ONGOING PROJECTS
1. Procurement, commissioning of 37 no of RTUs by retrofitting for dual reporting.
Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) are the basic terminal equipment commissioned at Sub-station for acquiring electrical feeder data to be transmitted to SLDC for SCADA purpose. Presently SCADA at SLDC is receiving data from 198 OPTCL sub-stations either from RTU or from SAS Gateways. All RTUs/SAS are already reporting to dual control centres at MCC, SLDC, Bhubaneswar & BCC, Meramundali except 37 nos. of RTUs which are reporting to one master only. As per upcoming SCADA upgradation project, dual reporting of RTUs has become mandatory for effective implementation of the project.
2. OPGW work in 132KV Joda-Rourkela line:
Earth wire over 105 Km long very old 132KV Joda-Rourkela line will be replaced by 48F OPGW.This project will establish optical fibre connectivity with major Grid S/S like Barbil, Bolani, Arya, Karakendra, BK Steel, Nalda, Bhalulata and other CGPs/IPPs. This will strengthen the transmission line of OPTCL.
3. STAMS (State Transmission Asset Management System):
OPTCL has initiated the much awaited STAMS project in collaboration with PowerGrid Covering all Grid S/S of OPTCL, for which a dedicated MPLS communication network is being established, with the Telecom infrastructure serving as its backbone.
4. BharatNet Phase-II Project in Odisha:
“BharatNet” is a Flagship Project of Govt. of India, funded by USOF for provisioning high speed Internet to all Block Head Quarters and Gram Panchayats(GP) in India under Digital India Mission.OPTCL is the State Implementing Agency (SIA) of Bharat Net Phase-II Project, Which covers all 30 districts of Odisha with 3065 GPs & BHQs. The scope of the project is to lay Overhead Optical Fibre (ADSS fibre) of 20429 KM using 33kv, 11kv & LT poles of respective DISCOMs.
5. SCADA Up gradation:
Existing SCADA/EMS at ERLDC and SLDCs in Eastern Region will be upgraded under Implementation ULDC Phase-III for modern functionality & features of load dispatch activity.
6. Establishment of OPGW based communication of CGP/IPPs:
The Telecom Wing of OPTCL is implementing OPGW-based communication links between various CGPs/IPP plants and SLDC, Bhubaneswar on supervision-charge basis. At present, such connectivity is under implementation for IOCL Paradeep, JSPL Angul, JSPL Barbil and other upcoming projects.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
1. OPGW work in Balance line sections of OPTCL:
Laying of OPGW on the existing /new EHV transmission Lines of 1022.5 km distance covering 16 grid S/S which were left in the earlier OPGW projects.
Now the project is with OERC for approval.
2. Up gradation of OPGW Network:
Considering the strategic importance of uninterrupted and scalable communication infrastructure, and in compliance with the direction of the E & IT Department, Govt. of Odisha, it has become necessary to augment the fiber capacity by upgrading selected OPGW routes with 48F OPGW and associated terminal infrastructure.
Now the project is with SFC for approval.