Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia the minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power said that the Central Transmission Utility and the State Transmission Utility are responsible for inter state and intra state transmission of electricity, respectively.
Further, National Load Dispatch Centre is the apex body to ensure integrated operation of the national power system and monitoring of grid operation. State Load Dispatch Centre is responsible for monitoring of real time operation of the State Grid which includes intra-state transmission system also.
Central Power Research Institute has established testing facilities for testing transformers up to 160 MVA capacity of 220 KV rating and 120 MVA for 400 KV rating in High Power Laboratory at Bangalore. The respective Indian manufacturer of transformer/reactor has adequate testing facility suitable to the voltage class of equipment they manufacture.
The Government of India has promoted the National High Power Test Laboratory Pvt Ltd, a JV project and also sanctioned an amount of INR 24.00 crore as equity share of CPRI in the JV project. This will enable test facilities for transformers up to 500 MVA capacity of 765 KV rating.
