GUJARAT ENERGY TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD.

10th Annual Report 2008-09

DIRECTORS’ REPORT
To,
The Members,
Your Directors are pleased to present the TENTH ANNUAL REPORT together with Audited Accounts
for the Tenth Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2009.
Performance of the Company
Operation and Projects
With an objective as mandated in Electricity Act, 2003 to build, operate and maintain an efficient
Power Transmission System in the State of Gujarat being the State Transmission Utility (STU) your
Company is on the path to achieve global standards in transmitting reliable and quality power in the
State of Gujarat. At the end of the Financial Year 2008-09, the Gross Fixed Asset base of Rs.
6070.99 Crores consists of about 37415 Circuit Kms. of High Voltage Transmission Line, 990 No. of
Sub-stations with Transmission capacity of about 47684.5 MVA (Previous Year 44932 MVA) and
transmits total power generated in the State of Gujarat and central sector to the distribution licensees
in the State.
During the year 2008-09, the Sub-Station availability has been maintained at a level of 99.77 %
which is well above Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission norms through deployment of modern
Operation & Maintenance techniques and has also recorded the lowest rate of Outages per Line per
Year.
Highlights of 2008-09
Total installed capacity for Gujarat was 9992.43 MW as on 31st March, 2009. The addition of new
generating capacities, good performance from existing generators, moderate weather and good
support from renewable sources, all helped in creating a positive electricity supply position during
year 2008-09.
A new record for peak demand of 9437 MW was set on 25.03.09. The demand catered during year
was 68963 MUs. The maximum energy demand catered during single day was 214.168 MUs on
25.03.09 set a new record.
Improved supply conditions, developing electricity market, increase in wind generation, moderate
weather altogether and effective control and monitoring measures reduced number of instances of
emergency measures.
I. State Grid Operation
State Load Dispatch Centre
The State Load Dispatch Centre is the nerve centre for the planning, operation, monitoring and
control of power system. At the Load dispatch centre, the essential activities of Load Dispatch are
being discharged like pre-dispatching activities including scheduling of generation and operational
planning, real time dispatch etc. Also, continuous monitoring for the healthiness of the system and
taking appropriate preventive as well as corrective action to deal with the system emergencies and
post dispatch activities relating to system performance for efficient operation of the power system
are being taken care of as an apex body. The State Load Dispatch centre has to closely monitor the
control of the frequency, voltage, tie line flows, economic generation, switching operations etc. to
achieve maximum security and efficiency.
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Implementation of Intra State Availability Based Tariff (ABT)

After restructuring of GEB and separation of power purchase agreement entered into by GUVNL/
distribution licensee and Generating Stations, Intra-State ABT is introduced in Gujarat from 11th
August’ 2006 as per order issued by GERC. SLDC has started issuing trial UI bills from 01.12.2006 on
weekly basis and round the clock scheduling as per directives of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory
Commission. Based on experience and observation of SLDC-Gujarat, report was submitted to Gujarat
Electricity Regulatory Commission for review and commercial operation of Intra State ABT within
State.
The activities carried out by SLDC for the purpose of implementation of Intra State ABT are briefly
as under:
v Round the clock Scheduling Activities
v Data base configuration for scheduling and energy accounting
v Preparation of Trial Accounting
v Formulation of Energy Accounting Committee
v Pool Account Settlement System
v Establishment of Communication Media
v Submission of Compliance
v Action Plan for launching Commercial Implementation
Implementation of Short Term Open Access
According to the open access regulation for Intra State, SLDC is the Nodal agency for providing short
term open access within Gujarat. The procedure for reservation of transmission capacity under
short term open access is formulated and SLDC has undertaken following activities:
a) Approval of short term open access within the State
b) Issuing No objection/Standing clearance for Inter State collective transaction through
power exchange approved by appropriate Commission.
c) Issuing concurrence for Inter State bilateral transaction through Inter State open
access.
State Load Dispatch Centre has granted short term open access within Intra State level in different
categories from the date of issue of open access regulation. The number of short term open access
transactions is increasing every year.
Tabl e- 1 sho ws N o. open acc ess appli cat io n pro cess ed /grant ed du ri ng t he peri od:-
Table 1: Open Access Approved during Financial year 2008-09

Sr Granted
Category Total MUs
No up to (MW)
1 Intra State Short term Open Access 25 24.576
2 Inter State Collective Transactions (PX) 85 86.472
3 Inter State Bilateral Transaction 441 501.696
Total 551 612.744

