ORDER

The Petitioner, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has filed the instant Petition under Section 17(3) of the Electricity Act, 2003 (‘the Act’) for sharing of 24.2 km of corridor of the existing 400 KV S/C Kolar-Somanahalli (Bangalore) (‘Kolar- Somanahalli Transmission Line’) owned and operated by POWERGRID with Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) to facilitate the construction of 9.5 Km of multi- circuit portion and 14.7 km of the double circuit portion for termination of proposed KPTCL lines at Mylasandra, Bangalore and Dommasandra, Bangalore.

2. The Petitioner has made the following prayers:

a) Grant approval under Section 17(3) of the Electricity Act, 2003, for sharing of the corridor of 24.2 km of the existing 400 KV S/C Kolar-Bangalore Transmission Line with Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited for implementation of the scheme as detailed in the Petition;

b) Pass such other order(s) as this Commission deems fit and appropriate under the circumstances of the case.

3. Brief facts of the case leading to the filing of the present petition are discussed as under:

a) 400 kV S/C Kolar- Somanahalli (Bangalore)Transmission Line in the