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| Company type | Government enterprise |
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| Industry | Power transmission |
| Predecessor | West Bengal State Electricity Board |
| Founded | 1 April 2007[1] |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Area served | West Bengal, India |
Key people | Shri S Suresh Kumar, IAS (Chairman)[1] Shri Santanu Basu, IAS (Managing Director) |
| Products | Electricity |
| Owner | Government of West Bengal (100%) |
| Website | wbsetcl.in |
Post the Electricity Act 2003, The GoWB divided the erstwhile West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) into two functionally independent state-owned companies, West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL), with effect from 1 April 2007. WBSETCL is responsible for transmitting electricity from generating sources to load centers through a transmission network operating at 400kV, 220kV, 132kV and 66kV spread across West Bengal. WBSETCL is currently playing three distinct functional roles envisaged under the Electricity Act 2003
• The State Transmission Utility (STU) provider • A Transmission Licensee (TL) • The State Load Dispatch Center (SLDC).
- ^ a b "West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited". Retrieved 21 December 2012.