Annex3 2

National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited
National Power System

Expansion Plan
2011 - 2030
Final Report
Annexure 3: Transmission Plan
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2011
Prepared by
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Lavalin International Inc.
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in association with
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National Power Systems Expansion Plan
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Abbreviations:
ADB
Asian Development Bank
AEDB
Alternative Energy Development Board
cct-km
Circuit-kilometre
Consultant
SNC-Lavalin, Transmission and Distribution Group
DISCO
Distribution Company
DSM
Demand Side Management
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GENCO
Generation Company
HPP
Hydel (or Hydro) Power Project
HSFO
High-Sulphur Furnace Oil
HVAC
High Voltage Alternating Current
HVDC
High Voltage Direct Current
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
kA
Kilo-ampere
KESC
Karachi Electric Supply Company
km
Kilometre
KPT
Karachi Port Trust
kV
Kilovolt
MMcfd
Million cubic feet per day
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MT
Metric Tonnes
MTOE
Million Tons of Oil Equivalent
MVA
Mega volt-amperes
MWh
Megawatt-hour or 1,000 kilowatt-hours
NEPRA
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
NESPAK
National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited
NPP
National Power Plan, prepared by Acres International Limited in 1994
NTDC
National Transmission and Despatch Company
OGDCL
Oil and Gas Development Company Limited
P.P.
Power Project
PAEC
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
PARCO
Pak-Arab Refining Company
PEPCO
Pakistan Electric Power Company
National Power Systems Expansion Plan
PPIB
Private Power and Infrastructure Board
PPL
Pakistan Petroleum Limited
PQA
Port Qasim Authority
PSO
Pakistan State Oil
PSS/E
Power System Simulation
RFO
Residual Furnace Oil
SIL
Surge Impedance Load
SNGPL
Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited
SSGCL
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited
SYPCO
Generation planning software (System Production Costing)
TAVANIR
The Iranian Electric Utility
WAPDA
Water and Power Development Authority
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NTDC TRANSMISSION EXPANSION PLAN
1
OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 1
PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA .............................................................. 1
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NTDC LONGITUDINAL NETWORK...................... 3
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 5
4.1
Inputs ........................................................................................................................ 5
4.2
Development of Study Cases ................................................................................... 5
DETERMINATION OF FUTURE NEEDS OF 500/220 KV & 220/132 KV GRID

STATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 7
5.1
Load Forecast ........................................................................................................... 7
5.2
Needs of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations till 2020/21 .............................. 7
5.3
Needs of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations from 2020/21 to 2029/30 ........ 8
TRANSMISSION EXPANSION UP TO 2016-17 ............................................................. 9

6.1
Expansion Scheme ................................................................................................... 9
6.2
Power Dispersal Projects: Till 2016-17 ..................................................................... 9
6.3
Power Import Projects: Till 2016-17 ...................................................................... 11
6.4
New Grid Stations of 500/220 kV at Load Centers: Till 2016-17 ............................ 11
6.5
New Grid Stations of 220/132 kV at Load Centers: Till 2016-17 ............................ 12
6.6
Load Flow Results of the year 2016-17 .................................................................. 14
TRANSMISSION EXPANSION FROM 2016-17 TO 2020-21 ....................................... 16

7.1
7.1.1
Power Dispersal Projects: 2016-17 to 2020-21 .................................................. 17
7.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21 ................ 20
7.1.3
New 220/132 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21 ................ 21
7.1.4
New Transmission Lines for System Reinforcements Required for Normal and N1 Contingency Conditions: 2016-17 to -2020-21 ................................................. 22
7.1.5
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations:

2016-17 to -2020-21............................................................................................ 22
7.2
8
Expansion Scheme ................................................................................................. 16

8.1
8.1.1
8.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV: 202122 to 2025-26 ...................................................................................................... 29
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New 220/132 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 220 kV: 202122 to 2025-26 ...................................................................................................... 30
8.1.4
New Transmission Lines for System Reinforcements Required for Normal and N1 Contingency Conditions: 2021-22 to 2025-26 .................................................. 32
8.1.5
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid ................. 33
8.2
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9.1
9.1.1
9.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV: 202627 to 2030 ........................................................................................................... 40
9.1.3
New 220/132 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV:
2026-27 to 2030 .................................................................................................. 40
9.1.4
New Transmission Lines for System Reinforcements Required for Normal and N1 Contingency Conditions: 2026-27 to 2030 ....................................................... 41
9.1.5
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid 2026-27 to

2030 .................................................................................................................... 41
9.2
Load Flow Results of the year 2030 ....................................................................... 42
10 SHORT CIRCUIT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 49

10.1 Significance of Short Circuit Analysis ..................................................................... 49
10.2 Methodology and Assumptions for Maximum Fault Current Calculations .............. 49
10.3 Fault Current Calculations of the year 2020 ........................................................... 51
10.4 Fault Current Calculations of the year 2030 ........................................................... 52
11 TRANSIENT STABILITY STUDIES .............................................................................. 55
11.1 Stability Studies for the year 2020 .......................................................................... 56
11.2 Stability Studies for the year 2030 .......................................................................... 58
11.3 General Conclusions of Stability Studies ................................................................ 61
12 COST ESTIMATE OF TRANSMISSION EXPANSION ................................................. 61
12.1 Total requirement (BOQs) between 2017 and 2030 ............................................... 61
12.2 Total Cost ............................................................................................................... 62
13 CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................. 62
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 3-1
Existing/Committed 500/220 kV System ........................................................... 4
Figure 9-1
500/220 kV System in the Ultimate Year 2030 ................................................ 48
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix-1:
Input Data
Appendix-2:
Load Flow Study Results for year 2016-17
Appendix-3:
Appendix-4:
Appendix-5:
Load Flow Study Results for year 2030
Appendix-6:
Short Circuit Study Results for year 2020
Appendix-7:
Short Circuit Study Results for year 2030
Appendix-8:
Stability Study Results for year 2020
Appendix-9:
Stability Study Results for year 2030
Appendix-10:
Transmission Expansion Schedule
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NTDC TRANSMISSION EXPANSION PLAN

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OBJECTIVES
The transmission expansion plan for NTDC has been developed to fulfil the following
objectives:
To ensure that the planned generation expansion can be delivered to the major load
centres throughout the country
To identify any requirements (technical and/or economic) that might require the
introduction of any new voltage levels and/or transmission types into the existing
transmission network
To determine the reinforcements required in the transmission network to meet the

growing demand of the load centres by developing new grid stations and their
associated transmission lines at 500 kV and 220 kV levels interconnecting with the
transmission lines emanating from the proposed power plants.
To fulfill the reliability criteria of NTDC Grid Code approved by NEPRA in terms of
acceptable voltage, frequency, loading of lines and transformers for normal (N-0) and
contingency (N-1) conditions both under disturbed dynamic/transient conditions and
steady state conditions.
To determine the long-term impacts on fault levels throughout the transmission

network and to examine mitigating measures to deal with excessive fault levels.
To check the transient and dynamic stability of 500 kV HVAC or above, and HVDC
systems catering for the bulk transmission of power from major power plants to the
major load centres to verify the adequacy of network for normal and disturbed
conditions.
To estimate the economic cost of these reinforcements in a staged manner. Such

costs are then added to the cost of the new generation required to provide the basic
input data to the financial analysis and the examination of the impact on tariffs.
PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
The transmission system expansion plans are required to fulfil the Grid Code of NTDC
approved by NEPRA, the regulatory authority of electrical power in Pakistan. The following
are the planning and performance criteria laid down in the Grid Code:
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Steady State:
Adequacy evaluation of planning studies for steady-state system performance shall be
based on equipment loading, congestion management, fault levels and voltage regulation.
Steady-state planning studies for steady state load flow studies shall be deemed acceptable
if they do not result in any voltage violations or overloads based on predetermined loading
limits for Normal (N-0) and Emergency (N-1) contingency conditions.
Dynamic/Transient Conditions:
System stability must be maintained following the disturbances listed below:
(a) Permanent three-phase faults on any primary transmission line and associated
components. It is assumed that a fault will be cleared by circuit breaker action in 5 cycles.
(b) Failure of a circuit breaker to clear a fault (Stuck Breaker condition) in 5 cycles, with
back up clearing in 9 cycles after fault initiation
The robustness of the proposed transmission expansion plan shall be tested against
criterion (a) whereas the worst case of critical clearing time i.e. criterion (b) needs to be
applied at detailed design stage of generating stations. If the System is found to be unstable,
then mitigation measures shall be identified and incorporated into the system improvement
plans for future years.
Grid Frequency Variations:
The Frequency of the NTDC Transmission System shall be nominally 50Hz and shall be
maintained within the limits of 49.8 to 50.2 unless exceptional circumstances prevail.
Grid Voltage Variations:
Under (N-0) normal operating conditions, System Operating Voltages of the Total System
shall be maintained within the bandwidth of +8% to 5% of Nominal System Voltage. Under
(N-1) contingency operating conditions, the voltage variation shall be in the range of +10%
and 10% of Nominal System Voltage
Short Circuit (Fault Levels):
Short circuit calculations shall be prepared for each study year, and adequacy of fault
interrupting capability and short circuit withstand capacity shall be ensured.
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NTDC LONGITUDINAL NETWORK
Pakistan is geographically a longitudinal country, i.e. more like a vertical rectangle and same
is true for the primary network of NTDC. The 500 kV network runs from Peshawar in the
North to HUBCO near Karachi in the South (see Figure 3.1).
The maximum load is concentrated in the middle of the country where local generation
potential is limited because of lack of fossil fuel resources and meagre hydropower potential
in the plains. Hydropower generation potential is located in the North and thermal power
generation sources are mainly in the South. The least cost Generation Plan (Base Case)
developed for this Expansion Plan Study also envisages maximum hydropower generation
located up in the North whereas the major thermal power plants based on indigenous and
imported fossil fuel are located in South. Therefore during high water months when hydel
power is at the maximum the power flows from the North to South, whereas in low water
months when the thermal power in the South is run at its maximum, the power flow is
reversed to be from the South to North. Long HVAC (500 kV or above) and HVDC lines are
required to carry power from the far North and far South to mid country where the maximum
load is concentrated.
With insignificant local generation in mid-country, the huge reactive power (MVAR) demand
would not be advisable to be supplied from power plants in the far North and far South as
excessive flow of VARs would cause severe voltage drop across long and heavily loaded
lines, therefore sufficient VAR sources would be required to be installed in terms of shunt
capacitor banks at the distribution level and, if required, at the transmission level as well.
Other dynamic VAR compensation devices such as SVCs, SVS, and other FACTS devices
might be required to be installed at appropriate locations in mid-country.
Also in the high water season, when power flows mainly from hydel power plants in the
North, the HVAC circuits in the South would be lightly loaded because of the low dispatch of
thermal power from the South and vice versa. The lightly loaded HVAC lines generate
excessive VARs due to their high charging current and would require a sufficient amount of
shunt reactors, line connected or bus connected depending on the requirement. Therefore
the levels of compensations, inductive and capacitive, are to be very carefully studied and
planned.
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Figure 3-1
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4.1
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

Inputs
The following input data has been assumed for the study cases:
Load Forecast, base case scenario, prepared by NTDC and validated by SNCLavalin (Appendices1.1 and 1.2)
Base Case Generation Expansion Plan developed by SNC-Lavalin for NPSEP

(Appendix-1.4)
Transmission network data file in PSS/E format supplied by NTDC for the years
2010 and 2014
All the ongoing and committed or planned transmission expansion plans of

NTDC envisaged up to the year 2016-17 (Appendix-1.5).
Inputs from the other ongoing feasibility studies have been incorporated as
follows:
o
500 kV HVDC Bipole for 1000 MW import of power from Iran

(conducted by NESPAK and SNC Lavalin)
500 kV HVDC Bipole for 1300 MW import of power from CASA

(conducted by NESPAK and SNC Lavalin)
Transmission scheme based on 500 kV double circuits using quad

bundled Martin conductor for the evacuation of power from 26
hydropower plants to be located on river Indus and its tributaries in
Northern Areas of Pakistan (being conducted by PB/PPI/MAES)
Transmission scheme for evacuation of power from indigenous and

imported coal based thermal power plants in the South (Thar and
Karachi) connecting with the Southern Grid at 500 kV and at 600 kV
HVDC from South to Mid-country (being conducted by NESPAK and
SNC Lavalin)
4.2
Development of Study Cases
The spot years for study have been identified in agreement with NTDC
corresponding to different intervals in which major generation additions occur as
per the Base Case Generation Expansion Plan, which are 2016, 2020, 2025 and
2030 respectively.
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Base case of the year 2020 was developed as a reference to develop the other
spot years cases. DISCO transmission expansion plan up to the 132 kV level
developed till the year 2020 was used as the fundamental base case,
superimposing the NTDC transmission infrastructure of 220 kV and 500 kV
adequate to meet the DISCO transmission needs with the proposed extensions,
augmentations and construction of new 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV substations
Case for the year 2030 was developed to determine the ultimate scope of 220 kV
and 500 kV transmission additions in the system to meet the projected forecast
and the corresponding generation additions. The expansion of DISCO
transmission network up to the 132 kV level was assumed frozen at the year
2020 and future projections of loads were assumed lumped at new 220/132 kV
substations proposed to be constructed between 2020 and 2030.
The cases for the intermediate years of 2016 and 2025 were developed to
determine the scope of the transmission system expansion during the
intermediate years.
Standard tools of analysis for transmission expansion planning i.e. load flow,
short circuit and transient stability analyses were employed using the state of art
software PSS/E of Siemens-PTI.
Two cases each for high water (high hydel) and low water (high thermal) were
studied for each spot year of the study i.e. 2016, 2020, 2025 and 2030. Load flow
simulations were carried out for normal (N-0) and ) contingency (N-1) conditions
for each case to determine the adequacy of the proposed transmission facilities
for each seasonal pattern of power flow
Short circuit analysis was carried out for the calculation of maximum three-phase
and single-phase fault currents for the years 2020 and 2030 using IEC 909 as
employed in PSS/E software.
Transient stability analysis was carried out for the system of 500 kV for the years
2020 and 2030 employing the following standard worst case disturbance:
o
3-phase fault at bus bar with fault clearing time of 5 cycles
Trip of the heavily loaded circuit emanating from the bus bar
Monitor post fault damping of transients of rotor angles and power swings
with recovery of voltage and frequency of the system
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DETERMINATION OF FUTURE NEEDS OF 500/220 KV & 220/132 KV GRID

