POWERGRID becomes first CPSE to sign MoU with Energy Management Centre-Kerala

New Delhi: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has signed MoU with Energy Management Centre (EMC), Kerala to have long term association in the areas of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy. 

 

It is a red letter day in the history of both organisations as POWERGRID becomes the first ever CPSE to sign MoU with EMC, Kerala in the area of Energy Management.  EMC, Kerala was established in the year 1996 under the Department of Power, Government of Kerala as a State Designated Agency for promoting energy conservation & energy efficiency in the State of Kerala. 

 

POWERGRID will dedicate its’ expertise to support the initiatives in the areas of Energy Efficiency in Power Distribution, Energy Efficiency in Process Industries, Demand Side Management Programmes, Sustainable Energy & any other area of mutual interest through its highly qualified technical manpower pool in rational mechanisms towards overall improvement of the Power scenario in Kerala through this MoU. 

 

The MoU was signed by Shri Sanjay Garg, Executive Director, POWERGRID and Shri K. M. Dharesan Unnithan, Director, Energy Management Centre, Kerala in presence of other senior officials from POWERGRID and EMC, Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram. 

 

POWERGRID, a Navratna CPSE and the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, has been consistently receiving highest rating i.e. 'Excellent' under MoU since signing of the first MoU in 1993-94. As on May 31, 2019, the company owns & operates over 153,635 ckt km of transmission lines, 243 EHV sub-stations with transformation capacity of more than 367,097 MVA. Availability of this gigantic transmission network has been consistently maintained over 99%.