Bhutan-India Interconnected Grid Operation and Electricity Market Transactions

The electrical interconnection between India and Bhutan is one of the oldest amongst the global transnational interconnections. The export of power from the Hydro Electric Projects in Bhutan are a unique example of complementary collaboration in cross border trade which provides a clean and reliable source of electricity to India along with economic value for Bhutan. The authors illustrate here in this paper the governance architecture at the regulatory and policy level for facilitating transnational transactions between Bhutan and India. The authors outline the key aspects for ensuring the reliability and security of the interconnection and other challenges. The research community would be benefited from key aspects regarding the operative knowledge of synchronous operation of India-Bhutan interconnector in this paper. The Cross Border Transactions in Electricity (CBTE) policy of the Government of India has boosted up our nearby countries to further strengthen the interconnection with India leading to greater regional interconnections development.