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After nine extensions, TN power utility opens bids for smart meters
The New Indian Express Chennai
|August 06, 2025
THE Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) is believed to have received around 50 bids in total for the tenders it had floated in six separate packages to install 3 crore smart meters across Tamil Nadu in two phases.
After extending the deadline nine times since April, mainly due to various clarifications sought by potential bidders, the deadline for submission of bids ended by 2 pm on Tuesday, soon after which the bids were opened. A senior TNPDCL official told TNIE that not more than 50 bids had been received for all six separate tender packages together.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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