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NTPC to lay transmission lines for Dadri plant

NEW DELHI: The Union Power Ministry has clarified that work for laying of transmission lines for evacuation of power from the Dadri Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh to Bamnauli in Delhi will be carried out by NTPC, which is the generating company.

According to sources in the Power Department, NTPC had asked Power Grid to carry out the work for installation of transmission lines from Dadri to Bamnauli.

While Delhi is scheduled to get 90 per cent of the power generated from NTPC’s 980 MW project in Dadri for the Commonwealth Games, Uttar Pradesh has a claim to the remaining 10 percent.

“They [NTPC] wanted the transmission lines to be treated at par with the regional transmission lines and, therefore, wanted Power Grid to carry out the work. But since the line is dedicated and Delhi alone stands to receive 90 per cent of the power generated, Power Grid cannot take over the work,” sources said.

Power Grid’s contention that the transmission line is dedicated to Delhi and no other State will be able to utilise it, also found support in the Electricity Act, 2003, which states that the responsibility for laying the dedicated transmission lines lies with the generating company.

“It has now been decided that NTPC will be constructing the transmission line and may either execute the work itself or hire any agency for doing the same,” sources said.

A Central Electricity Authority (CEA) team is also examining the possibility of setting up a GIS sub-station, at Dadri after Uttar Pradesh made a request for providing two bays for the evacuation of power for its share.

At present the Dadri plant has an operational installed capacity of 1,657 MW.

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