Edamon – Kochi Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 148km from Edamon, Punalur, Kollam District, India, to Kochi, Kerala, India.

Construction works on the Edamon – Kochi Line started in 2016 and the project was commissioned in 2019.

Description

The Edamon – Kochi Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Kerala State Electricity Board. The Edamon – Kochi Line is a new line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

Approximately $181.15m was financed by the authorities to undertake the construction works of the project.

Edamon – Kochi Line project development status

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The development of the Edamon – Kochi Line project was approved by Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission in 2016 and the project works were completed in 2019.

About Kerala State Electricity Board

Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd (KSEB), a subsidiary of Government of Kerala, is an electric utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity. The utility offers services such as online bill payment, meter reading, online connection service, alteration of wiring, energy efficiency, energy audits, energy conservation, electrical safety, energy consultation, rebates and incentives, outage reporting, load management and online services. It owns and operates through a network of power plants, transmission lines and substations. The utility serves residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial customers across Kerala.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.