The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on March 19, 2025, issued Guidelines on Unified Philosophy for Placement of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) In Indian Grid.
A Committee was constituted vide CEA letter dated October 04, 2024 under the Chairmanship of Member (Power System), CEA (PMU Committee) to suggest ways to harmonize various requirements for PMU installation into one single Guideline.
Based on the extensive deliberations held during the meetings and recommendations of the Committee, A Report of the Committee on "Guidelines on Unified Philosophy for placement of PMUS in Indian Grid" have been finalized. Subsequently, a meeting was held on March 13, 2025 under the Chairmanship of Chairperson, CEA to discuss the way forward for adoption of the Committee Report for implementation.
The Guidelines shall be adopted for implementation for URTDSM (Phase-II) project and all upcoming schemes with applicability as under:
• These Guidelines shall be applicable to all the upcoming Tariff-based Competitive Bidding (TBCB)/ Regulated Tariff Mechanism (RTM) based Projects. Additionally, these guidelines shall also be applicable to Projects (through TBCB or RTM route) for which the tender has been published before the date of issue of these guidelines for which the price bids are yet to be submitted.
• For the Transmission Scheme for which bidding was submitted on or after December 27, 2022 (the date of notification of CEA Construction Standards, 2022) but before January 19, 2024 (the date of notification of CERC Guidelines on Interfacing requirements, 2024), PMUs shall be installed as per RFP document.
• For the transmission Scheme for which bid was submitted on or after January 19, 2024, PMUs shall be installed as per RFP duly factoring in CERC Interface Guidelines.
• The PMU Committee Guidelines, viz., "Guidelines on Unified Philosophy for Placement of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) in Indian Grid" shall be effective from the date of issue of the Guidelines (March 19, 2025).
[Notification No. CEA-PS-14-12/9/2024-PSETD Division]
