Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation

Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited
Native name
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಪ್ರಸರಣ ನಿಗಮ ನಿಯಮಿತ
Company typePublic company
IndustryPower Transmission
PredecessorKarnataka Electricity Board
Founded1 August 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-08-01)
HeadquartersBengaluru, India
Area served
Karnataka
Key people
  • K. J. George, Chairman
  • Pankaj Kumar Pandey , IAS MD
  • Vijay.B.P., KAS, Director (Administration and Human Resource)[1]
ProductsPower Transmission
Revenue
  • Increase ₹2,875.43 crore (2015–16)
  • ₹2395.80 crore (2014–15)
Subsidiaries
Websitekptcl.karnataka.gov.in

The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, also known as KPTCL, is the sole electricity transmission and distribution company in state of Karnataka.[2] Its origin was in Karnataka Electricity Board. Until 2002, the Karnataka Electricity Board (KEB) handled electricity transmission and distribution across the state. It was then broken up, with Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) established to manage the transmission business.[3] This electricity transmission and distribution entity was corporatised to provide efficient and reliable electric power supply to the people of Karnataka state. KPTCL scope of work includes the handling of large projects in the field of energy.

  1. ^ "About Us". kptcl.karnataka.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited". Kptcl.karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Karnataka's Electricity Sector Transformation : India's Leading Renewable Energy State" (PDF). Ieefa.org. July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.