STATIONS
5.1
Load Forecast
NTDC has developed two scenarios of load forecast based on:
Power Market Survey (PMS)
Long Term Forecast involving growth indices of country globally
These forecasts are attached as Appendices 1.1 and 1.2. The first one may be called
bottom-up approach initiating from grass root level of 11 kV feeders and developed up to
132 kV level of DISCO peak. The other approach may be called top down that considers
overall countrys growth indices and develops future peak demand globally at country level
and then breaks it down to DISCO peaks.
The PMS forecast was used for developing the DISCO and NTDC transmission expansion
plans up to the year 2020. Individual DISCO peak cases have been combined together to
make a composite case for NTDC transmission expansion of the spot years of study up to
2020.
5.2
Needs of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations till 2020/21
For NTDC transmission system expansion between 2021 and 2030, the global forecast was
used because the focus is only on 500 kV and 220 kV network expansion in these years;
being given that the132 kV network expansion was frozen as of the year 2020.
Future reinforcements up to 2020 in the existing 220/132 kV grid stations in terms of
augmentation or addition and requirements for new 220/132 kV grid stations have been
worked out based on the following:
Tentative transmission expansion plan up to 2016-17 supplied by NTDC as attached

in Appendix-1.5
Need for new 220/132 kV substations established by DISCO transmission expansion

load flow analysis for normal and N-1 contingency cases up to the year 2020.
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Expansion of 500/220 kV grid stations up to the year 2020 has also been assumed
principally based on the tentative transmission expansion plan of NTDC (Appendix-1.5) plus
further requirements established due to overloading of 500/220 kV transformers revealed in
load flow analysis of DISCO peaks especially in big load centres of Lahore, Faisalabad,
Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi.
5.3
Needs of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations from 2020/21 to 2029/30
Detailed load capacity analysis has been carried out to determine the requirements of new
220/132 kV grid stations to feed different DISCO loads between 2020 and 2030. The results
are attached in Appendix 1.3. The methodology of this analysis is explained below:
Load flow case of year 2020 for NTDC transmission with all DISCO peak cases
combined in it, has been assumed as the base reference case. All loads
represented at 11kV and 132 kV have been frozen. The power supplied internally
through generation connected at 132 kV and imported from neighbouring DISCOs
(at CDPs) is also frozen
MW flows on 220/132 kV grid stations feeding each DISCO peak load in 2020 case
have been noted for respective DISCO in separate sheets.
Sum of MW flows at 220/132 kV transformers and the internal supply at 132 kV

levels is equal to DISCO peak load. The proportion of MW flows through a particular
220/132 kV grid station with reference to total MW flows injected into DISCO peak
as of 2020 base case has been worked out.
MW flows of 220/132 kV transformers of 2020 base case load flow were projected
up to the year 2030 at the annual growth rates of the respective DISCOs
maintaining the same ratio of MW flow that was worked out from the 2020 base
case load flow.
The concept of firm capacity i.e. N-1 of the transformers capacity has been applied
for the period 2020 2030.
When the projected MW flows at 220/132 kV grid station cross the firm capacity,
either of the following reinforcements have been proposed
o
Augmentation to higher capacity assuming maximum size of transformer to

be 350 MVA
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Addition of transformers depending on availability of space capping

maximum number of transformers to be 4 at one grid station with maximum
size of a transformer as 350 MVA .
New grid station in the neighbourhood of the same grid station where the
load has exceeded the firm capacity.
In Appendix 1.3, the results of the load capacity analysis for determining the need of
220/132 kV reinforcements in the concession area of each DISCO has been
presented in separate sheets which indicate replacement (augmentation), addition
(extension) and new 220/132 kV grid stations required between 2020 and 2030.
TRANSMISSION EXPANSION UP TO 2016-17
6.1
Expansion Scheme
6.2
Power Dispersal Projects: Till 2016-17
The major generation additions indicated in Generation Expansion Plan (Appendix-1.4),

including the committed and planned power plants, requiring additional transmission
facilities by the year 2016-17 are as follows:
Type
Installed
Capacity, MW
Commissioning
Year
Guddu New
CC
747
2013-14
Haveli Bahadur Shah
CC
3000
2015-16
Sahiwal
CC
1414
2015-16
Hydro
969
2015-16
Coal
3000
2016-17
Nuclear
680
2016-18
Import from Iran and CASA
Import
2000
2016-17
Wind Power (Gharo/Jhimpir)
Wind
1400
2012-17
Power Plants
Neelum-Jehlum
Thar/Imported Coal
CHASHNUPP-III & IV
To meet the forecasted demand and facilitate the evacuation of power from the committed
and planned power plants by the year 2016-17, a corresponding transmission expansion
plan has been developed.
NTDC provided their in-house developed transmission expansion plan till the year 2016-17
as shown in Appendix-1.5. The plan envisages removing the present bottlenecks in the
existing 500 kV and 220 kV network and substations which presently face severe
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congestions, overloadings and violations of Grid Code criteria.
This plan has been
incorporated as such in the load flow simulations for 2016-17 with some changes proposed
for the evacuation of power from the New Hydropower Plants (PB/PPI/MAES Study) and for
the Thar Coal and Imported Coal based thermal power plants (SNC/NESPAK Study).
The additions of transmission network necessary for the evacuation of power from the major
power plants in NPSEP by 2016-17 would be as follows:
For GudduNew (CCPP)

o
Guddu New CCPP M. Garh 500 kV S/C
In-Out of 500 kV Guddu Multan at Guddu New (CCPP)
In-out D.G. Khan - Multan 500 kV S/C at M. Garh
For Haveli Bahadur Shah (CCPP)

o
Haveli Bahadur Shah CCPP Faisalabad-West 500 kV D/C
In-Out of M. Garh Faisalabad-West S/C at Haveli Bahadur Shah CCPP
In-Out Gatti Multan 500 kV S/C at Faisalabad-West
In-Out Gatti-Rousch 500 kV S/C at Faisalabad-West
For Sahiwal (CCPP)

o
In-Out of Sahiwal Multan 500 kV S/C at Sahiwal (CCPP)
500 kV Sahiwal-Lahore- South 500 kV D/C
For Neelum-Jehlum (Hydro)

o
For Thar (Coal)

o
Neelum-Jehlum to Gujranwala (Gakhar) 500kV D/C
Thar to Matiari switching station 500 kV D/C
For Imported Coal (AES)

o
In-Out of Hub-Jamshoro 500 kV S/C at AES
AES to Matiari 500 kV D/C
Inout of AES-Matiari 500 kV S/C at Public Sector (Imported Coal)
In-out of 500 kV Jamshoro-Moro S/C at Matiari
For CHASHNUPP-III and IV (Chashma New)
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In-out of 220 kV D.I. Khan Jauharabad S/C at Chashma New
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For two clusters of wind power plants at Gharo and Jhimpir

o
Jhimpir T.M Khan Road 220 kV D/C
Gharo - Jhimpir 220 kV D/C
Power Import Projects: Till 2016-17
For import of power from Iran

o
500 kV HVDC Bipoles from Zahedan to Quetta
Quetta - Loralai 220 kV D/C
Quetta - Quetta Ind. 220 kV D/C
Quetta - Mastung 220 kV D/C
For import of power from CASA

o
500 kV HVDC Bipoles from Tajikistan to Peshawar-2
In-out of Tarbela Peshawar 500 kV S/C at Peshawar-2 (new

500/220kV substation)
o
6.4
In-out of Peshawar Shahibagh 220 kV S/C at Peshawar-2
New Grid Stations of 500/220 kV at Load Centres: Till 2016-17
The new 500/220 kV grid stations at load centres to be added in the system by 2016-17
with their proposed installed capacities and connectivity schemes are as follows:
No.
New 500/220 kV
Grid Station
R. Y. Khan
2x600
Guddu-New Multan In-Out at R.Y. Khan
D. G. Khan
2x600
Guddu Multan In-Out at D.G. Khan
Shikarpur-New
2x600
Guddu Dadu 1st and 2nd circuits In-Out at

Shikarpur New
Peshawar-2
2 x 750
In-out of Tarbela Peshawar 500 kV S/C at

Peshawar-2
Islamabad-West
2 x 750
Tarbela Rewat 500 kV S/C In-Out at

Islamabad West
Ghazi Brotha Rewat 500 kV S.C In-Out at
Islamabad West
In-Out of Tarbela-ISPR 220 kV at Islamabad
West 220 kV
Lahore-South
2 x 750
Sahiwal Lahore S/C In-Out at Lahore South

Lahore-South Lahore D/C
Faisalabad- West
2 x 750
M. Garh Gatti S/C In-Out at Faisalabad-West
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The details of extensions and augmentations proposed in the existing 500/220 kV grid
stations are indicated in detail in Appendix-1.5
6.5
New Grid Stations of 220/132 kV at Load Centers: Till 2016-17
The new 220/132 kV grid stations going to be added in the system by 2016-17 with their
proposed installed capacities and connectivity schemes are as follows:
No.
New 220/132 kV
Grid Station
Capacity
MVA
Rohri New
2x250
Engro IPP Rohri New 220 kV D/C

Rohri New Shikarpur 220 kV D/C
Kassowal
2 x 160
Vehari Yousafwala 220 kV D/C In-Out at

Kassowal
Bandala
2 x 160
Gatti K.S.K 220 kV D/C In-Out at Bandala
Khuzdar
2 x 160
Dadu Khuzdar 220 kV D/C
Wapda Town
2 x 250
LahoreNew K.L. Pat 220 kV D/C In-Out at

Wapda Town
Mansehra
2 x 250
Allai Khwar Mansehra 220 kV D/C

Mansehra Isbd. Pesh. Road 220 kV D/C
Ghazi Road
3 x 160
K.S. KakuRavi 220 kV S/C In-Out at Ghazi

Road
NKLPT Sarfraznagar 220 kV S/C In-Out at
Ghazi Road
Loralai
2 x 250
D.G. Khan Loralai 220 kV D/C
Okara New
3 x 250
Yousafwala Sarfraznagar D/C In-Out at Okara

New
10
Gujrat New
3 x250
Mangla Gujranwala 220 kV S/C & Mangla

Gakhar 220 kV S/C In-Out at Gujrat
11
T.T. Singh
3 x 250
Multan Samundri Rd 220 kV D/C In-Out at T.T.

Singh
12
Nowshera Ind.
3 x 250
G.Brotha Shahibagh 220 kV D/C In-Out at

Nowshera Ind.
13
R.Y. Khan
500/220/132 kV
2 x 250
14
Chishtian New
2 x 250
Vehari Chishtian New 220 kV D/C
15
Shalamar
3 x 160
Ravi/K.S.K Ghazi Raod220 kV D/C In-Out at

Shalamar
16
D.M. Jamali
1 x 160 + Uch Guddu 220 kV S/C In-Out at D.M. Jamali

1 x 100
17
D.I. Khan
2 x 250
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No.
New 220/132 kV
Grid Station
Capacity
MVA
D.I. Khan
18
19
20
21
Chakwal New
Lalian New
MirpurKhas New
Shadman
2 x 160
Mangla Rewat 220 kV S/C In-Out at Chakwal

New
2 x 250
Gatti Ludewala 220 kV D/C In-Out at Lalian

New.
2 x 160
Hala Road T.M. Khan Road 220 kV D/C

Hala Road T.M.Khan Road 220 kV S/C In-Out
at MirpurKhas New.
2 x 250
Shadman Bund Road 220 kV D/C (XLPE

Cable)
22
Taxila
2 x 250
Tarbela/Burhan Islamabad Pesh. Road 220 kV

D/C In-Out at Taxila
23
Chakdara
2 x 250
Mardan Chakdara 220 kV D/C
24
Jhimpir
2 x 250
Jhimpir T.M. Khan Road 220 kV D/C
25
Gharo
2 x 250
Garho Jhimpir 220 kV D/C
26
D.G. Khan
500/220/132 kV
2 x 250
27
Mastung
2 x 250
28
Faisalabad West 2 x 250

500/220/132 kV
Samundri Road Jhang Road 220 kV D/C

Faisalabad West T.T. Singh 220 kV D/C
29
M-3
Estate
Faisalabad West M-3 Industrial Estate 220 kV

D/C
Faisalabad West M-3 Industrial Estate 220 kV
S/C In-Out at Lalian
30
Jamrud
2 x 250
Peshawar Jamrud 220 kV D/C
31
Kohat
2 x 250
Peshawar New Kohat 220 kV D/C

