integrated operation of the national power system.
POWERGRIDs achievements have been continuously been praised in terms of awards from GoI and various other agencies. The Company recently received Three National Awards for meritorious performance in the field of Transmission sector for system availability and early completion of project for the year 2007-08, All India Organization of Employers Industrial Relations award 2007-08, and IEEMA Power Awards 2009 for “Excellence in Power Transmission”. Further, POWERGRID has been conferred the “The First DSIJ PSU Awards 2009” by Dalal Street Group of Publications for being “one of the largest transmission utilities in the world”. |
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