PowerGrid's southern region transmission system-II has been conferred with the national award for meritorious performance in power transmission ‘system availability.' The award has been instituted by the Union Ministry of Power for the year 2010-11.
Mr R.N. Nayak, CMD, PowerGrid, and Mr Bharat Bhushan, Executive Director PowerGrid-SRTS-II, received the award from Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power.
National awards to power utilities for meritorious performance have been instituted by the ministry to inculcate competitive spirit and to motivate the power utilities to achieve higher levels of performance.