Bannu Kohat 220 kV D/C
32
Islamabad I-10
2 x 250
Rewat Islamabad University 220 kV D/C In-Out

at Islamabad I-10
33
Kamalabad
2 x 250
Rewat Islamabad Pesh. Road 220 kV D/C InOut at Kamalabad
34
Kamra
2 x 250
Tarbela Taxila 220 kV S/C In-Out at Kamra
35
Iqbal Town
2 x 250
Lahore Wapda Town 220 kV D/C In-Out at

Iqbal Town
36
Gujranwala New
(In-between Theri
Sansi & G.P.
Road)
2 x 250
Mangla K.S. Kaku 220 kV S/C In-Out at

Gujranwala New
Gujranwala Gujranwala New 220 kV D/C
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No.
New 220/132 kV
Grid Station
Capacity
MVA
37
P. Bhattian Ind.
2 x 250
Gujranwala P. Bhattian Ind. 220 kV D/C
38
Head Faqirian
2 x 250
Ludewala Head Faqirian 220 kV D/C
39
Jauhrabad
2 x 250
Ludewala Chashma/D.I.Khan 220 kV D/C InOut at Jauhrabad
40
Alizai
2 x 250
Kohat Alizai 220 kV D/C
41
Arifwala
2 x 250
Yousafwala Kassowal 220 kV D/C In-Out at

Arifwala
The additions, augmentations, extensions etc. at 500 kV and 220 kV planned till 2016-17 to
resolve congestion and overloading in the system have been indicated in Appendix-1.5 and
are modeled and indicated in the load flow study results.
6.6
Load Flow Results of the year 2016-17
Load flow studies for high water (low thermal) and low water (high thermal) have been
performed for normal (N-0) and contingency (N-1) conditions for each case. The automatic
contingency analysis (ACCC) facility of PSS/E was used for the 220 kV network assuming
thermal limit as the permissible loading limit because 220 kV lines in the NTDC network are
not very long. However for the 500 kV system separate load flow simulations were
performed for each individual outage of a 500 kV circuit.
The loading limit in 500 kV may
not be the thermal limit and it is necessary to see the loading levels on the intact circuits for
each individual outage case from the point of view of stability limits.
The drawings of plotted results for high (HW) and low water (LW) cases are placed in
Appendices 2.1 and 2.2 respectively.
Normal (N-0) cases:
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.0
Results of Northern System of 500 kV
Exhibit-2016-HW-2.0
Results of Southern System of 500 kV and 220 kV
Exhibit-2016-HW-3.0
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.0
Exhibit-2017-LW-2.0
Exhibit-2017-LW-3.0
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The results indicate that in the high water season, the 500 kV circuits in the Northern system
i.e. North of Multan and Sahiwal, are relatively heavily loaded compared to those in the
Southern system and vice versa in the low water season. This is for the obvious reasons of
dispatch of more power from hydropower plants located in North and less power from
thermal power plants in the South during HW season and vice versa in LW season. Voltages
on the 500 kV and 220 kV systems on the entire NTDC system from North to South are
within the normal permissible limits of the NEPRA Grid Code. The power flows on the lines
of 500 kV and 220 kV and 500/220kV and 220/132 kV transformers are also within their
rated limits.
Contingency (N-1) cases:
The automatic contingency analysis (ACCC) for 220 kV network indicates no violations of
voltage and line loadings establishing the adequacy of 220 kV lines and 220/132 kV
transformers envisaged in the NTDC proposed tentative expansion plan up to 2016-17.
The one-line-out contingency cases of the 500 kV system has been carried out for Northern
system for HW season and for Southern system for LW season respectively.
The plotted results are placed in Appendices 2.1 and 2.2 as follows:
Outages for HW season (Appendix 2.1):
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.1
Peshwar-2 to Tarbela 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.2
Tarbela to G.Brotha 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.3
Tarbela to ISBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.4
ISBD-W to G.Brotha 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.5
G.Brotha to Gatti 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.6
Gatti to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.7
FBD-W to Haveli-P 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.8
ISBD-W to Rewat-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.9
Rewat-N to G.Brotha 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2016-HW-1.10
Rewat-N to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
N-Jehlum to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Gujranwala to Lahore-O 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-O to Gatti 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Outages for LW season (Appendix 2.2):

Exhibit-2017-LW-1.1
Tharcoal to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.2
Matiari to Jamshoro 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.3
AES-Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.4
HUB to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.5
Matiari to Moro 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.6
Jamshoro to Dadu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.7
Dadu to Shikarpur 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.8
Shikarpur to Guddu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.9
Moro to R.Y.Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2017-LW-1.10
D.G.Khan to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to Guddu-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
R.Y.Khan to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
M.Garh to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
M.Garh to Haveli-P 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Multan to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Multan to Rousch 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Rousch to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Multan to Sahiwal 500 kV Single Circuit Out
The results indicate that power flows on the intact circuits of 500 kV and 500/220 kV
transformers for each outage are within the limits. The voltage profile on all 500 kV bus bars
is also within the permissible criteria.
The above analysis establishes the fact that the proposed expansion scheme of the 500 kV
and 220 kV network till 2016-17 is adequate and fulfills the criteria of the Grid Code.
7
7.1
TRANSMISSION EXPANSION FROM 2016-17 TO 2020-21

Expansion Scheme
The sizes of 500/220 kV transformer banks are to be multiples of 750 MVA or 1000 MVA for
all the new 500/220 kV grid stations and multiples of 250 MVA or 350 MVA for all the new
220/132 kV substations as per requirements.
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The consolidated list of all the transmission expansion projects between 2016-27 and 202021 is provided in Appendix-10.1.
7.1.1
Power Dispersal Projects: 2016-17 to 2020-21
Following are the major additions of power plants between 2016-17 and 2020-21 proposed
in the NPSEP:
Type
Installed
Capacity, MW
Commissioning
Year
Coal
2400
2017-18
Tarbela 4th Extension
Hydro
960
2017-18
Karot
Hydro
720
2017-18
Asrit-Keddam
Hydro
215
2017-18
Madyan
Hydro
157
2017-18
Golan Goal
Hydro
106
2017-18
Coal
4200
2018-19
Azad Pattan
Hydro
222
2018-19
Chakothi
Hydro
500
2018-19
Kalam-Asrit
Hydro
197
2018-19
Gabral-Kalam
Hydro
101
2018-19
Shogosin
Hydro
127
2018-19
Shushgai
Hydro
102
2018-19
Coal
4200
2019-20
Chashma
Nuclear
1000
2019-20
Suki Kinari
Hydro
840
2019-20
Kaigah
Hydro
548
2019-20
Coal
2400
2020-21
Diamer Basha 1
Hydro
2250
2020-21
Bunji 1
Hydro
1800
2020-21
Nuclear
1000
2020-21
Wind
400
2017-2021
New Power Plants

Thar
Thar
Thar
Thar
Qadirabad
Wind Power (Total)
All rental power plants such as Samundri, Gulf, Walters, Karkey and Reshma have been
assumed dismantled and not considered in the study for this period.
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The already proposed interconnection schemes by NTDC for Neelum Jhelum and Karot
hydro power plants have been modified to call at new hydropower plants on its way.
The transmission additions vital for the evacuation of power from these major power plants
in the NPSEP between 2016-17 and 2020-21 would be as follows:
For Thar Coal

o
600 kV HVDC
2x2000 MW Bipoles from Thar to Lahore-South with
converter stations of same capacity on both ends

o
600 kV HVDC 2x2000 MW Bipoles from Thar to Faisalabad-West with

For Karot
o
500 kV D/C from Thar to Karachi (a new 500/220 kV substation at KDA-33)
In-out of one circuit of 500 kV D/C Neelum Jehlum to Gujranwala
For Azad Pattan

o
In-out of one circuit of 500 kV D/C Neelum Jehlum to Gujranwala
In-out Neelum Jehlum - Gujranwala 500 kV D/C at Aliot Switching Station is

required for interconnection of Both Karot and Azad Pattan HPPs
For Diamer-Basha 1 and Bunji 1

o
Basha - Chilas 500 kV D/C
Basha - Mardan New 500 kV D/C via Swat Valley
Bunji - Chilas 500 kV D/C
Chilas - Aliot 500 kV D/C
Two 500 kV Switching Stations of Chilas & Aliot and a 500/220/132 kV

substation of Mardan New to feed local loads
Aliot - Islamabad West 500 kV D/C
Aliot - Lahore-North 500 kV D/C (new 500/220 kV substation of Lahore-North)
For Gabral-Kalam, Kalam-Asrit, Asrit-Kedam, and Madyan (Swat Valley HPPs)

o
In-out one each of Basha-Mardan 500 kV D/C at each of Swat HPPs
For Shogosin, Shushgai and Golen Gol (Chitral Valley HPPs)

o
Chitral 220/132 kV substation to collect power from all HPPs at 132 kV
Chitral-Chakdara 220 kV D/C
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For Suki Kinari

o
For Chakothi
o
Chakothi-Aliot 220 kV D/C
500/220kV transformers 2x600 MVA at Alliot
For Chashma Nuclear

o
In-out of one circuit of 500 kV D/C Chilas-Aliot
Chashma-Ludewala 500 kV D/C
For Kaigah
o
Kaigah-Mardan New 500 kV D/C (operated as an interim arrangement until

the commissioning of 2nd stage of Basha).
(This plant would be advisable to be built in the timeline of 2n d stage of Basha.
In that case, its interconnection would be In-out of Basha-Mardan 500 kV S/C
at Kaigah)
For Qadirabad Nuclear

o
500 kV D/C from Qadirabad Nuclear power plant to Gujranwala
The following switching stations will be constructed as power collecting hubs from HPPS on
the rivers Indus, Jehlum and their tributaries:
Chilas 500 kV with following connections:

o
Chilas - Basha 500 kV D/C(already mentioned above)
Chilas - Bunji 500 kV D/C(already mentioned above)
Aliot 500/220 kV with following connections:

o
Chilas Aliot 500 kV D/C(already mentioned above)
In-Out Neelum Jehlum to Gujranwala D/C at Aliot (already mentioned above)
Aliot - Islamabad-West 500 kV D/C (already mentioned above)
Aliot - Lahore-North 500 kV D/C with one circuit calling at Gujrat
Chakothi - Aliot 220 kV D/C (already mentioned above)
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7.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21
The expansion of the 500 kV network in and around major load centers, such as Peshawar,
Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi, has been proposed in such a manner that a
ring of 500 kV encircles them with stage by stage additions of new 500/220 kV substations
as needed in future years briefly described below:
Mardan 500/220 kV, 3x750 MVA, connected as follows:

o
With HPPs of Northern Areas through a 500 kV D/C via Swat valley as
discussed above
With Peshawar-2 through 500 kV D/C
Matiari 500/220 kV (initially switching station) to be a full substation of 2x750 MVA

capacity
Islamabad-West 500/220/132 kV (already constructed as discussed above) to

connect to Aliot S/S with 500 kV D/C
Lahore-South 500/220 kV (already constructed as discussed above), to be built as

big power-hub of HVDC and HVAC connecting:
o
With the coal based power plants in South through
HVDC Bipoles and
respective converter stations as discussed above and

o
With 500 kV ring around Lahore by initially constructing 500 kV D/C LahoreSouth - Lahore-Old. This is in addition to in-out of Lahore-Sahiwal 500 kV S/C
at Lahore-South proposed in 2016-17.
500 kV D/C from Lahore-South to Sahiwal (already mentioned above)
Lahore-North 500/220 kV, 2X1000 MVA to be connected completing the 500 kV ring
around Lahore as follows:
Gujranwala-Lahore North 500 kV D/C
Lahore-South to Lahore North 500 kV D/C
Faisalabad-West 500/220/132 kV, 2x750 MVA(already constructed as discussed

above), to be built as big power-hub of HVDC and HVAC connecting with the coal
based power plants in South through
HVDC Bipoles and respective converter
stations as discussed above
Following will be carried out at Ghazi-Brotha to avoid overloading in N-1

contingencies at 500 kV circuits between Tarbela and Faisalabad:
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Disconnect one 500 kV circuit each presently connected to Tarbela and Gatti
and jumpers to be connected to bypass Ghazi-Brotha to achieve a direct
Tarbela-Gatti S/C.
Construct 500 kV D/C from Faisalabad-W to Ghazi Brotha and utilize the two
circuit breakers of 500 kV spared at Ghazi-Brotha, as discussed above, to
connect to Ghazi-Brotha.
Karachi (near KDA-33) 500/220 kV, 3x1000 MVA, connecting with NKI through
500kV D/C to form a ring of 500 kV around Karachi. Whereas NKI has already been
connected to two Imported Coal fired plants (AES and Public Sector) to form a bigger
ring of 500 kV between Karachi, Jamshoro and Matiari
Ludewala 500/220 kV, 2x750 MVA (assumed at the same place as of existing
Ludewala 220/132 kV substation having enough space available). It will be
connected to main grid through in-out of Ghazi-Brotha Gatti 500 kV S/C and
Tarbela-Gatti 500kV S/C (amended as discussed above).
Gujrat 500/220 kV, 2x750 MVA connected through In-Out Aliot
to Lahore-North
500kV S/C
Vehari 500/220 kV, 2x750 MVA connected through In-Out Multan-Sahiwal 500 kV
S/C
7.1.3
Moro 500/220 kV, 2x750 MVA (switching station already constructed in 2016-17).
New 220/132 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21
The detailed transmission expansion studies of all DISCOs for this period have established
the need for new 220/132 kV grid stations. The new 220/132 kV grid stations to be added in
this period are as follows:
Year
Voltage
Size MVA
220 kV D/C Connections
2018 Shaikh Manda (Quetta)
220/132
2x250
Quetta-New(HVDC) to Sh. Manda
2020 Qasimpur
220/132
3x250
Multan-New to Qasimpur 220 kV

