India 's Central Electricity Authority ( CEA ) has called for the government to invest $ 39bn in power transmission systems . With India having spent large sums on new technologies of energy generation in recent years , the government claims it now needs to develop the transmission infrastructure needed to prevent grid congestion and curtailment as part of its National Electricity Plan . The report says the money would provide funding for transmission lines , substations and reactive generators which would boost India 's growing renewable capacity up to 2022 .
India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has called for the country to invest $39bn in power transmission systems. With India having spent large sums on new forms of energy generation in recent years, the CEA claims it now needs to develop the transmission infrastructure needed to prevent grid congestion and curtailment as part of its National Electricity Plan. The report claims the money would provide funding for transmission lines, substations and reactive compensation which would support India's growing renewable capacity up to 2022.