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Power Grid Corp on Thursday said it has acquired 2 project special purpose vehicles from PFC Consulting Ltd.
The two SPVs are Sirohi Transmission Ltd and Beawar-Mandsaur Transmission Ltd, a company statement said.
Sirohi Transmission shall implement a system comprising establishment of new 765/400 kV sub-station near Sirohi in Rajasthan, 765kV & 400kV D/C transmission lines and associated bays extension works at existing substation in the state.
Beawar-Mandsaur Transmission shall implement a system comprising establishment of 765kV D/C transmission line and associated bays extension works at existing sub-station in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Both transmission systems are to be commissioned in 24 months.
According to the statement, the bid process coordinator for the two SPVs is PFC Consulting Ltd (PFCCL), which conducted a tariff-based competitive bidding.
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