Chandigarh, Oct 11: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna Public Sector undertaking under Ministry of Power, Government of India has declared 220 /66 kV Chandigarh Process Bus Technology based Digital GIS Substation as Pink Sub-station. The state of art Substation was declared today as Pink Substation by Tarun Bajaj, Executive Director (NR-I & II) in presence of Babita Bajaj, Anil Sharma ,CGM(I/C Pang -Kaithal Transmission Project), Shafat Ahmed Wani, Sr.GM(AM-NRII ),Vinod P Baxala, General Manager (HR) and other senior officers and employees of POWERGRID.
This Substation is the first Pink station of Northern Region-II of POWERGRID. Pink substations of POWERGRID are operated and headed by women executives in line with its commitment towards Women Empowerment. POWERGRID has been consistently rated as one of the Best Places for Women to Work. The substation is being headed by Simrit Powar, Chief Manager, POWERGRID.
Chandigarh substation is POWERGRID’s first Green field Process bus Technology based Substation and was cconstructed under the package of “Establishment of 220/66 kV 2 X160 MVA GIS at UT Chandigarh along with 220 kV D/C line from Chandigarh GIS to 400 / 220 kV Panchkula (POWERGRID) Substation.”
The Substation was Commissioned on 24 th March,2023 with the prime objective of improving the reliability and availability of power in UT Chandigarh.
POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED is a Maharatna Enterprise under Ministry of Power having its regional headquarters of Northern Region-II at Jammu. POWERGRID is engaged in inter-state bulk power transmission. POWERGRID has 178,195 ckm of transmission lines, 279 Sub-stations and more than 537,276 MVA of transformation capacity. With the adoption of latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability & 99%. POWERGRID performance has been consistently Excellent by achieving very difficult measurable parameters which are set in MoU signed with the Ministry of Power, Government of India.
