High Capacity Power Transmission Corridors - Connecting India on a Common Grid

High Capacity Power Transmission Corridors - Connecting India on a Common Grid

Generation capacity addition of about 88,000 MW is envisaged during XII Plan, in which large numbers of generation projects are coming-up in resource rich States, i.e. Odisha, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh under private sector. POWERGRID, the Central Transmission Utility and nodal agency for grant of LTA to private producers has undertaken development of high capacity transmission corridors for evacuation of large quantum of power from various Independent Power Producers (IPP) projects. For integrated development of transmission system for dispersal of power from these generation projects, 11 High Capacity Power Transmission Corridors (HCPTC) have been planned at an estimated cost of about INR 75,000 Crore. Out of this POWERGRID is mandated to implement HCPTCs work of about INR 66,000 Crore. Implementation of these corridors is taken up in phased manner matching with generation projects. Status of implementation of HCPTC is given below:

Corridor	Schedule	Status as on March 31,2013
HCPTC-1 IPPs in Orissa	Major project elements May 2014-July 2014 Balance: By December 2015	All awards placed. Engineering Survey and construction in progress Private portion of corridor through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) awarded to Sterlite.
HCPTC - 2 IPPs in Jharkhand, West Bengal	Progressively from November, 2013 to November, 2014	About 78% works awarded. In awarded packages Engineering Survey and construction work under progress Award of balance packages under progress and expected in 2013-14 progressively. Private portion of corridor through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) awarded to Sterlite.
HCPTC - 3 IPPs in Sikkim	Progressively from November, 2013 to March, 2014	All works awarded. Engineering Survey and construction in progress
HCPTC - 4 IPPs in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh	November, 2013	All works awarded. Engineering Survey and construction in progress
HCPTC - 5 IPPs in Chhattisgarh	Progressively from May, 2013 to December, 2015	85% works awarded. In awarded packages Engineering Survey and construction works in progress Award of balance packages under progress and expected in 2013-14 progressively. Private portion of corridor through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) awarded to Sterlite.
HCPTC - 6 IPPs in Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	September, 2014	All works awarded. Engineering Survey and construction in progress
HCPTC - 7 IPPs in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu	Progressively from July, 2014 to December, 2014	All works awarded. Engineering Survey and construction in progress
HCPTC - 8 IPPs in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh	Progressively from June, 2015 to December, 2015	About 50% pkgs awarded. In awarded packages, Engineering Survey and construction in progress Award of balance packages under progress and expected in 2013-14 progressively.
HCPTC - 9 Common Corridor for transfer of power SR IPPs to WR/NR	2016-17	On Hold due to poor progress of SR IPPs.
HCPTC - 10 IPPs in Vemagiri, Andhra Pradesh	Progressively from i May,2014 to March, 2015	Tendering under progress. Part of Private portion of corridor through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) awarded to POWERGRID.
HCPTC-11 IPPs in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu	Progressively from May,2014 to March, 2015	Tendering under progress. Part of Private portion of corridor through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) awarded to POWERGRID.