Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation
Bengaluru, India | |
Area served | Karnataka |
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Key people |
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Products | Power Transmission |
Revenue |
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Subsidiaries |
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Website | kptcl |
The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, also known as KPTCL, is the sole
Zones and circles
Zone Name | Description |
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MESCOM
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Mangalore Electricity Supply Company |
BESCOM | Bangalore Electricity Supply Company |
HESCOM | Hubli Electricity Supply Company |
GESCOM | Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company |
CESCOM | Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation |
KPTCL buys power from power generating companies like Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and other IPPs (Independent Power Producers) like GMR, Jindal, Lanco(UPCL) etc., and sell them to their respective ESCOMS.
Governance
Company is governed under the purview of Ministry of Energy. Department is headed by a cabinet grade minister. Currently Siddaramaiah is the minister under the chief ministership of him.[4]
Criticism
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) came under intense criticism with its telephonic helpline number 1912, due to rampant power cuts, after which Bescom added mobile numbers to its existing call answering facilities for different regions in the city.[5]
References
- ^ "About Us". kptcl.karnataka.gov.in.
- ^ "Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited". Kptcl.karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Karnataka's Electricity Sector Transformation : India's Leading Renewable Energy State" (PDF). Ieefa.org. July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "D K Shivakumar gets energy portfolio in Karnataka cabinet". Thehindubusinessline.com. 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Bescom, just a ring away". Bangalore Mirror.