Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Mundi Transformer Raises MP Transmission Capacity To 85,488 MVA
MP Transco added a new transformer at a power station in Khandwa.
A transformer helps electricity move through the power network.
The new transformer can handle 50 MVA of additional capacity.
This increased the Mundi Substation’s capacity from 40 MVA to 90 MVA.
It also raised MP Transco’s total transmission capacity in Madhya Pradesh to 85,488 MVA.
The upgrade is intended to support the state’s growing need for electricity.
It strengthens the transmission network in the Nimar region.
MP Transco now operates 417 extra high voltage substations across the state.
MP Transco energised an additional 50 MVA transformer at its 132 kV Mundi Substation in Khandwa.
The commissioning increased MP Transco’s total transformation capacity in Madhya Pradesh to 85,488 MVA.
Mundi Substation’s capacity rose from 40 MVA to 90 MVA.
The project strengthens electricity transmission in the Nimar region amid rising state power demand.
MP Transco operates 417 EHV substations, including 14 at 400 kV, 88 at 220 kV and 315 at 132 kV.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company, or MP Transco, carried out the upgrade; Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar announced the capacity increase.
- What
- A 50 MVA transformer was energised at the 132 kV Mundi Substation, increasing the state transmission network’s total transformation capacity to 85,488 MVA.
- When
- The article does not specify a date.
- Where
- Mundi Substation in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To strengthen the transmission network and support growing electricity demand in Madhya Pradesh, particularly in the Nimar region.
- New transformer capacity
- 50 MVA
- Mundi Substation voltage
- 132 kV
- Mundi Substation capacity
- Increased from 40 MVA to 90 MVA
- MP Transco total transformation capacity
- 85,488 MVA
- Total EHV substations
- 417
- 400 kV substations
- 14
- 220 kV substations
- 88
- 132 kV substations
- 315