RECPDCL hands over Kallam Transmission Ltd to IndiGrid

New Delhi: REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of REC Limited, has handed over 'Kallam Transmission Ltd,' the project-specific (Special Purpose Vehicle) formed for the construction of Transmission Project viz., 'Transmission system for evacuation of power from RE projects in Osmanabad area (1 GW) in Maharashtra' to Consortium of IndiGrid 1 Limited and IndiGrid 2 Limited on December 28, 2021.

The consortium of IndiGrid 1 Limited and IndiGrid 2 Limited has been the successful bidder of the Inter-State Transmission Project of the Ministry of Power and RECPDCL as the bid process coordinator.

The SPV has been handed over by RECPDCL's CEO R Lakshmanan and RECPDCL's Jt. CEO TSC Bosh to Bigyan Parija from IndiGrid 1 Limited and Aditya Kislay from IndiGrid 2 Limited in the presence of other senior officials of RECPDCL, IndiGrid 1 Limited and IndiGrid 2 Limited.

The selection of successful bidder was carried out through the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process for the selection of transmission developers in line with the standard bidding documents and guidelines thereof as notified by the Ministry of Power. The work involves the establishment of 400/220 kV Sub-station at Kallam and LILO of 400 kV double circuit Parli – Pune transmission line. The project is targeted for completion in 18 months.

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