The Consultative Committee meeting of the Ministry of Power was held in Chandigarh under the chairmanship of Union Power Minister Shri Manohar Lal. The meeting focused on the theme of “Grid Stability” and was attended by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Power, Members of Parliament who are part of the Consultative Committee, the Secretary, Ministry of Power, and senior officials from key power sector institutions, including the Central Electricity Authority, Grid Controller of India Limited, and Central Transmission Utility of India Limited.
The committee deliberated on the evolving requirements of grid stability in the context of India’s rapidly rising electricity demand, large-scale renewable energy integration, and the increasing penetration of inverter-based generation resources along with bulk electricity loads. Discussions covered critical areas such as secure renewable energy integration, strengthening of transmission infrastructure, energy storage systems, dynamic reactive power support, grid flexibility, compliance with technical standards, forecasting accuracy, power quality management, and overall grid resilience.
Members emphasized that grid stability is central to ensuring long-term energy security, and that India’s clean energy transition must be supported by a reliable, flexible, and resilient power system. The committee appreciated several ongoing initiatives, including resource adequacy planning, expansion of ancillary services, promotion of energy storage, deployment of STATCOMs and synchronous condensers, PMU-based monitoring systems, black-start mock drills, and continuous strengthening of technical standards. It also noted the achievement of record renewable capacity integration of over 50 GW within a year.
The committee further highlighted key action areas such as avoiding mismatches between transmission infrastructure and renewable project commissioning, promoting pumped storage projects for long-duration storage, encouraging bulk consumers near renewable generation hubs, and deploying advanced grid-support equipment. It also stressed the need for improved forecasting using better weather data, enhanced compliance monitoring, and periodic review of emerging technologies such as battery storage systems and grid-forming inverters.
The meeting concluded with a collective resolve to strengthen India’s power system and ensure a clean, reliable, flexible, secure, and resilient national electricity grid.
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