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Ring Fencing and autonomy of SLDC
Government of Gujarat has directed SLDC/STU to ensure that SLDC be ring fenced by March’ 2009,
with no direct /indirect operational and management link of SLDCs or STUs with DISCOMs vide letter
dated 6th November’ 2008. In order to separate operational and management link with GETCO and
DISCOMs, SLDC has initiated various actions as under:
(i) Formation of separate company
(ii) Separation of SLDC assets and accounts from STU
(iii) Aggregate Revenue Requirement has been submitted to GERC for SLDC, separating
accounts, capital expenses and its revenue stream.
II. Project Planning and Achievement for the year 2008-09
During the year 2008-09, total 60 Nos. of Sub Station viz.4 Nos. of 220 KV and 56 Nos. of 66 KV
Sub Stations were planned for construction. As against this, total 60 Nos. of Sub Stations viz. 4 Nos. of
220 KV and 56 Nos. of 66 KV Sub Stations with associated transmission lines have been constructed and
commissioned. Similarly, 1084 Ckm. of transmission lines were also planned for construction during
year 2008-09, against which 1027.30 Ckm. of transmission lines were added which comprises of 0.46
Ckm. of 400 KV,194.40 Ckm. of 220 KV, 28.07 Ckm. of 132 KV and 804.37 Ckm. of 66 KV
transmission lines.
The overall availability of Sub-Stations, Transmission Lines and the transmission losses in percentage
are as under:-
Overall Availability of Sub – Stations in %

1st half of
F.Y. 2008-09 F.Y. 2007-08
F.Y.2009-10
Sub – Stations 99.77 99.81 99.77

Availability of Transmission Lines in %

1st half of
F.Y. 2008-09 F.Y. 2007-08
F.Y.2009-10
400 KV LINES 99.53 99.70 99.41
220 KV LINES 98.95 99.17 98.97
132 KV LINES 99.03 99.32 99.42
66 KV LINES 99.69 99.56 99.69

Transmission Losses in %

Transmission loss 1st half of

F.Y. 2008-09 F.Y. 2007-08
F.Y.2009-10
Transmission loss 4.30 3.85* 4.96

* This figure works out to 4.30 after exclusion of DD & DNH

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Telecom- Data Acquisition System (DAS)

• Number of DAS meter installed at various location of GETCO till date is 17024 which
includes the installation & commissioning of DAS meters at 60 new sub-stations (66KV &
220KV) during the year 2008-09.
• DAS system is commissioned at all sub-stations & data polling is carried out up to Circle
server.
• ABT meter time synchronization work for approx. 530 meters was completed as per the
directive of Hon’ble Commission.
• VHF network of GETCO was Strengthen & made reliable by providing new Motorola VHF
Set of latest technology against old WEBEL make VHF Set.
• Engineering & Technical expertise for telecom requirement was provided for total 13
projects including IPP/CPP/Subsidiary of GUVNL till date during the year 2008-09.
Renovation and Modernization (R&M)
This is one of the major initiatives of GETCO to take up R&M activities during 11th five year plan
(2007-11) for an approved capital investment of Rs.840 Cr. This includes replacement of aged
assets like Switchgear, Relays, obsolete technology, re-conductoring of old lines and line structures
strengthening, civil maintenance of building, system upgradation etc. It will have tangible benefits in
terms of system availability by reducing failure rate and T&D losses. During the year 2007-08 an
expenditure of Rs. 158.24 Crore was spent against budget allocation of Rs.141.91 Crore. During the
year 2008-09 an expenditure of Rs.139.17 Crore was incurred.
Due to aged infrastructure & rapid load growth, system availability and reliability is affected, hence
Renovation and Modernization of existing transmission network / assets is highly essential to meet
the expectation of consumers.
Plan for 2009-10
It is proposed to construct and commission 60 Nos. of new Sub Stations comprising of 3 Nos. of 220
KV Sub Stations and 57 Nos. of 66 KV Sub Stations during the year 2009-10. The land for all 60 Sub
Stations has already been acquired. As on 03-11-2009, 3 Nos. of 66 KV Sub Stations are commissioned
and civil work for 43 Nos. of Sub Stations are under progress.
During the year 2009-10, it is planned to commission 3110 Ckm. of Transmission lines. Against
which, in first quarter of the year 2009-10, 217.05 Ckm. Transmission lines have been constructed /
commissioned which comprises of 81.33 Ckm. of 220 KV, 46.83 Ckm. of 132 KV and 88.89 Ckm. of
66 KV transmission lines. Till second quarter of the year 2009-10, 404.30 Ckm. Transmission lines
have been constructed / commissioned which comprises of 137.34 Ckm. of 220 KV, 50.19 Ckm. of
132 KV and 216.77 Ckm of 66 KV transmission lines. All efforts are being made to achieve the target
for construction of 60 Nos. of Sub Stations along with their associated transmission lines within a
scheduled time limit.
An action plan to meet the increasing power demand and give reliable & uninterrupted power to
various cities of Gujarat was made by GETCO. Various projects of conversion of 66 KV over head
lines to 66 KV under ground cables, enhancement of lines & increasing the sub station capacity
approved by GETCO Board at an estimated cost of Rs. 33.33 Cr for the FY 2009-10.
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III.ERP, HRD and Quality Management System

