Power Grid: Manohar Lal Chairs Key Meeting

Chandigarh, Jun 2 (PTI) Union Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting under the Power Ministry, where discussions centred on creating a robust, future-ready power grid to support India's clean energy initiatives.

"Our discussions focused on building a robust and future-ready power grid to support India's clean energy ambitions," Lal said.

The members also exchanged views on enhancing grid resilience through transmission expansion, energy storage, renewable integration, advanced forecasting, and deployment of technologies that strengthen system stability, the minister said after the meeting.

The meeting focused on grid stability amid rising electricity demand, large-scale renewable energy integration, and the increasing share of inverter-based resources.

Lal highlighted the importance of a reliable, flexible, and resilient grid to support India's clean energy transition.

The meeting was attended by Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for Power, MPs, who are members of the Consultative Committee, the Secretary, Ministry of Power, and senior representatives from key power sector institutions, including the Central Electricity Authority, Grid Controller of India Limited and Central Transmission Utility of India Limited.


The committee deliberated on the emerging requirements of grid stability in view of India's growing electricity demand, large-scale renewable energy integration and increasing share of inverter-based generation resources and bulk loads, according to an official statement.

Discussions covered secure renewable integration, transmission strengthening, energy storage, dynamic reactive power support, grid flexibility, compliance with technical standards, forecasting, power quality and resilience of the grid.

It was noted that grid stability is central to energy security and that India's clean energy transition must be supported by a reliable, flexible and resilient power grid.

Various measures for ensuring grid stability, such as avoiding a mismatch between commissioning of transmission lines and RE generation projects to avoid curtailment and encouraging suitable bulk consumers closer to large renewable generation complexes to optimise transmission investments, were appreciated.

The committee appreciated the record renewable capacity integration of more than 50 GW in a year.

Earlier on Monday evening, the Union minister chaired a review meeting here to assess the performance of Haryana's power utilities and various centrally sponsored schemes.