(UGC cable if ROW not available)
2020 New Larkana
220/132
2x250
Shikarpur to Larkana-New 220 kV
2020 New Hala
220/132
2x250
Matiari-New-Hala 220 kV
2020 Bhakkar
220/132
2x250
D.I. Khan to Bhakkar 220 kV
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7.1.4
New Transmission Lines for System Reinforcements Required for Normal and
N-1 Contingency Conditions: 2016-17 to -2020-21
The following additional circuits are required to be added to avoid overloading on lines
during normal and N-1 contingency conditions:
Year
7.1.5
Line
kV
Type
2016
In-Out Karachi-Coal PPs to Matiari at NKI
500kV
2 X D/C
2018
ISBD-West to IBD-P.Rd
220 kV
D/C
2018
Mardan-Mardan New (500/220 kV)
220 kV
2xD/C
2018
Faiselabad-West to Samundri Rd.
220 kV
D/C
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations:

2016-17 to -2020-21
Augmentations/Extensions at 500/220 kV grid stations proposed in this period are as follows:
Year
Substation
Voltage
Size
Type
2018
Lahore-South
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2019
Islamabad-West
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2019
Gujranwala (Gakhar)
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2019
Rewat
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2019
Sahiwal (Yousafwala)
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2020
Peshawar-2
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2020
NKI
500/220
2x600 MVA
Extension
Twenty three (23) Augmentations/Extensions at 220/132 kV grid stations have been carried
out as explained in Appendix-10.1.
7.2
The above transmission scheme is the outcome of load capacity analysis and detailed load
flow analysis. The load flow studies for high hydel (low thermal) and low water (high thermal)
have been performed for normal (N-0) and contingency (N-1) conditions for the study spot
year of 2020-21 for each case. The study results with connectivity of all the new 500kV and
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220 kV grid stations and new transmission lines proposed for this period have been plotted
and attached for HW and LW seasons in Appendix-3.1 and 3.2 respectively:
Normal (N-0) cases:
Load flow results of normal cases i.e. with no circuits out of service, are attached as follows:
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.0
Exhibit-2020-HW-2.0
Exhibit-2020-HW-3.0
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.0
Exhibit-2021-LW-2.0
Exhibit-2021-LW-3.0
The results indicate the same pattern of power flows as in the previous spot years of study
i.e. heavier flows in Northern circuits of 500 kV and 220 kV during HW season and relatively
lighter flows on Southern grid; and vice versa during LW season. With the proposed
schemes of transmission expansion the system performance fulfills the Grid Code criteria.
The voltages on 500 kV and 220 kV on the entire NTDC system from North to South are
within the normal permissible limits. The power flows on the lines of 500 kV and 220 kV and
500/220kV and 220/132 kV transformers are also within their rated limits.
The automatic contingency analysis (ACCC) for the 220 kV network was carried out which
indicated some violations requiring reinforcement of the network as described above in
section 7.1.4. With the proposed reinforcements the violations of voltage and line loadings
were eliminated.
The one-line-out contingency cases of the 500 kV system have been carried out for Northern
system for HW season; and for Southern system for LW season respectively.
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.1
Basha-1 to Gabral-K 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.2
Gabral-K to Asrit-K 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.3
Asrit-K to Madyan -N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.4
Basha-1 to K-Asrit 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.5
Asrit-K to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Exhibit-2020-HW-1.6
Madyan to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.7
Mardan-New to Peshawar 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.8
Basha-2 to Chilas 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2020-HW-1.9
Bunji to Chilas 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Suki-Knri 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Suk-Knri to Aliot-S/S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Aliot-S/S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
N-Jehlum to Aliot-s/s 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to G-Brotha 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chashma-Nuc to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Ludewala to Gatti 500 kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
FBD-W to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Haveli to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to ISBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
ISBD-W to Rewat-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to Rewat-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Karot 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Karot to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Azad Patan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Azad Patan to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Gujrat 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Gujrat to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Gujranwala to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-N to Lahore-S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-S to Sahiwal 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tajikistan to Peshwar-2 500 kV HVDC Monopole Out
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Exhibit-2021-LW-1.1
Tharcoal to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.2
Tharcoal to KDA 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.3
KDA to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.4
IMP. Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.5
AES Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.6
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.7
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.8
Exhibit-2021-LW-1.9
Moro to R.Y.Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to D.G.Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu-New to R.Y.Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu-New to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
R.Y.Khan to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Multan to Vehari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Vehari to Sahiwal 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Haveli to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tharcoal to Lahore-S 600 kV HVDC Monopole Out
Tharcoal-2 to FBD-W 600 kV HVDC Monopole Out
The N-1 contingency load flow results of 500 kV indicate that with the proposed scheme of
500 kV expansion during 2016-17 and 2020-21, all the criteria of Grid Code are met. The
power flows on the intact circuits of 500 kV and 500/220 kV transformers for each outage are
within the limits. The voltage profile on all 500 kV bus bars is also within the permissible
criteria.
The above analysis establishes the fact that the proposed expansion scheme of the 500 kV
and 220 kV network till 2020-21 is adequate and fulfills the criteria of the Grid Code under
normal and N-1 contingency conditions.
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8.1
8.1.1

Expansion Scheme
For the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26, the major generation additions comprise major
blocks of thermal power at Thar coal fields and hydel power plants in the Northern Areas
across the Indus and its tributaries. The major plants are as follows:
New Power Plants
Type
Installed
Capacity, MW
Commissioning
Year
CC
1414
2021-22
Coal
600
2021-22
Bunji 2
Hydro
1800
2021-22
Kohala
Hydro
1100
2021-22
Munda
Hydro
735
2022-23
Bunji 3
Hydro
1800
2022-23
Diamer Basha 2
Hydro
2250
2022-23
Palas Valley
Hydro
580
2022-23
Thar
Coal
2400
2023-24
Dasu
Hydro
4320
2023-24
Lower Spatgah
Hydro
496
2023-24
PAEC (Karachi)
Nuclear
1000
2023-24
Thakot
Hydro
2800
2024-25
Pattan
Hydro
2800
2024-25
Nuclear
1000
2024-25
Coal
3600
2025-26
Dhudnial
Hydro
792
2025-26
Wind Power(Total)
Wind
2000
2022-26
Bhikki
Thar
PAEC (Karachi)
Thar
Some old power plants have been considered retired between the period 2019 and 2025 as
proposed in the Generation Expansion Plan as follows:
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Year
2019
2020
Retiring Power Plant
#of
Units
Unit
Capacity
MW
Guddu
285
Faisalabad
129
KESC Gul Ahmed
13.5
122
KESC Tapal
12
11.5
138
Jamshoro-ST
170
170
Jamshoro
164
492
KESC Kannup
2021
Total
MW
114
Shadara
27
Kotri
18
Faisalabad
18
72
Quetta
25
Kotri
120
Multan
28
55
Faisalabad
46
92
Guddu
58
116
Guddu
147
294
2023
Guddu
215
429
2024
Muzaffargarh
167
836
2025
Lakhra
28
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The previously proposed interconnection schemes by NTDC for Kohala and Munda
hydropower plants have been modified. The essential transmission additions for the
evacuation of power from the major power plants in the NPSEP between 2020-21 and 2025-26 would be as follows:
For Bhikki
o
In-out Lahore-Gatti 500 kV S/C
For Thar Coal:

o
Second 600 kV HVDC 2x2000 MW Bipole from Thar to Lahore-South with

Second 500 kV D/C from Thar to Matiari
500 kV D/C Matiari-Moro-R.Y. Khan
500 kV S/C Matiari-Jamshoro
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For Bunji 2 and 3

o
500 kV D/C from Bunji to Chilas
500 kV D/C from Chilas to Aliot
For Basha-2
o
In-Out Peshawar-2 (Pajjagi Rd.) Ghallani 220 kV S/C at Munda
Munda Mardan New (Charsaddah) 220 kV D/C
For Kohala
Dasu Mansehra 500 kV D/C
Dasu-Palas-Valley 500 kV D/C
For Lower Spatgah
500 kV D/C PAEC to Karachi-South 500/220 kV S/S
500 kV D/C Karachi-South to Karachi-East 500/220 kV S/S
For Wind Power Cluster at Jhimpir
In-Out Thar-Karachi-East 500 kV D/C
For Thakot
o
In-Out one circuit of Karachi-East to Matiari 500 kV D/C
For Wind Power Cluster at Gharo

o
In-Out one circuit of Dasu-Palas Valley 500 kV D/C
For PAEC Karachi (3 x 1000 MW)
Palas Valley Mansehra 500 D/C
For Dasu
In-out Neelum-Jehlum to Aliot 500 kV D/C
For Palas Valley

o
In-Out Basha-1-Chilas 500 kV D/C and Basha-1 to Mardan (via Kaigah) 500 kV D/C
For Munda
500 kV D/C from Thar to Karachi (Karachi-South)
Thakot-Mansehra 500 kV D/C
For Pattan
o
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Thakot-Mardan New 500 kV D/C
For Dhudnial
o
Dhudnial - Neelum Jehlum 500 kV D/C
A switching station/substation of 500/220 kV is proposed to be built at Mansehra to collect

power from Dasu and its neighboring Lower Spatgah and Palas Valley HPPs.
As the bulk of the big hydropower plants in the Northern Areas of the Indus and its tributaries
have been added during 2022-2026, and all that power is being collected at the intermediate
switching stations/substations of Aliot, Mansehra and Mardan New, more circuits would be
required to be built from the switching stations to the main load centers as discussed in 8.1.3
below.
8.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV: 202122 to 2025-26
For the growing demand of the loads during the years 2021 and 2026, new bulk supply
points in terms of 500/220 kV grid stations are required to be added during this period,
especially in the big load centers such as Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and Karachi which
would be integrated in the 500 kV ring to be developed around these cities as follows:
Year
2022
Grid Station
IslamabadNorth
kV
500/220
MVA
3x750
Connections
In-Out Aliot to Islamabad -West 500 kV D/C
at Islamabad
Aliot-Islamabad-North 500 kV D/C
Islamabad-North to Rewat 500kV D/C
2023
Karachi-East
500/220
3x1000
In-Out NKI-Matiari 500 kV D/C at KarachiEast
2023
Lahore-East
500/220
2x1000
In-Out Lahore-North to
500kV D/C at Lahore-East
2023
Mansehra
500/220
3x750
Dasu-Mansehra 500 kV D/C (as mentioned

above)
Lahore-South
Palas-Valley Mansehra 500 kV D/C (as

mentioned above)
Mansehra - Faisalabad-West 500 kV D/C
Mansehra-Qadirabad 500 kV D/C
Mansehra Faisalabad -East 500 kV D/C
Mansehra - ISBD-West 500 kV D/C
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Year
Grid Station
kV
MVA
Connections
2023
Karachi South
500/220
3x1000
Karachi-East-Karachi-South D/C (as

already mentioned above)
2023
Okara
500/220
3x750
In-out Sahiwal Lahore South D/C
2024
Bannu
500/220
3x750
Mardan New - Bannu 500 kV D/C

Bannu-Chashma (Nuclear) 500 kV D/C
2024
Sialkot
500/220
3x750
In-Out Aliot-Lahore-North 2nd circuit 500 kV

at Sialkot
2024
FaiselabadEast (North)
500/220
3x750
Mansehra - Faisalabad -East 500 kV D/C

Faisalabad-West-Faisalabad-East(North)
D/C
Gatti-Faiselabad-East (North) D/C
8.1.3
New 220/132 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 220 kV: 202122 to 2025-26
Detailed load capacity analysis has been carried out and attached in Appendix-1.3 to
establish the need for new 220/132 kV grid stations during this period taking into account
firm capacities i.e. considering N-1 contingency of one transformer out of service. When a
grid station hits the maximum firm capacity, a new grid station is proposed in the same
vicinity or extension/augmentations are proposed if space to accommodate more
transformers is available (4 transformers are taken as the maximum number of transformers
at one grid station). Based on this analysis, following are the new 220/132 kV grid stations to
be added in the system during this period
Year
Grid Station
kV
MVA
220 kV Connections
2021
Ghalanai
220/132
3 X 250
Pesh-2 Ghalanai D/C
2021
Bahter More
220/132
3 X350
ISBD-West to Bahter More 2xD/C
2021
Tandlianwala
220/132
3 X 350
Faisalabad -East(North) to Tandlianwala

D/C
T.T. Singh Tandlianwala D/C
2021
Narwala Rd
220/132
3 X 350
Faisalabad -East(North) to Narwala RD.

