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South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited

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Type
  
Government owned

Website
  
sbpdcl.in sbpdcl.co.in

Founded
  
1 November 2012

Products
  
Electricity

Headquarters
  
Patna

Industry
  
Electricity distribution

Area served
  
17 districts of south Bihar List Patna Nalanda Gaya Bhagalpur Lakhisarai Jehanabad Aurangabad Buxar Bhojpur Rohtas Arwal Munger Banka Nawada Sheikhpura Jamui Kaimur

Key people
  
Sandeep Kumar R. Pudakalkatti Chairman Cum Managing Director

Parent organization
  
Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited

South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) is a public sector undertaking (PSU) controlled by the Government of Bihar. It was formed on 1 November 2012 under section 14 of the Electricity Act of 2003, and is the successor to the erstwhile Bihar State Electricity Board.

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Infrastructure

SBPDCL has an infrastructure facility in its operating area with 246 power system stabilizers, 705 power transformers, 139 33 kV feeders, 825 11 kV feeders and around 29,668 distribution transformers of various capacities.

Network

SBPDCL encompasses an area of 17 districts of southern Bihar further divided into 36 divisions viz., Ara, Aurangabad, Banka, Bankipore, Barbigha, Barh, Barhiya, Bhabua, Bihar Sharif, Bikramganj, Bakhtiyarpur, Buxar, Dakbungalow, Daudnagar, Dehri, Dumraon, Fatuha, Gulzarbagh, Hilsa, Jehanabad, Jamalpur, Jamui, Jhajha, Kankarbagh-II (Ram Krishna Nagar), Lakhisarai, Makhdumpur, Maner, Masaurhi, Mokama, Munger, Naugachia, Nawada, Patliputra, Patna City, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Rajgir, Sasaram, Sheikhpura, Sherghati, Sultanganj, Warisaliganj. Catering to the power requirements of around 1.8 million consumers in 2012.

References

South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited Wikipedia