India is preparing to embed artificial intelligence (AI) deep into the operations of its national electricity grid — the largest unified power grid in the world — to enable real-time risk detection, fault prediction and market manipulation surveillance, senior officials said on September 17, 2025.
This marks a strategic shift from using AI primarily in forecasting and scheduling to deploying it as a core reliability and security layer for India’s rapidly transforming power system. With renewable energy projected to cross 500 gigawatt (GW) before 2030, grid managers warned that the system’s growing complexity demands machine-speed decision-making.
“The grid’s physical and digital layers are now inseparable. As variability increases, we can’t depend on post-fault analysis alone — AI must give us situational awareness before faults propagate,” said chairman and managing director of Grid India Samir Chandra Saxena at the KPMG energy conference.
Until now, AI in the power sector has mainly been used for load forecasting, renewable generation prediction, and revenue optimisation, especially for wind and solar. The new phase aims to go much further — using real-time…
