India State of Maharashtra Builds Capacity to Double Electricity Transmission
ESMAP played a key role in this successful outcome through a technical assistance program to strengthen MSETCL’s capacity to manage public‐private contracts and implement a range of new human resource policies that have helped turn a traditional state‐run company in to a commercial business entity.
The Indian state of Maharashtra has more than doubled its electricity transmission capacity over the past decade, and currently meets a daily state demand of over 15,700 megawatt (MW) with a system availability of 99 percent. Energy sector management assistance program (ESMAP) played a key role in the successful outcome through a technical assistance program to strengthen Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL’s) capacity to manage public‐private contracts and implement a range of new human resource policies that have helped turn a traditional state‐run company in to a commercial business entity. The ESMAP technical assistance program also served as springboard for a United States (U.S.) 50 million dollars International Finance Corporation (IFC) loan, disbursed in early 2012, which paved the way for MSETCL to qualify for and access commercial financing for the first time.