Power Grid Corporation of India
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Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), is a Navratna state-owned electric utility company headquartered in Gurgaon, India. Power Grid wheels about 51% of the total power generated in India on its transmission network. Power Grid has a pan India presence with around 82,045 Circuit-km of Transmission network and 135 nos. of EHVAC & HVDC sub-stations with a total transformation capacity of 91,945 MVA. The Inter-regional capacity is enhanced to 22400 MW. Power Grid has also diversified into Telecom business and established a telecom network of more than 21,000 km across the country. Power Grid has consistently maintained the transmission system availability over 99.00% which is at par with the International Utilities.
In 1980 the Rajadhyaksha Committee on Power Sector Reforms submitted its report to the Government of India suggesting extensive reforms in the Indian power sector. Based on the recommendations of the Rajadhyaksha Committee, in 1981 the Government of India took the policy decision to form a national power grid which would pave the way for the integrated operation of the central and regional transmission systems. Pursuant to this decision to form a national power grid, PowerGrid was incorporated on October 23, 1989 under the companies Act, 1956 as the National Power Transmission Corporation Limited, with the responsibility of planning, executing, owning, operating and maintaining the high voltage transmission systems in the country. The Company received a certificate for commencement of business on November 8, 1990. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited with effect from October 23, 1992.
POWERGRID has enhanced the inter-regional capacity of National Grid to 22,400 MW.India is divided into 5 Regions - Northern Region(NR), Eastern Region(ER), Western Region(WR), Southern Region(SR) and North-East Region(NER). Out of all these Regions the NR,ER,WR and NER are synchronized which is known as NEW Grid. Whereas SR is not synchronized with the rest of the regions with AC lines and hence runs on a slightly different Frequency. SR is connected with WR and ER with HVDC links only.
When PGCIL was formed then the responsibility of Regional Load Despatch Centres(RLDCs) was handed over to POWERGRID by Central Electricity Authority(CEA). On 25th February,2009 the National Load Despatch Center(NLDC) was inaugurated. Now these Regional Load Despatch Centres(RLDCs) and National Load Despatch Center(NLDC) is a separate Organisation named POSOCO (Power system Operation Corporation)
, a wholly owned subsidiary of POWERGRID.
The Business of POWERGRID comes from the following activities:
1) Transmission (which includes Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Transmission lines and Sub-stations)
2) Telecom (handled by a separate department of POWERGRID known as Telecom Deptt. or POWERTEL)
3) Consultancy
4) Grid Management
POWERGRID is also carrying out projects related to distribution, sub transmission and rural electrification works in some of the states.
POWERGRID is committed to:
a)establish and maintain an efficient and effective "national grid " with due regard to time, cost, technology, and value additions.
b)sustainable development through conservation of natural resources and adopting environment friendly technology on principle of avoidance, minimization and mitigation
c)ensure safe, occupational hazard free and healthy work environment, to the satisfaction of stake holders in all areas of its activities and shall endeavor to continually improve its management systems and practices in conformity to legal and regulatory provisions.
In 1980 the Rajadhyaksha Committee on Power Sector Reforms submitted its report to the Government of India suggesting extensive reforms in the Indian power sector. Based on the recommendations of the Rajadhyaksha Committee, in 1981 the Government of India took the policy decision to form a national power grid which would pave the way for the integrated operation of the central and regional transmission systems. Pursuant to this decision to form a national power grid, PowerGrid was incorporated on October 23, 1989 under the companies Act, 1956 as the National Power Transmission Corporation Limited, with the responsibility of planning, executing, owning, operating and maintaining the high voltage transmission systems in the country. The Company received a certificate for commencement of business on November 8, 1990. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited with effect from October 23, 1992.
POWERGRID has enhanced the inter-regional capacity of National Grid to 22,400 MW.India is divided into 5 Regions - Northern Region(NR), Eastern Region(ER), Western Region(WR), Southern Region(SR) and North-East Region(NER). Out of all these Regions the NR,ER,WR and NER are synchronized which is known as NEW Grid. Whereas SR is not synchronized with the rest of the regions with AC lines and hence runs on a slightly different Frequency. SR is connected with WR and ER with HVDC links only.
