India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) has completed the acquisition of another transmission asset Gurgaon Palwal Transmission Ltd (GPTL) from Sterlite Power at an enterprise value of Rs 1,080 crore.
With this acquisition, IndiGrid’s assets under management have increased by 9 per cent to Rs 13,300 crore. Its asset portfolio will now consist of 10 power transmission projects with a total network of 25 power transmission lines and 7 substations extending over 6,080 circuit kilometres and 10,735 mega volt amperes (MVA) in 15 Indian states.
GPTL is part of Inter-State Transmission Scheme (ISTS) network and consists of three gas-insulated substations with a total transformation capacity of 3,000 MVA and 270 circuit kilometres of 400 kilo volt transmission lines spread across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan.