The Ministry of Power has taken a number of steps for implementation of the recommendations of the Enquiry Committee that was constituted to look into the reasons for the grid disturbances in July last year. The committee was headed by Chairperson CEA. The measures undertaken by the Ministry include:
Tightening of frequency band from 49.5-50.2 Hz to 49.7-50.2 Hz.
Introduction of congestion charges in events of line outages by STUs.
Control of unscheduled drawl.
Independent third party protection audit.
Corrective action by PGCIL to renovate and upgrade their system.
Installation of optic-fibre network between all substations of PGCIL for advanced real time communication.
Preparation of Islanding Schemes in different States for sustained supply in emergency.
This information was given by the minister of state for Power Jyotiraditya M Scindia in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.