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Glittering show by Gujarat power utilities

EM News Bureau ,  Saturday, April 21, 2012, 12:09 Hrs  [IST]

UGVCLSeveral power utilities were commended for outstanding performance for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11. Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (UGVCL) has been awarded Gold Shield for the year 2010- 11 and Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd (GETCO) was bestowed the Gold Shield for 2009-10. Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (MGVCL) was awarded the Bronze Shield for the year 2009-10. The awards were given away by Union power minister Sushilkumar Shinde at a function in New Delhi.

The Gujarat experience clearly shows what strong political will to reform the electricity sector can achieve. In May 2003, the Gujarat government passed the Gujarat Electricity Industry (Reform and Reorganization) Act, which divided the GSEB into a holding company, a power generation company, a power transmission company and four distribution companies. This enabled accountability at every level, better management and more efficient operations, a release from the Gujarat government noted.

Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation was awarded the Gold Shield for early completion of 220/66kV Bhat substation near Changodar, Ahmedabad, in FY10. GETCO completed the project in 18 months against the standard time of 24 months. The 220kV EHV substation has been a vital power supply pooling sub-station for the industries to avail reliable and quality power supply. The transformer capacity of this substation is being enhanced to 300 MVA looking into the load growth of industries.

Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL) and Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) have been awarded Gold and Bonze Shield respectively under the category "Performance of Distribution Companies".

Gujarat has been able to achieve the growth with a mix of steps that have both commercial and social overtones, with stress on credible implementation and realizing rational user charges. The political will along with the turnaround strategy has produced the expected benefits.

When Narendra Modi took over as Chief Minister in 2001, he found the state's power situation grim. The Gujarat State Electricity Board, or GSEB, had posted a loss of Rs 2,246 crore for 2000-01. Since then, Shri Modi focused on assured round-theclock quality power supply to each household for faster socio-economic development. With assured availability of quality power, people are seeking out more opportunities and improving their skills to accelerate their socio-economic development, the release added.
 
                 
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