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POWERGRID’s NET RISES by 17.82 %
A Navratna PSU and the Central Transmission Utility of the Country,
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has reported a net
profit of Rs1448.47 crore for the financial year ended March 2008, a
17.82% rise as compared to the previous year. The turnover of the
Corporation rose to Rs.5081.53crore from Rs. 4097.15crore, up by 24.03%.
At present POWERGRID is operating around 68,000 ckt. kms. of
transmission lines along with 115 Sub-stations with transformation
capacity of more than 75,000 MVA. With the use of state-of-the-art
preventive maintenance techniques, average availability of transmission
systems during the year 2007-08 was maintained at 99.65%. POWERGRID
continues to wheel about 45% of total power generated in the country
through its transmission network
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