Southern transmission line connects with National Grid

Propelling faster and uninterrupted power transmission across country, the government today announced connecting southern grid with the National Grid by commissioning Raichur-Solapur transmission line.
"Power Grid Corporation has commissioned Raichur-Solapur transmission line, last night, interconnecting the Southern grid synchronously with rest of the National Power Grid facilitating bulk transfer of power across regional boundaries, " an official statement said.
The statement added that the circuit transmission line Raichur and Solapur has been commissioned five months ahead of its contractual schedule -- May 31, 2014 at a cost of approximately Rs 815 crore.
With this interconnection, country's transmission network now transfers about 2,32,000 MW of installed power generation capacity.

The move will not only augment the inter-regional power transfer capacity of Southern region but also relieve the congestion being experienced in few transmission corridors, the statement said.
It is likely to take a few months before power flow over this line is stabilised, it added.
Till now, four regional grids namely Northern, Eastern, Western and North-eastern regions were connected synchronously and Southern Region was connected to this North-eastern grid.