"The Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Romeo Mikautadze, inspected the large-scale energy facility (the so-called double-chain 330KW Power Transmission Line with dispatch names - Gardabani-1 and Gardabani-2) completed at the border of the two countries. The Director General of SAKRUSENERGO, Bachana Suladze, and the General Director of the Georgian State Electrosystem, Giorgi Gigineishvili, informed the Deputy Economy Minister about the works carried out.

According to the Deputy Economy Minister, each chain of the new double-chain transmission line can be loaded with a capacity of 700 MW, instead of the current 250 MW, which will significantly increase the stability and security of the energy system of Georgia, and increase the reliability of uninterrupted electricity supply to the country's population.

The project "Doubling of the 330 kV Agstafa-Gardabani Electric Transmission Line" was implemented by JSC SAKRUSENERGO in accordance with the 2020-2030 and 2021-2031 ten-year plans for the development of the transmission network of Georgia. The budget of the project was 34.5 million GEL. 

It should be noted that the construction was monitored by the Engineering Monitoring Group LLC, the construction process was also under the supervision of the Archaeology Development Fund LLC.

The 330 kV Power Transmission Line Gardabani-1 was included in the power system on May 30, 2022, while Gardabani-2 will be connected to the network in accordance with the installation of a new autotransformer and the arrangement of the corresponding cell in the Gardabani substation.

The length of the double-chain power transmission line in the territory of Georgia is 18.5 km, and the total length is 64 km. 69 masts and 232 km-length wires were installed on the power transmission line track. The line is also equipped with an optical fiber strand.