D/C
Faisalabad -West to Narwala Rd. D/C
2021
Layyah
220/132
3 X2 50
KAPCO-Layyah D/C
2021
Saryab
220/132
3 X 350
In Out Quetta-Mastung D/C
2021
Surab
220/132
3 X250
Mastung-Surab D/C
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Year
Grid Station
kV
MVA
220 kV Connections
2022
Pezo
220/132
3 X2 50
D. I. Khan Pezo D/C
2022
Regi Model Town
220/132
3 X2 50
Jamrud-Regi Model Town D/C
2022
Shahinabad
220/132
3 X 350
Gujranwala-Shahinabad D/C
2022
Jalalpur-Jattan
220/132
3 X 350
Gujrat-Jalalpur-Jattan D/C
2022
Raiwind Road
220/132
3 X 350
Lahore-South - Raiwaind Rd D/C
2022
Shahdra New
220/132
3 X 350
Lahore-N - Shahdra-N D/C
2022
Lulliani
220/132
4 X 350
Lahore-E - Lullyani 2xD/C

Sarfraz Nagar - Lulliani D/C
2022
Model Town
220/132
3 X 350
KLPAT-Model Town 2 S/C Cables
2022
Depalpur
220/132
3 X350
Okara-Depalpur D/C
2022
Sargodha
220/132
3 X250
Ludewala-New-Sargodha D/C
2022
Jaranwala
220/132
3 X250
Faisalabad -(East)North-Jaranwala D/C
2022
Fiedmic
220/132
3 X 250
Faisalabad -(East)North - Fiedmic D/C
2022
Multan City (GIS)
220/132
3 X 350
Qasimpur-Multan City (GIS) D/C
2023
Pesh-City (GIS)
220/132
3 X3 50
Pesh-2 Pesh-City-GIS 3 S/C Cables
2023
Mingora
220/132
3 X2 50
Chakdara-Mingora D/C
2023
Mominpura
220/132
3 X3 50
Lahore-N - Mominpura D/C
2024
Pajjagi Rd.
220/132
3 X2 50
In-Out Pesh-2 Ghalanai D/C at Pajjagi

Rd.
2024
D. I. Khan - 2
220/132
3 X2 50
D. I. Khan - D. I. Khan-2 D/C
2024
IslamabadSociety (Lohibir)
220/132
3 X 250
IBD-North -Islamabad--Society (Lohibir)

D/C
IBD-I-10 to Islamabad-Society (Lohibir)
D/C
2024
Kandiaro
220/132
3 X 350
Moro-Kandiaro D/C
2024
Meharr
220/132
3 X2 50
Dadu-Meharr D/C
2024
Jehlum
220/132
2 X 250
Gujrat-Jehlum D/C
Islamabad-North-Jehlum D/C
2024
Miranshah
Charsaddah
220/132
220/132
2 X 250
3 X 250
2025
2025
Karol
220/132
3 X 350
Bannu - Miranshah D/C

In-Out Mardan New-Munda
Charsaddah
Lahore-North To Karol D/C
D/C
at
Karol Moinpura D/C

2025
Saidpur
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Transmission Plan
Year
2025
Grid Station
Shershah
kV
MVA
220/132
3 X2 50
220 kV Connections
In-Out Muzaffergarh-N-Multan
In-Out Muzaffergarh-2-Multan
2025
Bahawalpur-North
220/132
3 X2 50
In-Out Muzaffergar-1-Bahawalpur-N D/C
2025
Khairpur
220/132
3 X 250
Rohri-New - Khairpur D/C
2025
Kohsar
220/132
3 X2 50
T.M. Khan Rd - Kohsar D/C
2025
Gujar Khan
220/132
3 X 350
In-Out Islamabad North-Jehlum at Gujar

Khan
2nd D/C ISBD-N-Gujar-Khan D/C
2025
DHA Lahore
220/132
2 X 350
Lahore-East To DHA D/C
2025
Panwan
220/132
2 X 350
Lahore-N To Panwan D/C
2025
Burewala
220/132
3 X 250
Vehari-Burewala D/C
Burewala-Arifwala D/C
2025
8.1.4
Bahawalnagar
220/132
2 X 250
Chishtian-Bahawalnagar D/C
N-1 Contingency Conditions: 2021-22 to 2025-26
In addition to the new lines added in the system for evacuation of power from new power
plants and for making connections with the new 500/220/kV and 220/132 kV grid stations,
additional new lines are required to keep the loading on the circuits within the permissible
limits under normal as well as N-1 contingency conditions. The details of such additional
lines to be added in this period are as below:
Year
Line
kV
Type
2022
Mardan-Faisalabad -West
500kV
D/C
2022
Ludewala-Faisalabad -West
500kV
D/C
2023
Sialkot-New to Sialkot (Sahuwala)
220 kV
2 x D/C
2024
Haveli-Multan
500 kV
D/C
2025
Matiari Moro
500kV
D/C
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8.1.5
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid
In addition to adding the new grid stations of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV discussed above,
the capacities of already existing grid stations were enhanced by Augmentations and
Extensions. The Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV for this period are as follows:
Year
Substation
Voltage
Size
Type
2022
Ludewala
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2022
Multan
500/220
3x1000 MVA
Augmentation
2022
Islamabad-West
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2023
Lahore-South
500/220
3x1000 MVA
Augmentation
2023
Gujranwala (Gakhar)
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2022
D. G. Khan
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2024
Lahore-North
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2025
Faisalabad -West
500/220
3x1000 MVA
Augmentation
2022
Sh. Mohammadi (Peshawar)
500/220
3x750 MVA
Augmentation
2022
Vehari
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2023
Gatti
500/220
4x750 MVA
Augmentation
2023
Lahore Old (Sheikhupura)
500/220
4x750 MVA
Augmentation
2024
Sahiwal
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2022
Shikarpur
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2025
Shikarpur
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2022
Dadu
500/220
2x750 MVA
Augmentation
2025
Dadu
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2025
Gujranwala (Gakhar)
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2025
D.G. Khan
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
It can be seen that most of the existing old 500 kV grid stations such as Multan Gatti,
Lahore-Old, Peshawar (Sh. Mohammadi)) and Dadu, have been augmented with new higher
capacity of multiples of 750 MVA or 1000 MVA transformers.
The extensions and augmentation at 220/132 kV grid stations are based on the load
capacity analysis (Appendix-1.3). There are forty eight (48) grid stations of 220/132 kV
where either extension or augmentation has been carried out as listed in detail in Appendix
10.2.
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8.2
The transmission scheme discussed above was evolved on the basis of load capacity
analysis and detailed load flow analysis carried out for high hydel (low thermal) and low
water (high thermal) conditions for normal (N-0) and contingency (N-1) conditions
respectively.
The study results with connectivity of all the new 500kV and 220 kV grid stations and new
transmission lines proposed for this period have been plotted and attached for HW and LW
seasons in Appendix-4.1 and 4.2 respectively:
Normal (N-0) cases:
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.0
Exhibit-2025-HW-2.0
Results of Southern System of 500 kV
Exhibit-2025-HW-3.0
Exhibit-2025-HW-4.0
Results of Mid-Country System of 220 kV
Exhibit-2025-HW-5.0
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.0
Exhibit-2026-LW-2.0
Exhibit-2026-LW-3.0
Exhibit-2026-LW-4.0
Exhibit-2026-LW-5.0
Due to congestion in the drawings, the plotted results of 220 kV network are separated from
500 kV network and divided in 3 parts each for Northern system, Mid-Country system and
Southern system.
The results indicate the same pattern of power flows as in the previous spot years of study
i.e. heavier flows in Northern circuits of 500 kV and 220 kV during HW season and relatively
lighter flows on Southern grid; and vice versa during LW season. The voltages at 500 kV and
220 kV on the entire NTDC system from North to South are within the normal permissible
limits. The power flows on the lines of 500 kV and 220 kV and 500/220kV and 220/132 kV
transformers are also within their rated limits.
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The automatic contingency analysis (ACCC) for 220 kV network has been carried out which
indicated some violations requiring reinforcement of the network as described above in
section 8.1.4 With the proposed reinforcements the violations of voltage and line loadings
were eliminated.
Because of the power flow pattern causing more loading on lines on a seasonal basis, the
one-line-out contingency cases of 500 kV system have been carried out for the Northern
system (HW season being the season for heavy loading) whereas for the Southern system
the outages have been performed on LW season respectively due to heavier loading during
LW season..
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.1
Basha-1 to Gabral 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.2
Gabral to Asrit-K 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.3
Asrit-K to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.4
Basha-1 to K-Asrit 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.5
K-Asrit to Madyan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.6
Madyan to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.7
Basha-1 to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.8
Basha-1 to Kaigah 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2025-HW-1.9
Kaigah to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Pattan to Thakot 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Thakot to Mardan-New 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Thakot to Mansehra 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Lower Spatgah 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lower Spatgah to Palas 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Palas 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Palas to Mansehra 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Mansehra 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Bunji to Chilas 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Suk-Knri 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Suk-Knri to Aliot-S/S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Aliot-S/S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Dhudnial to N-Jehlum 500 kV Single Circuit Out
N-Jehlum to Kohala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Kohala to Aliot-S/S 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mardan-New to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
FBD-W to Haveli 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mardan-New to Banu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Chashma-Nuc to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Ludewala to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mardan-New to Peshawar-2 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to G.Brotha 500 kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to Ludewala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Ludewala to Gatti 500 kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to FBD-E 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Faisalabad -E to Gatti 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to ISBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-s/s to ISBD-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
ISBD-N to Rewat-N500 kV Single Circuit Out
ISBD-W to Rewat-N500 kV Single Circuit Out
Rewat-N to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to Qadirabad 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Qadirabad to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-O to Lahore-South 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Bhikki to Lahore-O 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Azad Pattan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Azad Pattan to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-s/s to Karot 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Karot to Gujranwala 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Gujranwala to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Aliot-s/s to Sialkot 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Sialkot to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-s/s to Gujrat 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Gujrat to Lahore-N 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-N to Lahore-E 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tajikistan to Peshawar-2 500 kV HVDC Monopole Out

Exhibit-2026-LW-1.1
Tharcoal-2 to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.2
Tharcoal1 to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.3
Tharcoal1 to Karachi-E 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.4
Karachi-S to PAEC 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.5
NTDC Gharo to Karachi-E 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.6
IMP-Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.7
IMP-Coal to AES-Coal 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.8
AES-Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Exhibit-2026-LW-1.9
NKI to KDA 500 kV Single Circuit Out
NKI to Karachi-E500 kV Single Circuit Out
NTDC-Jhimpir to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Karachi-E to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
NKI to Jamshoro 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Moro to Dadu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Dadu to SHKPR500 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu-NEW to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to D. G. Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu-NEW to Guddu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
R. Y. Khan to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Haveli to FBD-W 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Haveli to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Rousch to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Sahiwal to Vehari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-South to Okara 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tharcosl-2 to Lahore-South 600 HVDC Mono Pole out
Tharcoal-1 to Lahore-South 600 kV HVDC Monopole Out
The normal and N-1 contingency load flow results of 500 kV indicate that the proposed
transmission expansion scheme of 500 kV during 2021-22 and 2025-26, fulfills the criteria of
the Grid Code. The power flows on the intact circuits of 500 kV and 500/220 kV transformers
for each outage are within the limits. The voltage profile on all 500 kV bus bars is also within
the permissible criteria.
The above analysis establishes the fact that the proposed expansion scheme of 500 kV and
220 kV network till 2025-26 is adequate fulfilling the criteria of the Grid Code under normal
and N-1 contingency conditions.
9
9.1
9.1.1

Expansion Scheme
The major generation additions during the period from 2026-27 to 2029-30, include major
blocks of coal-fired power plants at Thar coal fields, nuclear plants and a few hydel and
thermal power plants across the Indus river and mid country respectively. The major plants
are as follows:
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Type
Installed Capacity,
MW
Commissioning
Year
Tungas
Hydro
2000
2026-27
Yulbo
Hydro
2400
2026-27
CC
1414
2026-27
Coal
6000
2027-28
Nuclear
1000
2027-28
Coal
4800
2028-29
Nuclear
1000
2028-29
Coal
6000
2029-30
CC
1414
2029-30
Wind
1600
2026-30
Power Plants
D. I. Khan
Thar
PAEC (Karachi)
Thar
Chashma
Thar
Balloki
Wind Power(Total)
Some old power plants have been considered retired between the period 2016 and 2030 as
proposed in the Generation Expansion Plan as follows:
Year
Retiring Power Plant
#of Units
Unit
Capacity
MW
Total MW
2026
Kot Addu
244
2027
KESC-Anoud
12
Muzaffargarh
240
KESC-Bin Qasim
177
708
Kohinoor
12
72
2028
KESC-IIL
19
113
2029
KESC-SGTPS
87
KESC-KGTPS
87
Kot Addu
240
721
SEPCOL
19
115
The essential transmission additions for the evacuation of power from the major power
plants in NPSEP between 2026-27 and 2029-30 would be as follows:
For Tungus
o
Tungus-Yulbo 500 kV D/C
For Yulbo
o
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For D. I. Khan (CCPP)

o
To be connected at D. I. Khan 220 kV grid station already connected to

Bannu, D. I. Khan-2, Pezo, Bhakkar, C1/C2 and C2/C3
To be connected to already constructed Chashma-Nuclear PP at 500 kV
Chashma-Bannu 500 kV D/C
For Balloki
o
For Chashma (Nuclear)
In-Out Lahore-South to Okara (Sahiwal) 500 kV D/C
For Thar Coal:

o
Third and Fourth 600 kV HVDC each 2x2000 MW Bipoles from Thar to
Lahore-South with respective converter stations of same capacity for each
Bipole on both ends
Second and Third 600 kV HVDC each 2x2000 MW Bipoles from Thar to
Faiselabad-West with respective converter stations of same capacity for each
Bipole on both ends
600 kV HVDC 2x2000 MW Bipole from Thar to Multan with respective

