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POWERGRID opens Telangana battery storage tender; bids due October 19

An open POWERGRID tender specifies 187.5 MW and 750 MWh of battery storage in Telangana. The procurement notice is not an awarded contract or operating capacity.

By Greener Numbers Editorial Team · Published October 13, 2026 · Updated 10/13/2026

POWERGRID has published an open tender for a battery energy storage system in Telangana, India. The official notice identifies Package TS-BESS-01 and specifies 187.5 megawatts of power capacity and 750 megawatt-hours of energy capacity. This is a procurement opportunity, not an announcement that storage has been built or connected to the grid.

The notice was published on October 12, 2026, and remains open for bids. It lists the soft-copy submission deadline as October 19 at 11:00 AM and the bid opening at 11:30 AM that day. These times are reproduced as displayed on the Indian portal; the page does not label a time zone. Bidders should check the full procurement documents for governing requirements and any amendments.

The stated power and energy ratings describe different capabilities. The notice itself labels the project as 187.5 MW multiplied by four hours, yielding 750 MWh. Four-hour storage at the stated power rating is not evidence of unlimited backup duration, annual electricity output or an independently measured efficiency figure.

The project description places the procurement under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding. The tender reference is CC/T/W-BESS/DOM/A02/26/14098, and the official page directs bidders to the PRANIT portal using RFX number 5002005732. Those identifiers help distinguish this opportunity from other POWERGRID transmission or storage procurements.

The portal lists a tender fee of INR 25,000. Its tender-value and earnest-money-deposit fields show zero, which should not be interpreted as proof that building the project costs nothing or that no security requirement appears in the detailed documents. Document sales are listed as ending October 17 at 11:55 PM. Eligibility and commercial terms require the actual bid package, not this short news summary.

Limits: the official notice confirms the proposed system size, tender identity and displayed schedule. It does not establish an award, commissioning date, winning tariff or household electricity-bill saving. The useful development is an active procurement step toward storage infrastructure, with contracting, construction and operation still separate milestones.

Official source: apps.powergrid.in ↗