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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-26062024-254953
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2335]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024/ASHADHA 5, 1946
3761 GI/2024
MINISTRY OF POWER
ORDER
New Delhi, the 25th June, 2024
[F. No. 25-16/23/2024-PG]
M.V.N. VARA PRASAD, Under Secy. (PG)
S.O. 2456(E). Whereas M/s. Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd. has its registered address at Atelier
Airport office Suites 2 -Level 1 (Lower ground floor), Worldmark-2, Asset 8, Aerocity, NH-08, New Delhi 110037,
India has applied for authorization under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for laying of overhead transmission
line under "Transmission system for evacuation of Power from 300 MW wind project of Scatec India Renewables
One Pvt. Ltd from pooling substation to Koppal II PGCIL GSS, Koppal -Karnataka".
And whereas, Ministry of Power, Government of India vide its letter 25-17/37/2023-PG dated 06.11.2023
had granted prior approval under section 68(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the overhead line covered under
"Transmission system for evacuation of Power from 300 MW wind project of Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd
from pooling substation to Koppal II PGCIL GSS, Koppal -Karnataka".
M/s. Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd. has published notice for transmission scheme in local
newspapers Deccan Herald (in English) dated 03.11.2023, Rajasthan Patrika (in English) dated 05.11.2023, Rajasthan
Patrika (in Hindi) dated 16.11.2023, Prajavani (in Kannada) dated 03.11.2023 and in Weekly Gazette of India dated
02.12.2023 for the general public to make observations/representations on the proposed transmission route within 2
Months from the date of publication. Subsequently, M/s. Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd. has submitted an
affidavit dated 08.02.2024 declaring that no observation/representation was received within 2 months from the date of
Publication in the official gazette of Government of India.
And now the applicant has requested to confer upon him, all the powers under section 164 of the Electricity
Act, 2003, which the telegraph authority possess under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to the placing of
telegraph lines and posts for the purpose of a telegraph established or maintained by Government or to be so
established or maintained for laying of electric lines under "Transmission system for evacuation of Power from 300
MW wind project of Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd from pooling substation to Koppal II PGCIL GSS, Koppal
-Karnataka":
1. 300 MW Wind project at Koppal - Koppal II PGCIL GSS 220 kV S/C.
The transmission line covered under the above scheme will pass through, over, around and between the following
villages, towns and cities of Karnataka:
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
| S. No.| Name of Villages | Tehsil | District |
+=======+=====================================================+==========+==========+
| 1 | Yapaldinni, Nalagol, Hunsihal, Murdi, Guttur, Wangeri | Yelburga | Koppal |
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
Now, after careful consideration, Ministry of Power, Government of India, under section 164 of the Electricity
Act, 2003, confers all the powers to M/s. Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd. for laying above overhead line,
which telegraph authority possesses under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 with respect to placing of telegraph lines
and posts for the purposes of a telegraph established or maintained, by Government or to be established or maintained
subject to following terms and conditions for installing the above mentioned line, namely:
i. The approval is granted for 25 years.
ii. The Applicant shall have to seek the consent of the concerned authorities i.e., local bodies, Railways,
National Highways, State Highways etc. before erection of proposed line.
iii. The Applicant shall have to follow regulations/codes of the Appropriate Commission regarding transmission,
O&M, open access, etc., framed under Electricity Act, 2003.
iv. The Applicant shall operate the line after approval of Electrical Inspector / Chief Electrical Inspector of
Central Government.
v. The approval is subject to compliance of the requirement of the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 and
the rules made there under by the applicant.
vi. M/s. Scatec India Renewables One Pvt. Ltd. shall have to submit the requisite clearances to Central
Electricity Authority after obtaining the same from concerned authorities like Civil Aviation, Defense etc., at
the time of Electrical Inspection.
vii. In case, the route of above overhead lines (or some portion of the route of above overhead line) falls in the
Great Indian Bustard (GIB) potential zone (or priority zone), the applicant has to comply with the orders of
the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the petition No.838 of 2019 regarding Great Indian Bustard (GIB) case, and
the directions of the technical/expert committee constituted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in this regard.
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