 e-Urja / e-Governance
 For successful implementation of e-Urja project, WAN connectivity has been provided
up to Division level and to the head quarter of DE/JE at group of substations.
 Dial-up modem connectivity through BSNL telephone connections is provided at 500 No. of
substations for use of e-Urja system.
 High speed processor LCD Desktop computers are added to the e-Urja system for fast
access of data from central server.
 There are 11,910 employees in GETCO, out of which 2,111 employees are given
Comprehensive License for Company related office works and balance of 9,799 employees
are given Universal License (Restricted use of system for Employee Self Service usage-
ESS) so as to facilitate them to enter their Leaves, Claims, Advances etc.
 Legacy system discontinued in HR, Payroll, Inventory modules of e-Urja.
 Company has taken lead and arranged on line Professional Examinations for Jr. Engineers

 & Deputy Engineers using INTRANET network across Gujarat in each Circle offices
simultaneously.
 The training program is being arranged continuously up to Division level for implementation of
e-Urja system.
Human Resource Development
In the emerging power sector scenario, it is utmost necessary to equip the human capital to face
the challenges of today & tomorrow. All endeavors have been made for developing human resources,
so as to ensure contribution from one & all for organizational development through various training
programmes. Large numbers of need based training programmes have been arranged successfully in
close co-ordination with Gujarat Energy Training & Research Institute (GETRI), Baroda. For
specialized and focused programmes officers / employees were deputed for training in various
reputed institutions.
The details of training programmes imparted during the period April, 2008 to March, 2009 are as
under:
No. of employees
Sr. Category No. of participated in the training
No. Programmes
I & II III & IV Total
1. Technical 287 616 5598 6214
2. Non-technical 167 1051 865 1916
TOTAL 454 1667 6463 8130

ISO 9001-2000 Certification

GETCO has successfully completed ISO 9001:2000 certification process and GETCO is ISO 9001:2000
certified company from 2nd January, 2009.
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Recently transition from ISO 9001:2000 to ISO 9001:2008 was successfully completed by GETCO
and certified for ISO 9001 : 2008.
IV. Finance & Accounts
Operating Cost
The highlights of the performance of the Financial Year 2008-09 are as follows:

[Amount Rs. in Lakhs]

Particulars 2008-09
Repairs & Maintenance 13227
Employee Costs 37144
Administration & General Expenses 4737
Depreciation & related debits 18902
Interest 23967

