Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd.

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has commissioned the first leg of the 6,000 MW Raigarh–Pugalur high voltage direct current transmission project. PGCIL has commissioned Pole-1 of the Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) to Pugalur (Tamil Nadu) 1,765 Kilometres high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system comprising 1,500 MW capacity.

The total capacity of Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC transmission system is 6,000 MW. The work on the remaining three Poles (power transmission lines) are in advance stages.

Power Grid Corporation of India is an Indian state-owned electric utilities company headquartered in Gurgaon, India.