Power Grid Corporation of India inter-connected all the five Regional Grids of the country

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has already inter-connected all the five Regional Grids of the country and established power transmission network National Grid with total inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 22,400 MW. 

Development & strengthening of National Grid is a continuous process which gets enhanced progressively with addition of new generation projects. Towards this, PGCIL has envisaged investment of about Rs.55,000 Crore during XI Plan (2007-12) for implementation of various transmission projects and planned to enhance total inter-regional power transfer capacity of the country from present level of about 22,400 MW to about 28,000 MW by end of XI Plan matching with power transfer requirement. 

National Grid is enabling transfer of power from generating sources located in different regions of the country to various load centres and facilitating transfer of surplus power to deficit regions on real time basis.