Revenue
The major element of revenue for the Company is Transmission charges which is receivable from
the four DISCOMs, M/s GUVNL and also from C.P.P. using Transmission networks. The expected
revenue is fairly certain, as it has no variable component. During the year GETCO has earned total
revenue of Rs. 81576 lakhs and charged on percentage share of drawl to M/s Gujarat Urja Vikas
Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL), DISCOMs and C.P.P.etc.
Interest and Finance Charges
Interest and Finance charges for the year under review are Rs. 23967.22 lakhs which is worked out
on the basis of liabilities allocated by M/s. Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL) to the Company,
and loans availed by the Company.
Income Tax
A provision of Rs. 498.99 lakhs has been made being Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on book profit
before Tax of Rs. 4542.55 lakhs.
Share Capital
The opening balance of Share Capital was Rs. 45.01 lakhs. During the year 2008-09, the company
has allotted further 38,92,66,604 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each fully paid up to M/s GUVNL as per
the notification of GoG, notifying the final Share Capital into Equity Share Capital and Equity Share
Premium. As a result, Equity Share Capital of the Company as on 31st March 2009 is Rs.38971.67
Lakhs.
Further, during the year 2008-09, the company has received Rs.5000 lakhs from GUVNL towards
share application money against which shares allotment has been made in current year 2009-10.
Secured and Unsecured Loans
The Government of Gujarat (GoG) has apportioned total Loans of erstwhile GEB as Long Term and
Short Term Loans respectively, which have been transferred to the successor transferee companies.
In absence of specific Government Order for apportionment of such loans and Multilateral Facility
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and Securities Sharing agreement between GUVNL transferee Companies and lenders, these loans
have been considered as Secured/Unsecured allocated loans from GUVNL.
During the year under report, Company has availed Secured/Unsecured loans from banks, PFC and
REC directly for its funding requirements. The same is shown under Secured/Unsecured loans as per
Security given.
Commercial / Financial performance
Major element of revenue – Transmission Charges is receivable from M/s Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam
Ltd. (GUVNL), DISCOMs and C.P.P.etc. The expected revenue is fairly certain, as it has no variable
component.
The company being a regulated Utility, the turnover and the profitability is subject to regulatory risk.
During the year, GETCO has charged on percentage share of drawl to M/s Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam
Ltd. (GUVNL), DISCOMs and C.P.P. etc and the turnover and profit after tax for the year under
review on this account booked are Rs. 81576.00 lakhs and Rs. 3587.41 lakhs respectively.
Dividend
As we are still in the consolidation phase in our fourth year of operation, no Dividend on Equity Shares
for the Financial Year 2008-09 is recommended.
Cost Auditor
The Government of India, Ministry of Company Affairs, Cost Audit Branch, New Delhi, in exercise of
powers conferred u/s. 233 B(1), issued Cost Audit Order to audit Cost Accounting Records and
Books of Accounts maintained by the Company in respect of Electricity Industry. Accordingly, the
Board of Directors appointed M/s. Y. S. Thakar & Associates as Cost Auditors for the F.Y. 2008-09
which have been approved by the Central Government to conduct the Cost Audit of transmission of
power related Electricity Industry of the Company. M/s. Y. S. Thakar & Associates were reappointed as
Cost Auditors for the F.Y. 2009-10 by the Board of Directors.
Statutory Auditors
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi vide its letter no. CA V/COY/GUJARAT,
GJETCL(1)/629 dated 25-8-2008, appointed M/s. Ramanlal G. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants,
Ahmedabad as Statutory Auditors of the Company to audit annual accounts of the company for the
year ended 31st March, 2009. M/s. Ramanlal G. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad
have been reappointed as the Statutory Auditor of the company for the current Financial year 2009-
10 by the Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) i.e. Central Government.
Auditors Report
The notes to the accounts referred to in the Auditor’s Report are self explanatory and therefore do
not call for any further comments.
The report/comments of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India pursuant to Section 619(4) of
the Companies Act, 1956 are awaited and the same shall be sent as soon as received along with
management reply to comment, if any, as an addendum forming part of this report.
V. Future outlook & challenges
v Land acquisition for Substations
v Right of way for Transmission lines
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v To maintain project schedule due to failure of Contractors.

v Over booking of supplier’s capacity and hence inadequate response to our tenders.
v Network development in tribal and costal area
v Sudden load growth and demands of new S/S and network by H.T. consumers, DISCOMS
& Wind Farms
v Natural calamities like flood, heavy rain, and cyclone.
v Man power planning to handle assets of operation
v Cash flow management-Funding and full filling equity requirements
v Public Private Partnership (PPP)
v Integration of renewable energy
v Operation of aged assets- Phase wise replacement of critical lines and Sub-Stations,
Availability of spares.
v Vast Costal area and heavy chemical zone in Gujarat causing frequent tipping of lines
and fast deterioration.
VI. Statutory Compliances and Disclosures
Directors
Shri L. Chuaungo, IAS and Shri B.B. Swain, IAS shall retire by rotation at the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment. During the year, two new Directors, Shri S.B.
Agrawal, Regional Executive Director (west), NTPC and Shri C.L. Meena, IAS Principal Secretary
(expenditure) Finance Dept, GoG were appointed as additional Director on the Board of GETCO. Also
during the year Shri D.J.Pandian, IAS, Principal Secretary, E&P Dept. Government of Gujarat was
appointed as Director and Chairman of the Board w.e.f. 10-12-2009 vice Shri S. Jagadeesan,IAS
transferred. The Board place on record its appreciation for Shri S. Jagadeesan,IAS valuable contribution
made during his tenure.
Disclosures
(a) Particulars of Employees
There was no employee earning in aggregate, remuneration of Rs.2,00,000/- per month or
Rs.24,00,000/- per annum and hence the information in this regard may be treated as NIL.
(b) Conservation of Energy and Technology Absorption
As per the requirements of the disclosures under section 217(1) (e ) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosures of Particulars in the Report of Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988 information relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption is
given in Annexure –I to this Report.
(c) Foreign Exchange Earnings & Outgo
Foreign Exchange Earnings (Rupees in Crores)
(i) Interest Nil
(ii) Others Nil
Total Nil
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Foreign Exchange outgo

