Largest in geographical area amongst the five regions covering 30.7% of the area and 28% of the country�s population.
Largest number of constituents (9 states/UT�s, 3 Central Generating Companies, one Central Transmission Utility and Bhakra Beas Management Board).
Largest sized hydro unit (250 MW at Nathpa Jhakri) in the country.
Establishment of the first super thermal power station (Singrauli STPS) and 400 kV transmission system in the country.
Establishment of the first High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) long distance transmission system in the country (2x750 MW, + 500 kV Rihand-Dadri HVDC bipole).
First HVDC back-to-back interconnection with Western Region (2x250 MW back-to-back HVDC station at Vindhyachal).
First 400 kV Static Var Compensators (SVC�s) in the country (2x + 140 MVAR SVC at Kanpur).
Largest capacity of combined cycle gas power stations amongst the five regions (2939.50 MW) located along the 700 Kms. long Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur (HBJ) natural gas pipeline of GAIL.
