Omnicore Weekly #238 - 19 December 2025

Dear Patrons & Readers,

Petition under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 read with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for Grant of Transmission Licence and other related matters) Regulations, 2024 for the grant of separate RTM Transmission Licence to POWERGRID Barmer I Transmission Limited to implement the transmission project “Implementation of 1 no. of 220 kV line bay for interconnection of M/s Anboto Solar Private Limited (250MW+50MW) RE power projects at 765/400/220kV Barmer-I PS” under “Regulated Tariff Mechanism” (RTM) Mode.

POWERGRID Barmer I Transmission Limited,

Versus

Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited & 14 Others

Background:

The Petitioner, POWERGRID Barmer I Transmission Limited (hereinafter referred to as “PBITL”), has filed the present Petition under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) read with the provisions of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for Grant of Transmission License and other related matters) Regulations, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as “the Transmission Licence Regulations”) for the grant of a separate RTM Transmission Licence to PBITL to implement the transmission project “Implementation of 1 no. of 220 kV line bay for interconnection of M/s Anboto Solar Private Limited (250 MW + 50 MW) RE power projects at 765/400/220 kV Barmer-I PS” under the Regulated Tariff Mechanism (hereinafter referred to as “RTM”) mode (hereinafter referred to as the “transmission project”). The scope of the project for which a transmission licence has been sought is as under:

Transmission Scheme: Implementation of 1 no. of 220 kV line bay for interconnection of M/s Anboto Solar Private Limited (250 MW + 50 MW) RE power projects at 765/400/220 kV Barmer-I PS.

2. The Petitioner is an Inter-State Transmission Licensee and is implementing the transmission project “Transmission system for evacuation of power from Rajasthan REZ Ph-IV (Part-2: 5.5 GW) (Jaisalmer/Barmer Complex): Part F (By clubbing Part F1 & F2)” on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (hereinafter referred to as “BOOT”) basis through the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding route (hereinafter referred to as “TBCB Project”). The Commission, vide order dated 26.3.2025 in Petition No. 509/TL/2024, granted a transmission licence (hereinafter referred to as “TBCB Licence”) to the Petitioner for the aforesaid TBCB Project.

3. CTUIL, vide OM dated 8.5.2025, has assigned the transmission project, namely “Implementation of 1 no. of 220 kV line bay at 765/400/220 kV Barmer-I PS for interconnection of M/s Anboto Solar Private Limited (250 MW+50 MW) RE power projects” to the Petitioner under RTM Mode. The estimated cost of the scheme as per the CTUIL letter (OM) dated 8.5.2025 is Rs. 6.18 crore.

4. The Petitioner has submitted that after the grant of a transmission licence, the Petitioner shall proceed to implement the transmission scheme under the RTM mode. The estimated completion cost of the transmission scheme, as per CTUIL’s Office Memorandum (OM) dated 8.5.2025, is Rs. 6.18 crore. After completion of the transmission scheme, the Petitioner shall approach the Commission for the determination of transmission charges in accordance with the provisions of the Tarif Regulations/ Transmission Licence Regulations.

5. Based on the above, CTUIL, vide OM dated 8.5.2025, approved the “Implementation of 1 no. of 220 kV line bay at 765/400/220 kV Barmer-I PS for interconnection of Anboto Solar Private Limited (250 MW + 50 MW) RE power projects” along with identifying the implementing agency and also addressing the same to the Ministry of Power, Government of India, and NCT.

6. The Commission, after considering the application of the Petitioner in light of the provisions of the Act and the Transmission Licence Regulations, vide its order dated 18.11.2025, prima facie proposed to grant a separate transmission licence to the Petitioner to implement the transmission projects detailed in paragraph 1 of the order. The relevant extract of the order dated 18.11.2025 is extracted as under:

“20. Considering the material on record, we are prima-facie of the view that the Petitioner satisfies the conditions for the grant of a separate RTM transmission licence under Section 15 of the Act, read with the Transmission Licence Regulations for implementation of the transmission project as described in para 1 of this order. We, therefore, direct that a public notice in two daily digital newspapers and on the Commission’s website under clause (a) of sub-section (5) of Section 15 of the Act be published to invite suggestions or objections to the grant of a transmission licence aforesaid. The objections or suggestions, if any, shall be filed by any person before the Commission on or before 28.11.2025.”

7. A public notice under Sub-section (5) of Section 15 of the Act was published in all editions of the ‘Indian Express’ (English) and ‘Hindustan’ (Hindi) on 20.11.2025. No suggestions/ objections have been received from members of the public in response to the public notice.

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