(i) Capital Goods and Spare Nil
(ii) Professional and Consultancy Fees Nil
(iii) Interest Nil
(iv) Others Nil
Total Nil
(d) Safety, Pollution and Environment Control
GETCO has defined its own “Safety Policy” keeping in view the motto of ‘Zero Accident Goal’.
This Safety Policy takes care of GERC recommendations and regulations laid down by CEA.
No. of accident have reduced to 17 in 2008-09 compared to 19 in the previous year 2007-08.
Out of 17 accident, 10 accidents are non fatal and 7 accidents are fatal. In order to control the
accidents, following actions are being intensified by GETCO:
 Public awareness by meeting with villagers, builders, transporters, schools, NGOs, etc.
 Awareness by safety posters, safety slogan and cable advertisement
 District collector/ electrical inspector/ police department / local authority etc were
approached for removal/ prevention of unauthorized construction near by EHV transmission
lines violating Electricity Act-2003.
 Safety meetings with staff.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee in its 14th Meeting held on 7th October 2009 has reviewed, recommended
and considered the Annual Accounts for the F.Y. 2008-09 which were placed before the Board of
Directors for their consideration and approval.
The constitution of the Audit Committee at present is as under:
1. Prof. Sebastian Morris - Chairman
2. Shri C.L. Meena, IAS - Director
3. Shri L. Chuaungo, IAS - Director
4. Shri P.H. Rana - Director
Directors’ Responsibility Statement
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your Directors state that:
1. in the preparation of Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
2. accounting policies had been selected and consistently applied and made judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of
affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2009 and of the Profit and Loss Account of the
Company for that period.
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3. proper and sufficient care had been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records
in accordance with the provision of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities, and
4. The annual accounts had been prepared on a going concern basis.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Your directors place on record their sincere thanks for the guidance and co-operation extended all
through by the Ministry of Power, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC), Ministry of
Environment and Forest, Provident Fund Offices, concerned Government Authorities/Departments
both at the State and Central level for their active support .The Management also extends its
sincere thanks to the customers of the Corporation.
Your Directors also place on record grateful thanks to the various Banks and Financial Institutions for
their continued trust and confidence reposed by them by rendering timely financial assistance for
successful implementation of the Projects by the Company .The Board further immensely thank the
Holding Company M/s Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL) for its co-operation and in giving
valuable support and guidance in every field to the Company.
Last but not the least, the Board of Directors place on record the deep appreciation for the valuable
services rendered by all its employees.

