Andhra Pradesh electricity regulatory panel gives in-principle nod for Polavaram evacuation plan

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has given in-principle approval for the revised transmission scheme to be established for evacuating (transmitting) power from the 960 Mega Watts (MW) Polavaram hydro electric power plant (HEP) to be commissioned by the State government. Further, the commission has directed APTransco to submit the comprehensive evacuation scheme.

Though the evacuation scheme was cleared by the commission in July, 2018, APTransco had submitted a revised plan, which included erection of a 400 KV line along the length of 60 km from Polavaram HEP to Guddigudem substation and other associated network works.