Third and Fourth 500 kV D/C from Thar to Matiari
Third 500 kV D/C from Thar towards Karachi East (Upto NTDC-Gharo
which is already connected to Karachi-East via 500 kV D/C)
9.1.2
New 500/220 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV: 202627 to 2030
No new 500/220 kV grid station has been proposed to be constructed at the load centers
during this period. However many extensions and augmentations have been proposed to
enhance the capacity of already envisaged 500/220 kV grid stations. This served the needs
of extra transformation capacity required to cater for the projected loads during this period.
9.1.3
New 220/132 kV Grid Stations and Related Transmission Lines of 500 kV:
2026-27 to 2030
The requirements for new 200/132 kV grid stations for this period were established through
load capacity analysis (Appendix 1.3). These are explained with their proposed sizes and
connectivity schemes as follows:
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Year
Grid Station
kV
MVA
Connections
2027
Islamabad-H-11
220/132
3 X 350
Bahter-More To Islamabad H-11 D/C
2027
Jhang
220/132
3 X 250
Fsbd-W - Jhang D/C
2027
Sahiwal-2
220/132
3 X 350
Yousufwala-Sahiwal-2 D/C
2027
Khanozai
220/132
2 X 250
In-Out Quetta-Loralai D/C
2028
Thal
220/132
3 X2 50
Bannu-Thall D/C
2028
Sialkot-North
220/132
2 X 250
Sialkot 500/220 kV - Sialkot-North D/C
2028
Wazirabad
220/132
2 X 350
Gujrat-Wazirabad D/C
2028
Sunder
220/132
3 X 250
In-Out Lahore-South - Raiwaind Rd. D/C at Sunder

2nd Lahore-South - Sunder D/C
2028
Mianwali
220/132
2 X 350
In-Out C3/C4 - Jauhrabad At Mianwali
2028
Nawabshah
220/132
2 X 250
Moro-Nawabshah D/C
2029
Pasrur
220/132
3 X 350
Sialkot New - Pasrur D/C
2029
Fsbd-City (GTS)
220/132
2 X 350
Gatti - Faisalabad-City (GTS) D/C (cables)
2030
Swabi
220/132
3 X2 50
Mardan New - Swabi D/C
9.1.4
N-1 Contingency Conditions: 2026-27 to 2030
Some additional lines would be required other than those proposed earlier for evacuation of
power from new power plants and those required for the interconnection of new grid stations
with the system.
Year
9.1.5
Line
kV
Type
2026
Peshawar-Jamrud
220kV
D/C
2026
Peshawar-2 - Peshawar-City
220kV
S/C (cable)
2026
Faisalabad West -Samundri Rd.
220kV
D/C
2026
Gatti-Jaranwala Rd. (Reconductor)
220kV
D/C
2027
Sibbi-Mastung
220 kV
2D/C
2027
Basha Bunji
500 kV
D/C
Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid 2026-27 to

2030
The Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV to enhance the transformation capacity to

meet the additional demand in this period would be as follows:
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Year
Substation
Voltage
Size
Type
2026
Guddu
500/220
3x600 MVA
Augmentation
2026
Ludewala
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2026
Peshawar-2
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2027
Multan
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2027
Lahore-South
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2027
Gujranwala (Gakhar)
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2028
Lahore-North
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2028
Lahore-East
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2028
Faisalabad -West
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2028
Faisalabad -East (North)
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2029
Shikarpur
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
2028
Karachi-South
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2028
Karachi-East
500/220
1x1000 MVA
Extension
2030
R. Y. Khan
500/220
1x600 MVA
Extension
2030
Moro
500/220
1x750 MVA
Extension
Augmentations and Extensions at existing 220/132 kV grid stations are based on the load
capacity
analysis
(Appendix-1.3).
There
would
be
nineteen
(19)
such
extensions/augmentations required in this period as described in detail at the end of

Appendix-10.3
9.2
Load Flow Results of the year 2030
The proposed transmission schemes as discussed above are based on load capacity
analysis and detailed load flow simulations for high hydel (low thermal) and low water (high
thermal) have been performed for normal (N-0) and contingency (N-1) conditions for each
case. The year 2030 being the ultimate spot year of this study, these load flow simulation
cases contain the entire scope of proposed transmission expansion under the purview of this
study. The total transmission expansion plan is seen in these simulations.
The plotted results have been placed in Appendix 5.1 and 5.2 respectively.
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Normal (N-0) cases:

Exhibit-2030-HW-1.0
Exhibit-2030-HW-2.0
Exhibit-2030-HW-3.0
Exhibit-2030-HW-4.0
Exhibit-2030-HW-5.0
Exhibit-2030-LW-1.0
Exhibit-2030-LW-2.0
Exhibit-2030-LW-3.0
Exhibit-2030-LW-4.0
Exhibit-2030-LW-5.0
The results indicate that the pattern of power flow set during the earlier years of study
changes in this year because of major retirements of old generating units in mid country and
the South. Even in high water months the demand of the Southern grid up to R. Y. Khan and
D. G. Khan is met by transmitting more power from the South (coal based thermal power
plants at Thar and Karachi including the nuclear power plants and significant wind power at
Jhimpir and Gharo wind power clusters).
However the power flows on the lines remain within the rated limits. Also the voltage on bus
bars of 500 and 220 kV has been found within the permissible limits.
The automatic contingency analysis (ACCC) for 220 kV network has been carried out and
wherever it indicated violations of rated limits of line loadings the network was reinforced as
described above in section 8.1.4. With the proposed reinforcements the violations of voltage
and line loadings were eliminated.
The one-line-out contingency cases of 500 kV system have been carried out for the Northern
system for HW season and for the Southern system the outages have been performed on
LW season. The plotted results are placed in Appendices 5.1 and 5.2 as follows:
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Exhibit -2030-HW-1.1
Basha-1 to Gabral 500kV Single Circuit Out
Gabral to Asrit-K 500kV Single Circuit Out
Asrit-K to Mardan-New 500kV Single Circuit Out
Basha-1 to K-Asrit 500kV Single Circuit Out
K-Asrit to Madyan 500kV Single Circuit Out
Madyan to Mardan-New 500kV Single Circuit Out
Basha-1 to Mardan-New 500kV Single Circuit Out
Basha-1 to Kaigah 500kV Single Circuit Out
Kaigah to Mardan-New 500kV Single Circuit Out
Pattan to Thakot 500kV Single Circuit Out
Thakot to Mardan-New 500kV Single Circuit Out
Thakot to Mansehra 500kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Lower Spatgah 500kV Single Circuit Out
Lower Spatgah to Palas 500kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Palas 500kV Single Circuit Out
Palas to Mansehra 500kV Single Circuit Out
Dasu to Mansehra 500kV Single Circuit Out
Bunji to Chilas 500kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Suk-Knri 500kV Single Circuit Out
Suk-Knri to Aliot-S/S 500kV Single Circuit Out
Chilas to Aliot-S/S 500kV Single Circuit Out
Dhudnial to N-Jehlum 500kV Single Circuit Out
N-Jehlum to Kohala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Kohala to Aliot-S/S 500kV Single Circuit Out
Bunji to Basha-1 500kV Single Circuit Out
Yulbu to Bunji 500kV Single Circuit Out
Tungus to Yulbu 500kV Single Circuit Out
Peshawar to Peshwar-2 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mardan-New to FBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
FBD-W to Haveli 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mardan-New to Banu 500kV Single Circuit Out
Chashma-Nuc- Ludewala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Ludewala to FBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
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Mardan-New to Peshwar-2 500kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to Ludewala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to G.Brotha 500kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to Ludewala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Ludewala to Gatti 500kV Single Circuit Out
G.Brotha to FBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to FBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to FSBD -E500kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to ISBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
Tarbela to ISBD-W 500kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to ISBD-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
ISBD-N to Rewat-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
ISBD-W to Rewat-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
Rewat-N to Gujranwala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to Qadirabad 500kV Single Circuit Out
Qadirabad to Gujranwala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Mansehra to Gujranwala Single Circuit Out
Gujranwala to Lahore-O500kV Single Circuit Out
Bhikki to Lahore-O 500kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Azad Pattan 500kV Single Circuit Out
Azad Pattan -Gujranwala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Karot 500kV Single Circuit Out
Karot to Gujranwala 500kV Single Circuit Out
Gujranwala to Lahore-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Sialkot 500kV Single Circuit Out
Sialkot to Lahore-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
Aliot-S/S to Gujrat 500kV Single Circuit Out
Gujrat to Lahore-N 500kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-N to Lahore-E 500kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-South to Lahore-E 500kV Single Circuit Out
Balloki to Lahore-South 500kV Single Circuit Out
Tajikistan to Peshwar-2 500kV HVDC Monopole Out
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Outages for LW season (Appendix 5.2)

Exhibit -2030-LW-1.1
Tharcoal1 to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Tharcoal2 to KDA 500 kV Single Circuit Out
PAEC-1 to Karachi-South 500 kV Single Circuit Out
IMP-Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
ASE-Coal to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
KDA to NKI 500 kV Single Circuit Out
NKI to Karachi-East 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Karachi-South to Karachi-East 500 kV Single Circuit Out
NTDC-Gharo-Karachi-East 500 kV Single Circuit out
NTDC-Jhimpir-Karachi-East 500 kV Single Circuit Out
NTDC-Jhimpir to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Jamshoro to Matiari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Dadu to Moro 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Shikarpur to Guddu 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Moro to R. Y. Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Guddu to Guddu-New500 kV Single Circuit Out
M.Garh to D. G. Khan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Multan to Haveli 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Haveli to M.Garh 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Rousch to Multan 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Sahiwal to Vehari 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Balloki to Okara 500 kV Single Circuit Out
Lahore-South to Sahiwal 500 kV Single Circuit Out
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Tharcoal-3 to LahoreSouth 600 kV HVDC Monopole Out
Tharcoal-4 to FBD-W 600 kV HVDC Monopole out
Tharcoal-4 to Multan 600 kV HVDC Monopole Out
The normal and N-1 contingency load flow results of 500 kV indicate that the overall
transmission expansion scheme proposed up to the ultimate year of 2030 fulfills the system
demand remaining within the rated limits of loadings on lines and transformers, and within
permissible voltages on bus bars for normal as well as N-1 contingency conditions.
The above analysis establishes the fact that the overall transmission expansion plans of 500
kV and 220 kV network proposed till the ultimate year of 2030 are adequate fulfilling the
criteria of Grid Code under normal and N-1 contingency conditions.
The entire expansion plan of 500 kV and 220 kV upto the ultimate year 2030 is shown
in the map placed in Figure 9.1.
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Figure 9-1
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10
SHORT CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
10.1 Significance of Short Circuit Analysis

Short circuit analysis is carried out to calculate the fault currents for balanced and
unbalanced faults on the system; the most common of them are three-phase to ground faults
(balanced) and single-phase to ground faults (unbalanced), usually symmetrical because
most of the equipment is rated for symmetrical faults.
The objectives of the maximum fault current calculations are:
a)
Determine the rating of rupturing capacity of the breakers to be installed at the new grid
stations or switching stations to connect to new power plants to evacuate their power to
the grid or to feed the power at the load centers received from power plants through
transmission lines.
b)
Determine the ratings of the switchgear and other equipment of a new grid station or a
switching station such as disconnect-switches, bus bars, sectionalizers or couplers.
CTs. VTs etc.
c)
Check if the ratings of the existing breakers and other switchgear of an existing grid
station or switching station are not violated with the increase of fault current
contributions from new power plants, new lines or transformers going to be installed in
the system especially in its close vicinity
d)
Protection coordination of the relays at new or existing grid stations or switching stations
to operate the breakers to isolate the faulted equipment within the specified rated time
interval
e)
Fault levels in terms of MVA determine the short circuit strength of the system at a
specific node in the system.
f)
Determine the short circuit impedance of a specific node in the system. This is used in
the calculations of relay coordination and developing system equivalent sources for
modeling of a reduced network for electromagnetic transient analysis.
10.2 Methodology and Assumptions for Maximum Fault Current Calculations

Maximum fault current would occur if the maximum fault current contributions combine at a
fault location and that would happen if the maximum sources of fault currents are modeled in
the system. Since this study is focused on a wide range of the entire expansion of
generation and transmission including the hydropower plants in the north and coal based
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Thar coal filed projects, therefore maximum fault current contributions from all the power
plants from North to south have been included. Two spot years of 2020 and 2030 have been
modeled to take into account the fault contributions of all proposed power plants in the plan
period for determining the ultimate sizes of switchgear of the grid stations/switching stations
to be constructed for the evacuation of power from the power plants and the receiving end
grid stations located in the load centers.
The software PSS/E has been used for short circuit analysis which provides the
methodology of maximum fault current calculations as per IEC 909 and IEC 60909
standards. The maximum fault currents have been calculated with the following assumptions
under IEC909:
a)
Bus Voltages to be equal to 1.1 Per Unit (i.e. 10 % higher than nominal) to cover the
upper limit of operation and the upper design limit as per NTDC specifications
b)
Set tap ratios to unity
c)
Set line charging to zero
d)
Set shunts to zero in positive sequence
The initial runs of short circuit simulations indicated very high fault currents at large
hydropower plants such as Bunji, Basha, Yulbo, Tungus which are grouped together, and at
Thar coal field where current sources are quite closely grouped. For hydropower plants, due
to constraints of transmission corridors, they must be grouped as described. However for the
Thar coal power plants, because the major evacuation of power is via HVDC lines, the
different blocks of power plants can be kept isolated electrically to mitigate the fault levels
within the available standard breaker ratings of 63 kA. Similarly at bus bars of large grid
stations of 500/220 kV and 220.132 kV where many lines are terminating, the fault currents
were revealed to be very high.
As a standard measure of mitigating the fault levels, the following are assumed and
recommended:
a)
The reactance of 50/220 kV and 220/132 kV transformers = 20 to 25 %
b)
The bus bars of 500 kV and 220 kV which are normally breaker-and-half in the NTDC
system should be split into two groups at each grid station such that all the lines and
transformers should not be connected to one electrical node.
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10.3 Fault Current Calculations of the year 2020