For and on behalf of the Board

Date: 10-12-2009
Place: Gandhinagar Chairman
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ANNEXURE –I
TO THE DIRECTORS’ REPORT
[A] Conservation of Energy
Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited is committed to “conserve energy” to save scare resources.
The requisite consistency in efficiency, effectiveness in utilization of energy and ensuring quality power are
main concern, resulting into protection of environment and nature, safe and healthy living. To promote the
objective of energy conservation multi pronged efforts are envisaged and being taken. GETCO has framed
energy conservation policy covering following aspects.
v Promote energy conservation awareness in the society & industries by awareness programs:
 The banners depicting energy saving slogans is displayed in offices, substations etc. so that
general public can view it.
 Information for adopting energy conservation measures in their premises is given to visiting
consumers.
 Switch off the office lights, fans, computer monitors & air- conditioners during recess time and
after office hours.
 Pamphlets containing energy saving measures is given to visiting public.
v Adopting appropriate energy conservation state of the art technology and appropriate measures,
which are economically viable:
 Energy efficient tube-light is provided to all substations.
 Removal of pneumatic operated circuit breaker to spring operated & prevention of air leakage
to reduce running hours of compressor.
 Thermo vision scanning of network for checking of loose connection & over heated joints to
prevent loss of energy.
 Adoption of standard auxiliary consumption limits in all substations for conservation of energy.
 Shifting of light loaded transformer for optimum utilization to increase efficiency.
 Reduction of outages of network for maximum availability for reduction of energy losses due to
overloading of other lines during outages.
 Reactive power management: use data from Data Requisition System (DAS) and take corrective
measures by asking Discoms to appropriately manage reactive power at lower voltage. We
also take up shifting of capacitor bank to serve needing substation for reactive power.
 Addition and monitoring of capacitor bank for reduction in energy losses.
v Adoption of the concept of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) by considering energy cost as an important element.
Energy audit of EHV substation namely Asoj, Haldarwa etc. were carried out.
v Standardized electricity system layouts in sub station from energy efficiency point of view and monitor
the consumption.
The use of lower losses material for transmission hardware will reduce the transmission losses. Items like
switchgear are even suitably selected and evaluated prior to the award, considering the most efficient
operation from thermal and loss efficiency point of view. Various other equipments, parameters and types
are also selected so as to curtail the losses.
Also the efforts are made for conservation of energy by way of selection of energy efficient equipments to
lower losses and various alternatives are also studied at the time of finalization of the transmission system
for any new project.
Further, to improve voltage profile and quality of power in low voltage pockets, particularly in Agriculture
season, 100 MVAr, 132 KV capacitor banks are commissioned at Paliyad, Vallabhipur, Junagadh & Haripur
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Substations. Further 233 Nos of 66 KV substations are identified for installation

of total 630 MVAr, 11 KV
capacitor banks and tenders
for the same are invited.
Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited is committed to inculcate and
promote the culture of energy conservation as a part of business strategy.
[B] Research & Development
GETCO has done following works in the field of
‘Research & Development’:-
 Asset Management is a very popular concept, by the way of
condition monitoring. However, it is very important that how the
condition monitoring is done. By experience we have developed/
adopted new methods to have standard measurement in the field of
condition monitoring so as to prevent equipment failure.
 In Tan delta measurement, generally utilities lookup to % value of
tan delta but by experience & way of analysis of the failure, we are
watching the change in capacitance in test equipment closely, for
knowing physical deformation in object. It is also useful to know the
quality of product- manufacturing quality & control at the time of
supply.
 In Tan delta measurement ‘C1’ measurement is very famous
method. However, occasionally it is observed that due to external
surface leakage the results are misguiding. We are using ‘C1’
measurement i.e. UST measurement with guard. This method is
useful where external surface play vital role due to moisture,
pollution etc.
 In Tan Delta we are at present collecting & monitoring ‘C2’
measurement data to understand its effect on oil deterioration.
 Transmission department has developed our own software to
evaluate health of transformer by using DGA results by Duval
triangle, Rogers ratio & key gas method for more than 2000 power
transformers regularly.
 On line DGA of transformer is under taken on
trial for evaluation of techniques.
 Development of Power Transformer database including DGA analysis,
Tan Delta measurement, Bushing
 Data for condition monitoring for more than 2000 No. of EHV class
power transformers.
 Transmission department has developed own
database for easy working & analysis.
 On major equipment failure, we analyze the mode of failure to help
us to develop new maintenance techniques as well as for stringent
acceptance test. On study of LA failure we have introduce the 24
  Hrs deep water test as acceptance test.
 Transmission department has developed software for monitoring of
line
 tripping events. The software helps to analyze mode of tripping of
lines which help to rectify it permanently and improve the
availability of sub-stations/ lines.
 Live line measurement of insulator condition by PID is helpful for
preventive maintenance as well as it reduce the outage hours which
is improving the availability.
 We are doing hot line maintenance by hot stick method since long.
This method has some limitation.
 In current year, hot line maintenance by bare hand techniques is
introduced which is helpful for effective & fast maintenance
without arranging shutdown.
 Introducing Thermo vision camera- measuring condition of clamp &
connectors. Effective results of thermo vision camera observed in
the field by way of reduction in short circuit in S/S. we are also
measuring equipment temperature of equipments.
 Adopting 3rd harmonic measurement techniques for lightning
arrestor condition based monitoring prevented catastrophic failure
in S/S.
The data base, scientific approach & analysis of data help engineers to understand
root causes of premature equipment failures and then take preventive measures
for improvement of overall system operation in line with objective of organization.