POWERGRID, the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, is engaged in power transmission business with the mandate

for planning, co-ordination, supervision and control over complete inter-State transmission system. POWERGRID, as on July 2009, owns and operates about 71,600 ckt kms of transmission lines at 800/765 kV, 400 kV, 220 kV & 132 kV EHVAC & +500 kV HVDC levels and 122 sub-stations with transformation capacity of about 81,200 MVA. This gigantic transmission network, spread over length and breadth of the country, is consistently maintained at an availability of over 99% through deployment of state-of-the-art Operation & Maintenance techniques which are at par with global standards. About 45% of total power generated in the country is wheeled through this transmission network Recognizing the role of POWERGRID in the overall development of transmission and power sector, Govt. of India has conferred Navratna upon status to POWERGRID in May` 08, the highest honour for a Public Sector Enterprise. For overall co-ordination at national level, POWERGRID has implemented National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) at Delhi with back up at Kolkata, which has been commissioned in February, 2009. NLDC shall be the apex body to ensure integrated operation of the national power system. POWERGRIDs achievements have been continuously been praised in terms of awards from GoI and various other agencies. The Company recently received Three National Awards for meritorious performance in the field of Transmission sector for system availability and early completion of project for the year 2007-08, All India Organization of Employers Industrial Relations award 2007-08, and IEEMA Power Awards 2009 for Excellence in Power Transmission. Further, POWERGRID has been conferred the The First DSIJ PSU Awards 2009 by Dalal Street Group of Publications for being one of the largest transmission utilities in the world.

Awards and Achievements

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2008 : CIO THE BOLD 100-2008 Award conferred by International Data Group ,USA 2008: National Award for e-Governance conferred by Deptt. of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,Govt. of India. 2007: Certified the PAS 99:2006 integrating the requirement of ISO 9001:2000 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for environment management and OHSAS 18000:1999 for health and safety management systems. 2006: The Eastern and North Eastern region were awarded for the best transmission system availability under Category I and Category II. 2006: Green Award by the World Bank for commitment in the field of environmental sustainability.

2005-2006: The MoU Excellence Award 2004: POWERGRID was certified to operate an integrated management system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000, BS EN ISO 14001:1996 and OHSAS 18001:1999 standards in relation to quality, environment and occupational health and safety standards respectively with respect to design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance activities for transmission systems up to 800 KV, HVDC, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management Systems and Communication Projects. 2004: CSI-TCS Award conferred by Conputer Society of India for Best IT Usage 2003: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Challenge Winner conferred by Microsoft 2002 2003: MoU Excellence Award 2000-2001: Indo-German Greentech Environment Excellence Award for implementation of Environment and Social Policy and Procedures. 2000-2001: MoU Excellence Award 1998: National HRD Award in recognition of excellent human resource development and management programmes. 1998-1999: MoU Excellence Award 1996: ARTDO (Philippines) award 1993-1994 to present: POWERGRID has continuously received the Excellent rating under the memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Power, Government of India

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POWERGRIDs Telecom Business With the vision to bridge the digital divide in the country and ensure that benefits of information revolution reach the entire length and breadth of the country, POWERGRID has diversified into Telecom utilizing right of way on its Extra High Voltage Power Transmission Network infrastructure in the country with its brand name as POWERTEL. Among the telecom players, POWERGRID is the only utility in the country having overhead optic fibre network using OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) on power transmission lines. POWERGRID has an all India Broad Band Telecom Network of about 20,733 Kms with multiple self resilient rings for backbone as well as intra city access networks connecting more than 129 cities across the country and ensuring a

reliability of more than 99.9%. POWERGRID has following Telecom Licenses: Infrastructure Provider Category - I (IP-I license) NLD License for providing end-to-end bandwidth ISP category A license to provide internet services in the country

Services Provided On POWERGRIDs Network: The Network deploys 32 wavelength DWDM system , scalable to 128 wavelength system, connecting all the metros and remote locations in North East and Jammu & Kashmir. The balance network deploys SDH (STM 16/STM 4) systems. The following services are available on POWERGRIDs network: E1/E3/DS3/STM1/STM4/STM16 Leased Line Ethernet Private Leased Line Multi-site LAN Interconnect plus Internet Access Internet bandwidth

Unique Features Of POWERGRIDs Telecom Network Most of the POWERGRIDs optic fibre backbone network is laid overhead on the extra high voltage Power transmission lines .The Telecom network on the Transmission lines has proved to be sturdy and secure, rodent menace free, vandalism proof which offers it distinct advantage over the underground optic fibre. The other advantages of leasing bandwidth capacity on POWERGRIDs Telecom route are: Instant bandwidth allocation on POWERGRIDs Telecom route End to end connectivity Instant upgradation to higher capacity Better Service Level Services catering to the specific needs of the customers High reliability, high quality service in a cost effective manner

International Business.

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International Business Department is created with the objective to spread POWERGRIDs engineering services in Power Transmission Business across the world. The objective is strategic to POWREGRIDs growth plans; to de-risk domestic operations by way of diversified geographic presence, to gear up for next competitive phase and to learn international best practices. POWERGRID, the 3rd largest transmission utility in the world, is continuously setting best power transmission practices that are well acknowledged by multi lateral funding agencies like The World Bank, ADB, JBIC etc who have extended multibillion loans to POWERGRID in establishing transmission network in India. POWERGRID has so far been assigned more than 300 nos. of consultancy assignments by national and international clients in Construction of Transmission Lines and Substations, Load Despatch Centre, Distribution and Rural Electrification. POWERGRID has taken up 30 international assignments in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Dubai, Nepal, Nigeria and Srilanka. The biggest advantage of POWERGRID is that unlike many of the renowned consultants, POWERGRID itself is one of the largest practicing transmission utility with experience in Engineering, Design, Procurement, Construction, Project Management, Construction Supervision, Upgradation of Transmission System, Operation and Maintenance of transmission system. POWERGRID has a highly experienced and skilled talent pool of over 9350 full time employees which is its biggest strength in successfully implementing domestic and international projects. Very few consultants in the world have this kind of trained manpower that POWERGRID has today. POWERGRID has rich and varied power transmission experience which it can replicate in global projects and service clients to maximum satisfaction.