When PGCIL was formed then the responsibility of Regional Load Despatch Centres(RLDCs) was handed over to POWERGRID by Central Electricity Authority(CEA). On 25th February,2009 the National Load Despatch Center(NLDC) was inaugurated. Now these Regional Load Despatch Centres(RLDCs) and National Load Despatch Center(NLDC) is a separate Organisation named POSOCO (Power system Operation Corporation)
Power System Operation Corporation Limited
Power System Operation Corporation Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited . It was formed in March 2010 to handle the power management functions of PGCIL. It is responsible to ensure the integrated operation of the Grid in a reliable,efficient and secure...
, a wholly owned subsidiary of POWERGRID.
The Business of POWERGRID comes from the following activities:
1) Transmission (which includes Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Transmission lines and Sub-stations)
2) Telecom (handled by a separate department of POWERGRID known as Telecom Deptt. or POWERTEL)
3) Consultancy
4) Grid Management
POWERGRID is also carrying out projects related to distribution, sub transmission and rural electrification works in some of the states.
Mission
The mission of the corporation is establishment and operation of regional and national power grids to facilitate transfer of electric power within and across the regions with reliability, security and economy, on sound commercial principles.POWERGRID is committed to:
a)establish and maintain an efficient and effective "national grid " with due regard to time, cost, technology, and value additions.
b)sustainable development through conservation of natural resources and adopting environment friendly technology on principle of avoidance, minimization and mitigation
c)ensure safe, occupational hazard free and healthy work environment, to the satisfaction of stake holders in all areas of its activities and shall endeavor to continually improve its management systems and practices in conformity to legal and regulatory provisions.
Awards
Power grid has been conferred with various awards listed below:- 2010 : POWERGRID has been conferred with three Gold Shields and one Silver Shield in the National Awards for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector 2008-09.
- 2010 : POWERGRID has been conferred with “Emerging Telecom Infrastructure Provider” Award at the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2010.
- 2010 : CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with the "Best CEO Award 2009" by World HRD Congress.
- 2010 : CMD, POWERGRID has been conferred with “CEOs with HR Orientation Award” by Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010.
- 2010 : Director (Personnel), POWERGRID has been conferred with “Most Powerful HR Professional of India” by World HRD Congress 2010.
- 2010 : Director (Personnel), POWERGRID has been conferred with the “INDIRA Super Achiever Award 2010”.
- 2009 : IEEMA Power Awards
- 2008 : CIO THE BOLD 100-2008 Award conferred by International Data Group, USA
- 2008: National Award for e-Governance conferred by Deptt. of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. of India.
- 2007: Certified the PAS 99:2006 integrating the requirement of ISO 9001:2000 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for environment management and OHSAS 18000:1999 for health and safety management systems.
- 2006: The Eastern and North Eastern region were awarded for the best transmission system availability under Category I and Category II.
- 2006: Green Award by the World Bank for commitment in the field of environmental sustainability.
- 2005-2006: The MoU Excellence Award
- 2004: POWERGRID was certified to operate an integrated management system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000, BS EN ISO 14001:1996 and OHSAS 18001:1999 standards in relation to quality, environment and occupational health and safety standards respectively with respect to design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance activities for transmission systems up to 800 KV, HVDC, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems and Communication Projects.
- 2004: CSI-TCS Award conferred by Computer Society of India for Best IT Usage
- 2003: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Challenge Winner conferred by Microsoft
- 2002 –2003: MoU Excellence Award
- 2000-2001: Indo-German Greentech Environment Excellence Award for implementation of Environment and Social Policy and Procedures.
- 2000-2001: MoU Excellence Award
- 1998: National HRD Award in recognition of excellent human resource development and management programmes.
- 1998-1999: MoU Excellence Award
- 1996: ARTDO (Philippines) award
- 1993-1994 to present: POWERGRID has continuously received the ‘Excellent’ rating under the memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Power, Government of India
External links
- Power Grid Corporate Web-Site
- Power Grid Corporate HR Site
- Power Grid Corporate Finance Site
- Power Grid Corporate Email Site for its Employees
- National Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- Western Regional Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- North-Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre Web-Site
- Power Grid Inspection Call Management System Web-Site link
- News on Indian Infrastructure Sector