Indian power transmission system robust, says GE Energy

 General Electric finds India's power transmission system as quite robust compared to many developed nations.

GE Energy's India Region President & CEO Banmali Agrawala said that India's central transmission system is large and substantial while the "failures in that system have been minimal".
"At one level, it is a good system especially when you compare with many other systems around the world, even the developed places.

"It is important that we do recognise that. All said and done, I think we in India do have a fairly, relatively speaking, strong and robust transmission system," Agrawala said.

However, Agrawala pointed out that the country needs "political will" is needed to reinforce discipline to avoid situations like the recent grid failure.

GE Energy, part of the US-based multinational giant, said the "political will" was required to ensure that all the parties sharing the power grids follow certain rules.

He stressed, however, that those who share the power transmission grids need to follow the rules.

"You will need to have the political will to make sure that the rules around sharing a resource like the grid are followed by all," Agrawala said.

Though the exact reason for the massive failure of three grids last week are yet to be ascertained, there are concerns that overdrawing by some states could have led to the collapse.

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