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Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation

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Industry
  
Electricity

Website
  
www.tantransco.gov.in

Owner
  
Government of Tamil Nadu

Area served
  
Tamil Nadu

Parent
  
TNEB Limited

Founded
  
1 October 2010

Organization type
  
State-owned enterprise

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Native name
  
தமிழ்நாடு மின் தொடரமைப்புக் கழகம் (வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது)

Predecessor
  
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Electricity Transmission Wing

Services
  
Electric power transmission

Headquarters
  
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Purpose
  
Electric power transmission

The Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO) (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு மின் தொடரமைப்புக் கழகம் (வரையறுக்கப்பட்டது)) is an electric power transmission system operator owned by Government of Tamil Nadu. It was established in November 2010, T as a result of restructuring the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. It is a subsidiary of TNEB Limited.

Substations

The TANTRANSCO maintains all the substations in Tamil Nadu apart from the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). These substations fall under one of the following categories:

  • 400/230 kV substations.
  • 230/110 kV substations.
  • 110 kV substations.
  • 33 kV substations.
  • less than this kV transmissions as 22 kV and 11 kV are used for distribution.

    66/11 kV substations were in use earlier. This is no longer the case anymore.

    References

    Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Wikipedia