The PSS/E files used for load flow simulations for the year 2020 were enriched with the
sequence data of the generators, lines and transformers to make the files ready for fault
current calculations. The maximum generation dispatches and network conditions of the
year 2020 have been simulated to calculate the maximum fault currents of 3-phase and
1-phase faults assumed at each bus (or split buses) of 500 kV and 220 kV. The simulations
were run using the IEC 909 standards. The fault levels thus calculated for all 500kV and
220kV bus bars have been tabulated in Appendix-6.
Just to establish the fact that the assumptions mentioned above have mitigated the fault
levels within the industry standard ratings of circuit breakers, the fault levels of the ten
highest grid stations of 500 kV bus bars are listed as follows:
Bus No.
Bus Name
Bus
Voltage
Short Circuit Levels

(kA)
(kV)
3-Phase
1-Phase
Aliot
500
39.7
33.7
20
Tarbela
500
44.1
46.3
21
ISBD-W
500
39.8
30.0
24
Gujranwala
500
38.6
29.0
25
G.Brotha
500
40.0
34.9
30
Lahore-O
500
38.2
29.6
40
Gatti
500
41.6
30.5
41
Faisalabad -W
500
44.1
35.1
42
Haveli
500
37.8
38.3
85
Tharcoal
500
39.6
46.2
Tarbela, Ghazi Brotha, Gatti and FaiselabadWest are exceeding 40 kA. Therefore it is
imperative to make sure that at these grid stations the switchgear must be replaced, if not
yet replaced, by switchgear of 50 kA or 63 kA short circuit rating before the year 2020.
NTDC keeps on augmenting the switchgear of their existing grid stations with higher ratings
and the top ten grid stations highlighted above should now be in their priority list to upgrade
the switchgear.
The top 10 bus bars in terms of fault levels of 220 kV are as follows:
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Bus
No.
Bus Name
Bus
Voltage

(kA)
(kV)
3-Phase
1-Phase
212
ISBD-W-1
220
39.9
33.0
215
IBD.P.Rd
220
42.2
32.8
245
Gujranwala
220
44.4
37.5
300
Lahore-1
220
44.0
38.5
303
Lahore-South
220
40.2
33.9
350
Yousafwala
220
39.2
35.7
444
Faisalabad -W
220
44.8
38.3
500
Multan-1
220
39.5
32.5
530
M.Garh-1
220
41.9
43.2
600
Guddu
220
41.6
45.4
From the top 10 fault levels of 220 kV bus bars, almost all of them are crossing 40 kA by the
year 2020. Therefore it is imperative to make sure that at these grid stations the switchgear
must be replaced, if not yet replaced, by the switchgear of 50 kA or 63 kA short circuit rating.
10.4 Fault Current Calculations of the year 2030
This is the ultimate year of the study period. The same PSS/E files used for load flow
simulations for the year 2030 were enriched with the sequence data of the generators, lines
and transformers to make the files ready for fault current calculations. The maximum
generation dispatches and network conditions of the year 2030 have been simulated to
calculate the maximum fault currents of 3-phase and 1-phase faults assumed at each bus
(or split buses) of 500 kV and 220 kV. The simulations were run using the IEC 909
standards. The fault levels thus calculated for all 500 kV and 220 kV bus bars have been
tabulated in Appendix-7.
The 500 kV bus bars found to have fault levels more than 50 kA, either 3-phase or 1-phase
or both, have been picked up from Appendix-7.1 as follows:
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Sr. No.
Bus
No.
Bus
Voltage
Bus Name

(kA)
(kV)
3-Phase
1-Phase
Bunji
500.0
51.7
49.6
64
Bunji-2
500.0
55.0
53.7
Chilas
500.0
56.2
46.7
Aliot-S/S-1
500.0
51.5
42.7
67
Aliot-S/S-2
500.0
51.6
41.6
Thakot
500.0
57.3
54.6
14
Yulbu
500.0
53.5
53.8
20
Tarbela
500.0
51.7
52.3
22
Rewat-N
500.0
54.5
39.1
10
37
Ludewala
500.0
50.7
31.9
11
39
Faisalabad -E
500.0
57.5
38.9
12
40
Gatti
500.0
60.0
40.9
13
41
Faisalabad -W-1
500.0
58.3
38.9
14
49
Faisalabad -W-2
500.0
52.9
34.4
15
42
Haveli
500.0
52.4
48.1
16
85
Tharcoal1
500.0
49.0
55.4
17
84
Tharcoal2
500
43.4
50.0
18
91
NKI-1
500.0
53.1
44.7
19
69
NKI-2
500.0
51.9
42.8
20
80
Jamshoro
500.0
51.5
36.8
21
95
Matiari
500.0
50.0
34.4
22
214
Kohala
500.0
51.2
47.1
23
93
Karachi-E-1
500.0
50.0
38.2
The fault levels on 23 bus bars are more than 50 kA but less than 63 kA which is the next
available industry standard size. It is suitable to adopt 63 kA for these substations. Therefore
it is imperative to make sure that the switchgear of the rating of 63 kA must be installed (for
new substations) or replaced (for old substations) before the year 2030.
The 220 kV bus bars found to have short circuit levels more than 40 kA, either 3-phase or
1-phase or both, have been picked up from Appendix-7.2 as follows:
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Sr. No.
Bus
No.
Bus
Voltage
Bus Name

(kA)
(kV)
3-Phase
1-Phase
100
Peshawar
220
44.8
35.9
151
Peshwr-2
220
47.4
36.8
154
Mardan-N-1
220
41.1
32.9
155
Mardan-N-2
220
41.1
32.8
200
Tarbela
220
53.1
51.9
202
Bahter More
220
41.1
27.8
207
ISND-N
220
43.3
35.3
212
ISBD-W
220
54.4
42.7
215
IBD.P.RD
220
55.4
40.9
10
218
ISBD-W-2
220
54.0
41.4
11
230
Mangla
220
40.2
39.6
12
242
Gujrat
220
47.1
34.4
13
245
Gujranwala
220
52.6
37.5
14
250
K.S.K-1
220
59.3
45.6
15
251
K.S.K-2
220
42.3
32.4
16
252
Karol
220
42.7
29.6
17
260
Lahore-N-1
220
59.5
48.2
18
261
Lahore-N-2
220
41.5
34.6
19
295
Lahore-E
220
56.5
45.7
20
300
Lahore-1
220
49.4
43.1
21
303
Lahore-South
220
60.5
50.9
22
304
Lahore-2
220
43.5
37.8
23
310
Shalimar
220
40.3
28.3
24
312
Mominpura
220
44.4
31.6
25
320
Ravi
220
41.3
30.9
26
340
Okara220
220
43.8
37.6
27
360
Ludewala
220
55.5
44.9
28
405
Faisalabad -N
220
52.6
42.7
29
430
Narwala Rd.
220
40.2
28.3
30
443
FBD-W-2
220
40.7
32.4
31
444
FBD-W-1
220
42.3
34.7
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Sr. No.
Bus
No.
Bus
Voltage
Bus Name

(kA)
(kV)
3-Phase
1-Phase
32
500
Multan
220
46.7
44.6
33
501
Multan-2
220
48.6
41.9
34
520
Piranghaib
220
40.7
34.0
35
620
Shkpr220
220
40.9
35.0
36
840
T. M. Kh. Rd
220
42.1
33.3
37
9256
NTDC Gharo
220
45.3
39.0
38
9429
NTDC Jhimpir
220
51.1
42.8
39
900
KDA33-1
220
44.8
38.9
40
901
KDA33-2
220
43.8
37.1
41
9934
ICI
220
40.9
38.4
42
9966
BinQasim-1
220
41.2
38.6
43
9967
BinQasim-2
220
40.6
38.1
From the above list, 43 grid stations bus bars of 220 kV are crossing 40 kA by the year 2030.
Also it is revealed that at 12 grid stations, the fault levels at 220 kV are higher than 50 kA i.e.
Tarbela, ISBD-W, IBD.P.RD, ISBD-W-2, Gujranwala, K.S.K-1, Lahore-N-1, Lahore-E,
Lahore-South, Ludewala, Faisalabad -N,NTDC Jhimpir. It is recommended to go for
50 kA rating for those grid stations which exceed 40 kA but are much less than 50 kA
to leave enough margin
11
63 kA for those where the fault levels are reaching close to and/or exceeding 50 kA.
TRANSIENT STABILITY STUDIES
In the NPSEP, significant amounts of generation have been added with a varied nature of
generating technologies; hydel, nuclear, wind and thermal generation based on coal fired
steam and combined cycles etc. The generating unit sizes vary from medium to very large
sizes connecting to the system through medium to long HVAC transmission lines and HVDC
lines.
The performance of the proposed transmission schemes have been tested for steady state
conditions of the system under normal and contingency cases by extensive load flow studies
already discussed. However the robustness of the system has to be checked for transient /
dynamic behavior under disturbed conditions of the system.
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Transient stability studies have been performed for the years 2020 and 2030 as follows:
3-phase faults to be cleared in 5 cycles followed by the tripping of a heavily loaded

500 kV circuit emanating from that bus
All the loads were modeled as static loads with maximum stringent assumptions of
100 % constant current for active power and 100 % constant impedance for reactive
power.
Power System Stabilizers (PSS) were assumed with all the new proposed generating
units and at some existing power plants South of Multan.
Fault locations at 500 kV grid stations North of Gatti and Lahore for high water case
and South of Lahore/Gatti for low water case because of heavier power flows on the
lines in each respective season.
Run simulation nearly 9 seconds after fault clearing (total simulation time = 10
seconds)
The values monitored and recorded in the simulations are:

o
Rotor Angles of Generators,
Power flow swings on the healthy circuit or circuits impacted to carry

maximum power flow due to the trip of the faulted circuit.
Voltage
Frequency
All the results of the stability simulations are attached in Appendices 8 and 9 for year 2020
and 2030 respectively.
11.1 Stability Studies for the year 2020
The transient stability simulations have been carried out using the same load flow cases of
high water (HW) and low water (LW) for 2020 and 2021 respectively. The plotted results of
the simulations for 2020 are attached as Appendix-8. The details of the faults and the
outages and description of respective plots are as follows:
High Water-2020 Cases:
For each case representing a fault location, four subplots are provided in each page
Appendix-8, corresponding to:
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Rotor angle plots for selected generators
Line flows for a line in the vicinity of the fault that is heavily loaded following the
outage of the faulted circuit (usually a parallel circuit to the outaged circuit),
Bus voltages in the vicinity of the fault,
System frequency
The following table summarizes the results:

Fault Location
Figure
No.
Post-fault Outage
Performance
Basha 500kV
20H.1
Basha - Gabral 500kV
Stable
Gabral 500kV
20H.2
Gabral - Asrit-K 500kV
Stable
Asrit-K 500kV
20H.3
Asrit-K - Madyan 500kV
Stable
Asrit-K 500 kV
20H.4
Asrit-K - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Bunji 500 kV
20H.5
Bunji - Chilas 500 kV
Stable
Chilas 500 kV
20H.6
Chilas - Aliot 500 kV
Stable
Suki Kinari 500 kV
20H.7
Suki Kinari - Aliot 500 kV
Stable
Neelum-Jehlum 500 kV
20H.8
Neelum Jehlum - Aliot 500 kV
Stable
Aliot 500 kV
20H.9
Aliot - ISBD-W 500 kV
Stable
Aliot 500 kV
20H.10
Aliot - Azad Pattan 500 kV
Stable
Aliot 500 kV
20H.11
Aliot - Gujrat 500 kV
Stable
Karot 500 kV
20H.12
Karot - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Azad Pattan 500 kV
20H.13
Azad Pattan - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Tarbela 500 kV
20H.14
Tarbela - G.Brotha 500 kV
Stable
Tarbela 500 kV
20H.15
Tarbela - ISBD-W 500 kV
Stable
Tarbela 500 kV
20H.16
Tarbela - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
G-Brotha 500 kV
20H.17
G-Brotha - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
G-Brotha 500 kV
20H.18
G-Brotha - FBD-W 500 kV
Stable
Chashma-Nuc 500 kV
20H.19
Chashma-Nuc - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
Ludewala 500 kV
20H.20
Ludewala - Gatti 500 kV
Stable
Haveli 500 kV
20H.21
Haveli - M.Garh 500 kV
Stable
FBD-W 500 kV
20H.22
FBD-W - Multan 500 kV
Stable
ISBD-W 500 kV
20H.23
ISBD-W - Tarbela 500 kV
Stable
ISBD-W 500 kV
20H.24
ISBD-W - Rewat-N 500 kV
Stable
Gujranwala 500 kV
20H.25
Gujranwala - Lahore-O 500 kV
Stable
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Figure
No.
Fault Location
Post-fault Outage
Performance
Lahore-O 500 kV
20H.26
Lahore-O - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-N 500 kV
20H.27
Lahore-N - Aliot 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-South 500 kV
20H.28
Lahore-South - Lahore-N 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-South 500 kV
20H.29
Lahore-South - Sahiwal 500 kV
Stable
Low Water-2021 Cases:

