National Transmission Modernization I Project

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The development objective of the First National Transmission Modernization Project for Pakistan is to increase the capacity and reliability of selected segments of the national transmission system in Pakistan and modernize key business processes of the National Transmission and Despatch Company. The project consists of three components. First component, expansion and up gradation of the transmission network component consists of (a) expanding, augmenting, and upgrading selected existing 500 kV and 220 kV power substations and associated lines; and (b) constructing new 765 kV, 500 kV, and 220 kV substations and transmission lines. The component will have two groups of sub projects. Group 1 sub projects are those that the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has designated as having the highest priority; feasibility studies and required safeguards documentation have been completed for them. Group 2 sub projects are potential subprojects that the NTDC’s Power Sector Development Plan (PSDP) for 2016–2021 has identified, but whose details are not yet known. Second component, deployment of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system will finance the first stage of an ERP program for the NTDC. The component includes modernization of the ICT infrastructure and the development and deployment of an ERP system aimed at strengthening the company’s management capabilities using an integrated ICT system.The component includes the procurement of civil infrastructure such as data centers, provision of local area network outlets, software licenses, hardware for office automation, consulting services for implementation support and change management, and ICT capacity building and strategic sourcing to ensure the sustainability of the ERP system. Third component, project management, technical assistance, and capacity building will finance (a) project management and implementation support services; (b) strengthening of NTDC’s planning, operations, and maintenance capability to accommodate new thermal and renewable energy generation; (c) modernization of NTDC’s key business processes; (d) preparation of new investments; and (e) other priority TA and capacity building to be agreed between the NTDC and the World Bank.