RECPDCL hands over Bhadla and Shongtong Power Transmission Limited (UPDATED)

New Delhi: REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL) handed over two project-specific Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for inter-state transmission projects to the respective successful bidders on 29 July.

The SPVs handed over were Bhadla Ramgarh Power Transmission Limited to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and Shongtong Power Transmission Limited to Terralight Solar Energy Tinwari Private Limited. Both successful bidders were selected through the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process conducted by RECPDCL as the Bid Process Coordinator, and the projects will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis.

Bhadla Ramgarh Power Transmission Limited pertains to the inter-state transmission project “Augmentation at Bhadla-III, Ramgarh PS and Kanpur (PG)”. The SPV was handed over by Ratnesh Kumar, GM (Engg.), RECPDCL, to Arup Samanta, Company Secretary, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, in the presence of Rajkumar Sonkar, HoD (CS), RECPDCL, and other senior officials.

The Bhadla Ramgarh project broadly envisages augmentation of the 400/220 kV Bhadla-III Pooling Station, 765/400 kV Ramgarh Pooling Station and 765/400 kV Kanpur Pooling Station, along with associated works. The project is scheduled for implementation by 20 January 2029 at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,035 crore.

Shongtong Power Transmission Limited pertains to the inter-state transmission project “Transmission system for evacuation of power from Shongtong Karcham HEP (450 MW) and Tidong HEP (150 MW)”. The SPV was handed over by Rajkumar Sonkar, HoD (CS), RECPDCL, to Puneet Singh Chauhan, Sr. VP, Head Commercial & BD, Terralight Solar Energy Tinwari Private Limited, in the presence of Ratnesh Kumar, GM (Engg.), RECPDCL, and other senior officials.

The Shongtong project broadly envisages establishment of a 400/220 kV GIS Jhangi Pooling Station in Himachal Pradesh, 400 kV Jhangi PS to Wangtoo double-circuit line of 50 kms, 400 kV Panchkula to Wangtoo line of 175 kms, along with other associated works. The project is scheduled for implementation within 30 months at an estimated cost of Rs. 2,286 crore.