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Transmission infrastructure reports are showing that grid protection weakness is no longer an isolated technical problem. The latest operational note records repeated protection failures, spurious tripping, incomplete schemes, and delayed corrective action across several regions. That matters because the purpose of protection is simple: clear the fault fast and contain the disturbance. When that fails, the entire network carries the stress.

Several cases in the note point to this exact problem. Faults were not cleared at the local level, adjacent elements tripped instead, and upstream systems had to respond. Repeated disturbances in Tipaimukh, chronic line tripping in Nagaland and Manipur, and malfunction episodes in SPS testing all point to the same concern. The grid is facing recurring protection weakness even after audit requirements were clearly laid down. That makes these Transmission infrastructure reports especially significant for operators and planners.

There is also a wider operational angle. High levels of outages for relay testing, CT corrections, retrofits, commissioning, and infrastructure diversion suggest that the network is under constant protection-related intervention. At the same time, non-submission of disturbance data and underuse of digital tools such as PDMS and PSCT weaken root-cause analysis and coordinated settings management.For EnergylineIndia.com, these Transmission infrastructure reports show that reliability risk is building through both equipment and process failure. This is not just a maintenance story. It is a control discipline story inside the Inter State Transmission System. That is why Transmission infrastructure reports should be read closely in current Indian Power news tracking.

Inter State Transmission System performance is under sharper scrutiny after a series of frequency events, voltage instability episodes, and project execution delays. The latest data shows a 0 percent peak deficit on paper, but that did not prevent frequency from falling to 49.62 Hz. This suggests that reported adequacy is not fully capturing operational stress developing within the network.

A key signal comes from the 16.5 GW load drop event. The disturbance involved HVDC tripping, renewable volatility, frequency spikes, voltage surges, and tripping of 18 EHV lines. At the same time, the northern grid continued to face persistent overvoltage even after shutdown interventions. Rajasthan renewable zones were also flagged for low system strength and oscillatory behaviour. These developments indicate that the Inter State Transmission System is facing both dynamic stability stress and reactive power management challenges.

The document also points to control and coordination gaps. SCADA failure at NTPC Gandhar reduced real-time visibility. Audit and funding delays are slowing protection upgrades in the North East. Communication outage proposals remain irregular. On the project front, Transmission infrastructure reports from the Central Electricity Authority show progress tracking, but also underline delays linked to bay readiness, approvals, and repeated outage extensions.For EnergylineIndia.com, this Inter State Transmission System update matters because it combines system operation risk with implementation bottlenecks. When frequency stress, voltage instability and delayed transmission works appear together, the Inter State Transmission System becomes more vulnerable to disruption than headline numbers suggest.