Industry Electricity generation Products Electricity Founded 2 June 2014 | Key people D.Prabhakar Rao,CMD Headquarters Hyderabad | |
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Type State Government-owned Corporation- State PSU Motto The Power generating Company of Telangana | ||
Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited is a power generating organization of Telangana. It has ceased to do power trading and has retained with powers of controlling system operations of Power Generation after formation of Telangana state.
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Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited has been incorporated under companies Act, 2013, on 19 May 2014 and commenced its operations from 2 June 2014.
History
The erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board which came into existence in 1959 was responsible for Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity.Under Electricity Sector Reforms agenda,Government of Andhra Pradesh promulgated Andhra Pradesh Electricity Reforms Act, 1998. The erstwhile APSEB was unbundled into one Generating Company (APGENCO), One Transmission Company (APTRANSCO) and Four Distribution Companies (APDISCOMs) as part of the reform process.
Later, on 2 June 2014, when the state was bifurcated, APGENCO distributed all the assets, liabilities and power stations to both the states and Telangana Power Generation Corporation (TSGENCO) was formed for the newly formed Telangana state and APGENCO remained for Andhra Pradesh in accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. All the plants (thermal, hydel and solar) located in Telangana region were transferred to Telangana Genco on an “as is where is” basis.
Mission
Power Plants of TSGENCO
The Power Plants of TSGENCO are