On 20 January 2007, Union Power Minister, Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde inaugurated the country's first 765 kV power transmission system at Chhattisgarh for evacuating electricity from NTPC's Sipat project in Bilaspur district.

The 765 kV system will offer higher capacity transmission that will result in lower right of way requirement,  a major constraint in development of transmission system in the country. This system offers  lower transmission losses, resulting in higher utilisation of generating capacity and optimises the resource required for capacity addition.

The 765 kV transmission system is techno-economically better option whenever power transmission system requires multi-point tapping at various locations for catering the load requirement of high growth area. At present, India has an AC transmission system of maximum level of 400 kV and as per plan for 2011-12, 765 kV voltage is considered as the next higher level of AC transmission voltage for the country.

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