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Power Grid has been declared a successful bidder to establish inter-state transmission system for two projects on build, own operate and transfer (BOOT) basis, in Chhattisgarh.
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State-owned Power Grid Corporate has bagged two inter-state electricity transmission projects under a tariff-based competitive bidding. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has been declared as the successful bidder under tariff-based competitive bidding to establish two inter-state transmission system on build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis, a BSE filing stated. It bagged the project named Western Region Expansion Scheme- XXVII (WRES-XXVII). The project comprises establishment of a 400-kV D/C transmission line passing through Chhattisgarh and bays extension works at two existing sub-stations. Besides, it also bagged a project named Western Region Expansion Scheme- XXVIII (WRES-XXVIII) & XXIX (WRES-XXIX). The project comprises bays extension works, including creation of 220kV voltage at two existing sub-stations in Chhattisgarh. Power Grid Corporation received the Letters of Intent (LoIs) on 2nd March.
Energy Minister Khurrum Dastagir said the outage was caused by a large voltage surge in the south of the grid, which affected the entire network
On the bourses, shares of Adani Power, Adani Transmission, CG Power, NHPC, NTPC, and Adani Green Energy have surged up to 61 per cent so far in FY23, ACE Equity data shows
The net profit of operating public sector enterprises jumped 50.87% to Rs 2.49 trn during 2021-22, with ONGC, Indian Oil Corp, Power Grid, NTPC and SAIL emerging as the top five performers
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LIC has sold over 2 per cent of its holding in Power Grid Corporation over the past five months for Rs 3,079.43 crore, the insurer said on Wednesday. There is a decrease of 2.003 per cent in holding during the period from May 18, 2022 to October 11, 2022. As per regulatory requirement by Sebi, listed companies have to disclose about change in shareholding of 2 per cent and above. "Corporation's shareholding in Power Grid Corporation has diluted from 36,99,02,170 to 23,01,82,028 equity shares decreasing its shareholding from 5.303 per cent to 3.3 per cent of the paid-up capital of the said company," LIC said in a regulatory filing. The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 220.40 per share during the period through an open market sale in an ordinary course of transaction, LIC said. State-owned Power Grid is engaged in electric power transmission, telecom and consultancy services. Shares of the country's largest state-owned insurer, LIC, closed at Rs 615.40 apiece on BSE, down
CLOSING BELL: Power majors - PowerGrid, NTPC along with FMCG and select financial shares were the major gainers in trade among the Sensex 30 on Wednesday.
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Power outage has hit several areas of Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, port city of Chattogram and Sylhet, due to a collapse of the South Asian country's national grid
California declared a power grid emergency as a blistering and sustained heat wave threatens to push the state's electricity system to its limit
CBI arrested five officials of Tata Projects and one Power Grid executive in connection with alleged bribery to favour the private company
State-owned Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd on Saturday posted about 18 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 4,156.44 crore for the March 2022 quarter, backed by higher income.
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The hackers compromised an Indian national emergency response system and a subsidiary of a multinational logistics company
The company said it has already been supplying optical fibre cables and has developed a communication network for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
The government has received about Rs 6,600 crore as dividend tranches from a dozen Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs), including GAIL, NMDC and Power Grid
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