The third transformer of 400/132kv system will be energised along with two transformers of 132/33 KV system at the 400 KV substation in Sector 123 from April this year. This is the third substation after Pali in Greater Noida and Sector 148 in Noida, all of 400 KV capacity each, that will together share the load of power transmission in Gautam Budh Nagar. Built at Rs 282.36 crore, the Sector 123 substation is partly funded by Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (UPPTCL) while the remaining cost is borne by the Noida Authority.
“We will be energising three transformers at the 400 KV substation in Sector 123 from April this year in different phases. These include one 400/132 KV transformer and two smaller transformers of 132/33 KV system. There are a total of eight transformers that have to be energised for the newly constructed Sector 123 substation out of which two have already been energised last year. After energising the three in April, remaining three will be energised in the second phase later this year,” said Puneet Gupta, superintending engineer (transmission), UPPTCL.
According to Gupta, the Sector 123 substation will help improve the power supply in Noida as it is the additional third substation for the district apart from 400 KV substation at Pali and one 400 KV substation in Sector 148.
“The load of transmission will now be shared by these three substations all of 400 KV each, as against earlier two. Hence, the supply of industrial areas as well as sectors along 132/33 KV lines will benefit in coming months,” said Gupta. The power department has already initiated dual-line connections per smaller substations across the city to ensure supply continuity in case one line trips or is detected with a fault.
