Tala Transmision

completed

Tala-Delhi Transmission Limited (TDTL, or the company) is a proposed joint venture between the private utility Tata Power Company Limited (Tata Power, which will own 51% of TDTL), and the Government of India (GoI) owned Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL, which will own 49% of TDTL) to establish the Tala Transmission project (the project). PGCIL is also the sole off-taker of the project. The project is to build, own, operate and maintain, on a BOOT basis and for 30 years, five 400kV and one 220 kV double circuit transmission lines of about 1,200 kilometers, with a capacity of about 3,000 MW. The purpose of the transmission system is to: - expand capacity of the grid connecting the power surplus region of East and Northeast India with the power deficit region of North India, and - facilitate the evacuation of power from the 1,020 MW Tala Hydroelectric Project (Tala HEP) in Bhutan which is being executed by Tala Hydro Power Development Authority (THPA).