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Special Chief Secretary (Energy) K. Vijayanand directed the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (AP-Transco) to expedite the 68 projects successful assorted stages of implementation, costing astir ₹5,000 crore.
On completion, these projects would adhd a capableness of 15,274 MVA and 1,822 circuit kilometres of transmission enactment network.
The projects were taken up keeping successful presumption accelerated industrialisation, urbanisation, infrastructure enlargement and increasing renewable vigor usage successful the State, and AP-Transco should guarantee their timely completion, helium said.
Addressing a reappraisal gathering connected the powerfulness assemblage astatine Vidyut Soudha connected May 12, 2026, Mr. Vijayanand said the caller projects would summation the reliability of the powerfulness transmission strategy and trim accent connected the network, improving voltage levels and providing unchangeable powerfulness supply.
He said support had been received for the tender program covering 100 caller transmission projects, including 12 astatine 400 kV and 88 astatine 220 kV and 132 kV.
AP-Transco was playing a cardinal relation successful supporting large concern investments, helium said, and Extra High Tension (EHT) powerfulness proviso infrastructure was being created for the vertically integrated star photovoltaic manufacturing manufacture coming up astatine Chevuru and Karedu villages successful Nellore district.
On the State’s cleanable vigor goals, Mr. Vijayanand said the Ministry of Power had sanctioned Viability Gap Funding (VGF) nether the Power System Development Fund (PSDF) for improvement of 30 GWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) crossed the country, of which 3 GWh capableness had been allocated to Andhra Pradesh.
He said the nonsubjective of the programme was to guarantee businesslike usage of existing thermal powerfulness procreation and transmission infrastructure, and to supply powerfulness proviso during periods of non-availability of star power.
As the nodal bureau for BESS projects, AP-Transco had initiated tariff-based competitory bidding nether the build-own-operate exemplary for the constitution of standalone projects with a capableness of 1,000 MW for 2 hours.
The BESS projects were planned to beryllium implemented astatine 10 locations successful 2 phases.
Mr. Vijayanand said proposals had been submitted nether the Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-III strategy for the evacuation of 11 GW of star powerfulness and 7,370 MW of pumped retention hydro power, to the Central Electricity Authority and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for examination.
The estimated outgo of GEC - III was astir Rs.21,838 crore, helium added.
AP-Transco Joint Managing Director (Joint MD) G. Surya Sai Praveenchand; Directors A.K.V. Bhaskar, J.V. Rao and Venkata Ramana Murthy; and different elder officials were present.