The following table summarizes the results:
Fault Location
Figure No.
Post-fault Outage
Performance
FBD-W 500 kV
20T.1
FBD-W - Gatti 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-South 500 kV
20T.2
Lahore-South- Lahore-N 500 kV
Stable
Tharcoal 500 kV
20T.3
Tharcoal - Matiari 500 kV
Stable
Tharcoal 500 kV
20T.4
Tharcoal - KDA 500 kV
Stable
Imp-Coal 500 kV
20T.5
Imp-Coal - NKI 500 kV
Stable
AES-Coal 500 kV
20T.6
AES-Coal - NKI 500 kV
Stable
KDA 500 kV
20T.7
KDA - NKI 500 kV
Stable
HUB 500 kV
20T.8
HUB - NKI 500 kV
Stable
Matiari 500 kV
20T.9
Matiari - Jamshoro 500 kV
Stable
Jamshoro 500 kV
20T.10
Jamshoro - Dadu 500 kV
Stable
Guddu 500 kV
20T.11
Guddu - D.G. Khan 500 kV
Stable
Multan 500 kV
20T.12
Multan - Vehari 500 kV
Stable
As seen above, for the 2020-21 scenarios, 41 stability cases were analyzed and instability
issues were not observed.
11.2 Stability Studies for the year 2030
This is the ultimate year of the study period and has been analyzed in detail to test the
robustness of the proposed transmission expansion plan for the disturbed transient /
dynamic conditions of the system. The plotted results of the simulations for 2030 are
attached as Appendix-9. The details of the faults and the outages and description of
respective plots are shown in a similar fashion to those for the year 2020 as follows:
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High Water-2030 Cases:

Fault Location
Figure No.
Post-fault Outage
Performance
Basha 500 kV
30H.1
Basha - Gabral 500 kV
Stable
Asrit-K 500 kV
30H.2
Asrit-K - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Basha 500 kV
30H.3
Basha - Kaigah 500 kV
Stable
Kaigah 500 kV
30H.4
Kaigah - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Madyan 500 kV
30H.5
Madyan - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Pattan 500 kV
30H.6
Pattan to Thakot 500 kV
Stable
Thakot 500 kV
30H.7
Thakot - Mansehra 500 kV
Stable
Dasu 500 kV
30H.8
Dasu - Mansehra 500 kV
Stable
Palas 500 kV
30H.9
Palas - Mansehra 500 kV
Stable
Tungus 500 kV
30H.10
Tungus - Yulbu 500 kV
Stable
Yulbu 500 kV
30H.11
Yulbu - Bunji 500 kV
Stable
Bunji 500 kV
30H.12
Bunji - Chilas 500 kV
Stable
Chilas 500 kV
30H.13
Chilas - Aliot 500 kV
Stable
Suki-Kinari 500 kV
30H.14
Suki-Kinari - Aliot-S/S 500 kV
Stable
Dhudnial 500 kV
30H.15
Dhudnial - Neelum-Jehlum 500 kV
Stable
N-Jehlum 500 kV
30H.16
N-Jehlum - Kohala 500 kV
Stable
Kohala 500 kV
30H.17
Kohala - ALIOT-S/S 500 kV
Stable
Faisalabad-W 500 kV
30H.18
Faisalabad -W - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Mardan 500 kV
30H.19
Mardan - Banu 500 kV
Stable
Chashma 500 kV
30H.20
Chashma-NUC - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
Peshawar 500 kV
30H.21
Peshawar - Mardan 500 kV
Stable
Tarbela 500 kV
30H.22
Tarbela - G.Brotha 500 kV
Stable
G.Brotha 500 kV
30H.23
G.Brotha - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
Mansehra 500 kV
30H.24
Mansehra - FBD-W 500 kV
Stable
FBD-E 500 kV
30H.25
FBD-E - Mansehra 500 kV
Stable
Gatti 500 kV
30H.26
Gatti - Ludewala 500 kV
Stable
ISBD-W 500 kV
30H.27
ISBD-W - Mansehra 500 kV
Stable
ISBD-W 500 kV
30H.28
ISBD-W - Rewat-N 500 kV
Stable
Rewat-N 500 kV
30H.29
Rewat-N - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Mansehra 500 kV
30H.30
Mansehra - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Qadirabad 500 kV
30H.31
Qadirabad - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
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Fault Location
Figure No.
Post-fault Outage
Performance
Aliot-S/S 500 kV
30H.32
Aliot-S/S - Azad Patan 500 kV
Stable
Azad Patan 500 kV
30H.33
Azad Patan - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Karot 500 kV
30H.34
Azad Karot - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Aliot-S/S 500 kV
30H.35
Trip Aliot-S/S - Sialkot 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-N 500 kV
30H.36
Lahore-N - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Gujranwala 500 kV
30H.37
Gujranwala - Lahore-O 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-O 500 kV
30H.38
Lahore-O - Gujranwala 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-E 500 kV
30H.39
Lahore-E - Lahore-South 500 kV
Stable
Balloki 500 kV
30H.40
Balloki to Lahore-South 500 kV
Stable
Low Water-2030 Cases:

Fault Location
Figure
No.
Post-fault Outage
Performance
Haveli 500 kV
30T.1
Haveli - M.Garh 500 kV
Stable
Multan 500 kV
30T.2
Multan - Haveli 500 kV
Stable
Lahore-South 500 kV
30T.3
Lahore-South to Sahiwal 500 kV
Stable
Multan 500 kV
30T.4
Multan - Haveli 500 kV
Stable
Balloki 500 kV
30T.5
Balloki - Okara 500 kV
Stable
Dadu 500 kV
30T.6
Dadu - Shikarpur 500 kV
Stable
Matiari 500 kV
30T.7
Matiari - Moro 500 kV
Stable
NTDC-Gharo 500 kV
30T.8
NTDC-Gharo - Karachi-E 500 kV
Stable
PAEC 500 kV
30T.9
PAEC - Karachi-S 500 kV
Stable
Karachi-S 500 kV
30T.10
Karachi-S - Karachi-E 500 kV
Stable
NTDC-Jhimpir 500 kV
30T.11
NTDC-Jhimpir - Matiari 500 kV
Stable
Jamshoro 500 kV
30T.12
Jamshoro - Dadu 500 kV
Stable
IMP-Coal 500 kV
30T.13
IMP-Coal - NKI 500 kV
Stable
AES-Coal 500 kV
30T.14
AES-Coal - NKI 500 kV
Stable
HUB 500 kV
30T.15
HUB - NKI 500 kV
Stable
Tharcoal 500 kV
30T.16
Tharcoal - Matiari 500 kV
Stable
Tharcoal 500 kV
30T.17
Trip Tharcoal - KDA 500 kV
Stable
Tharcoal 500 kV
30T.18
Tharcoal to Matiari 500 kV
Stable
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11.3 General Conclusions of Stability Studies

Following are the general findings and recommendations to improve stability of the system;
There are no problems of angular stability in the system. All the transients damp
down within 2-3 seconds after the clearance of faults in almost all the simulations.
There is good damping torque in the system.
Power System Stabilizers (PSS) should be installed with all the generating units in
the system
Detailed studies to work out the dynamic reactive power compensation with loads
modeled as dynamic loads should be performed as a separate exercise. This would
optimize the size and locations of any SVC, FACTS devices if required in the system
due to voltage collapse.
12
COST ESTIMATE OF TRANSMISSION EXPANSION
12.1 Total requirement (BOQs) between 2017 and 2030

The following Table shows the total additional reinforcements required for NTDC network till
the year 2030 over and above the ongoing, committed and planned till 2016-17:
Between
2017-2020
Between
2021-2030
220 kV D/C lines (kM)
270
2,623
500 kV D/C Lines (kM)
5394
6700
220/132 kV transformers/substations (MVA)
19,850
79,600
500/220 kV transformers/substations (MVA)
25,800
68,150
2x(1x1000)
654
2x (2x4,000)
6x(2x4,000)
2000
5770
Items
500 kV HVDC Bipole Converters (MW)

500kV HVDC Bipole Transmission line (kM)
600 kV HVDC Bipole Converters (MW)
600kV HVDC Bipole Transmission line (kM)
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12.2 Total Cost

The following Table indicates the total investments required till 2030.
Item*
Million PKR
Million USD**
428,000
5,350
Projects proposed from 2017 to 2020
569,440
7,118
Projects proposed from 2021 to 2030
1,163,360
14,542
Total
2,160,800
27,010
Projects already committed/Planned

completed by 2016-17 but not yet funded
to
be
*Cost for lines crossing international boundaries only include Pakistan component
** USD 1.0 = PKR 80.0
13
CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Transmission Expansion Plan for NTDC system of 500 kV and 220 kV has been
evolved through extensive load capacity analysis and load flow analysis in three
stages and the consolidated schedule of expansion is attached in Appendix-10 as
follows:
Appendix-10.1: Year by year expansion from 2016-17 to 2020-21
The expansion plan has progressively assumed to adopt higher ratings of equipment
as follows:
o
500/220 kV transformers to be 750 MVA in general and 1000 MVA for grid
stations in big load centres such as Lahore, Karachi and Faisalabad.
220/132 kV transformers to be 250 MVA in general and 350 MVA for grid
stations in big load centres such as Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar,
Faiselabad and Multan.
500 kV lines to be double circuit quad bundled using Martin conductor

(ACSR) in North and mid country; and Araucaria (AAAC) in South.
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The space in the existing 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV grid stations should be
utilized for conversion, augmentation and/or extension to enhance their
capacity to have at least four transformers each of 500/220 kV and
220/132kV depending on the availability of space
Reconductoring or replacement of all existing 220 kV lines of single conductor

to twin-bundled Rail or Greeley conductors
220/132 kV grid stations have been proposed in thickly populated areas of

big load centres through:
GIS grid stations of 220/132 kV
Underground cables (XLPE) of 220 kV to interconnect these grid

stations with the main NTDC grid.
Short circuit analysis has been carried out for the spot years of 2020 and 2030 and
uprating of switchgear has been proposed at existing and future grid stations as
follows:
500 kV: short circuit ratings to be 63 kA or 50 kA
220 kV: short circuit rating to be 63 kA or 50 kA
132 kV: short circuit rating to be 50 kA or 40 kA
Transient stability study has been performed for the spot years of 2020 and 2030 by
applying the most severe 3-phase permanent fault and final trip of the faulted circuit.
It is recommended to have;
o
Power System Stabilizers (PSS) to be installed at all the existing and future
new power plants
Dynamic System Monitors (DSM) to be installed at all the 500/220 kV grid

stations for real time recording of voltage, currents, frequency etc. to be used
for post-mortem analysis and for tuning of dynamic data of generators and
dynamic loads in the system
The upcoming problem in the NTDC longitudinal problem having sources of

generation in the far North or far South and load concentrated in mid-country, would
be the deficiency of reactive power (VAR) supply for the load centres. To overcome
this problem the following assumptions were made:
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Switched shunt capacitor banks at all levels 11 kV, 132 kV and 220 kV if
necessary. However the bottom line should be to provide reactive power
compensation as close to the load as possible.
Dynamic reactive power compensation devices such as SVCs, SVS and other
FACTS controllers. The present plan has quantified the requirement and
locations in terms of switched shunt capacitor banks, which can be
categorized in terms of SVC, SVS and/or FACTS through a detailed voltage
stability study
Detailed voltage stability study is required to be carried out for the entire NTDC
system using carefully selected composite load model comprising mix of dynamic
and static loads, to optimally quantify and locate the dynamic reactive power
compensation to overcome slow recovery of voltage after fault clearance, a
phenomena common in the system where air-conditioning load is significantly
increasing which is now commonplace in Pakistan.
It is recommended that complimentary studies considering HVDC faults are

undertaken with both single pole and bipole outages. These studies are intended to
assess the system stability and indicate, if necessary, the requirement to provide
overload capacity on the HVDC lines and converters.
Capacity building of NTDC Planning engineers for the upcoming challenges and new
devices proposed in the expansion plan, especially SVC, FACTS and HVDC
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Asian Development Bank

Alternative Energy Development Board

SNC-Lavalin, Transmission and Distribution Group

Demand Side Management

Gross Domestic Product

Hydel (or Hydro) Power Project

High-Sulphur Furnace Oil

High Voltage Alternating Current

High Voltage Direct Current

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Karachi Electric Supply Company

Karachi Port Trust

Million cubic feet per day

Million Tons of Oil Equivalent

Megawatt-hour or 1,000 kilowatt-hours

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority

National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited

National Power Plan, prepared by Acres International Limited in 1994

National Transmission and Despatch Company

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission

Pak-Arab Refining Company

Pakistan Electric Power Company

National Power Systems Expansion Plan

Private Power and Infrastructure Board

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

Port Qasim Authority

Pakistan State Oil

Power System Simulation

Residual Furnace Oil

Surge Impedance Load

Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited

Sui Southern Gas Company Limited

Generation planning software (System Production Costing)

The Iranian Electric Utility

Water and Power Development Authority

National Power System Expansion Plan

PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA .............................................................. 1

TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NTDC LONGITUDINAL NETWORK...................... 3

APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 5

Development of Study Cases ................................................................................... 5

DETERMINATION OF FUTURE NEEDS OF 500/220 KV & 220/132 KV GRID

Load Forecast ........................................................................................................... 7

Needs of 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations till 2020/21 .............................. 7

TRANSMISSION EXPANSION UP TO 2016-17 ............................................................. 9

Expansion Scheme ................................................................................................... 9

Power Dispersal Projects: Till 2016-17 ..................................................................... 9

Power Import Projects: Till 2016-17 ...................................................................... 11

New Grid Stations of 500/220 kV at Load Centers: Till 2016-17 ............................ 11

New Grid Stations of 220/132 kV at Load Centers: Till 2016-17 ............................ 12

Load Flow Results of the year 2016-17 .................................................................. 14

TRANSMISSION EXPANSION FROM 2016-17 TO 2020-21 ....................................... 16

Power Dispersal Projects: 2016-17 to 2020-21 .................................................. 17

New 500/220 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21 ................ 20

New 220/132 kV Grid Stations at Load Centers: 2016-17 to 2020-21 ................ 21

Augmentations and Extensions at 500/220 kV and 220/132 kV Grid Stations:

Expansion Scheme ................................................................................................. 16

Load Flow Results of the year 2020-21 .................................................................. 22