PowerGrid applies for wire licence
New Delhi: India has started work on a previously announced plan to separate the so-called carriage and content operations of existing power distribution companies, with state-owned PowerGrid Corp. of India Ltd (PGCIL) applying for the “wire” license for the Puri district in Orissa.
Going forward, PGCIL wants to manage the infrastructure part of the business across the country, said chairman and managing director (CMD) R.N. Nayak.
Carriage refers to the distribution aspect and content to power itself. In industry argot, these are known as “wire” and “supply”.
PGCIL has applied for the license with the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission that will allow the utility to manage the infrastructure part of the electricity distribution business in Puri that may be accessed by retail supply licensees.
“We have applied for a distribution licence. Right now, there is a unified license for the wire and the supply business. We have only applied for the wire business to the regulator for Puri. It is known as the distribution network operator. If we get the licence, this will be a demonstration project,” said Nayak. MINT
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