PFCCL invites bids for South Kalamb transmission project in Maharashtra

PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has launched the bid process to select a Transmission Service Provider (TSP) for the “Network Expansion Scheme for drawal of power at South Kalamb S/s: Part A” in Maharashtra. PFCCL was appointed as the Bid Process Coordinator (BPC) on August 19, 2025.

The selected TSP will be responsible for designing, constructing, financing, operating, and maintaining the transmission system on a Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) basis for 35 years.  

The project is expected to be completed within 24 months from the transfer of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to the successful bidder. The work includes creating new 765 kV and 400 kV bus sections II and III at South Kalamb substation with sectionalization bays, installing three 1500 MVA, 765/400 kV Interconnecting Transformers (ICTs), and adding 765 kV and 400 kV bus reactors. Line-In, Line-Out (LILO) works will be carried out on three existing 400 kV transmission lines—Nagothane-Padghe, Pune-Navi Mumbai, and Pune-Vikhroli—at South Kalamb, along with construction of eight new 400 kV bays for the LILO lines. 

The project is intended to enhance power evacuation, strengthen the grid, and support future infrastructure, including a planned 6 GW HVDC terminal from Barmer-II and pumped storage near Talegaan.  

The TSP will be chosen through a tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process.