The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation’s (Tangedco) master plan of infrastructure development to meet the burgeoning power demand in the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) is now looking at creating more substations.
The five-year plan aims to put in place infrastructure works consisting of substations, lands to be acquired, underground cable network and the equipment needed to be installed in these substations.
In a recent review meeting held for the Central Circle, Chennai, Tangedco has proposed to construct around 20 substations to meet the increasing power demand in the city in the coming years. In a city where electricity demand is expected to reach 4,000 mega watt (MW) in the next few years the new substations of varying capacities are expected to ease power disruptions.
