RECPDCL hands over Umred transmission SPV to MSETCL

New Delhi: REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited under the Ministry of Power, has transferred Umred Power Transmission Limited, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for an intra-state transmission project in Maharashtra, to Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited.

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The handover was completed on February 26 following the selection of Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) as the successful bidder through the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) route. RECPDCL acted as the Bid Process Coordinator for the project, which will be developed on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis.

The SPV has been formally handed over by Vijay Kulkarni, Senior General Manager and Head of Department (T&D), RECPDCL, to Vineeta Shriwani, Company Secretary, and Amit Naik, Chief Engineer (TBCB), MSETCL, in the presence of senior officials from both organisations and the Maharashtra State Transmission Utility (STU).

The project has an implementation timeline of 24 months and involves significant augmentation of the state’s transmission infrastructure. Key components include the establishment of a 400/220/132 kV substation at Umred, development of a 220 kV double-circuit transmission line of approximately 51 km from Umred (New) to Additional Buttibori (Proposed), and a 132 kV double-circuit line of around 38 km from Kolari (existing) to Umred (New).

Additionally, the project includes loop-in loop-out (LILO) arrangements of multiple transmission lines across 400 kV, 220 kV and 132 kV levels, along with associated works.

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