Transco wins award for lowest transmission losses in the southern region

TG-Transco Director G. Sampath Kumar presents the award to Special Principal Secretary (Energy) Navin Mittal – with CMD D. Krishna Bhaskar on his right – in Hyderabad on Monday.

HYDERABAD

The Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TG-Transco) has been awarded for achieving the lowest transmission losses in the southern region in the fiscal year 2025-2026 at the Power Line TransTech India Utility Awards 2026 presented in New Delhi.

According to officials, TG-Transco posted transmission losses of 2.20% in FY2025-2026, compared to 2.19% in FY2024-25 and 2.30% in FY2023-24. The transmission company won the award for the second year in a row.

Director (Grid and Transmission Management) G. Sampath Kumar received the award on October 14 from Alok Batra, Managing Director, Power Line, and Founder CEO of POSOCO, now known as Grid-India, SK Soonee.

Telangana met a record peak demand of 20,018 megawatts on October 16 with TG-Transco more than doubling its network capacity since its inception in 2014 and continuously expanding and strengthening the system to meet growing demand.

The works include setting up of new substations and transmission lines, expansion of existing capacity, bifurcation of buses and measures to improve voltage management and reactive power in coordination with Discoms.

Published – 26 Oct 2026 21:20 IST