Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited, abbreviated as TGNPDCL , is the

electricity distribution Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electricity. Electricity is carried from the transmission system to individual consumers. Distribution substations connect to the transmission system and lower the transmission ...

company owned by the

government of Telangana The Government of Telangana also known as Telangana Government, is the governing authority of the state of Telangana in India. It consists of an executive, a judiciary and a legislative. The state government is headed by the Governor of Tel ...

for the 18 northern districts of Telangana with

Hanumakonda Hanamakonda is a major city and the district headquarters of Hanamkonda district in the state of Telangana. It is about 150 KM away from the state Capital Hyderabad and about 7KM away from former district Head quarters Warangal. It is also one ...

as the headquarters.

History

The Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited was incorporated under Companies Act 1956 and commenced its operations on 2 June 2014 with

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 811,844 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal serv ...

as its headquarters. It is successor to APNPDCL which in turn APSEB.APNPDCL Its first chairman and managing director was Kathikeya Mishra, who was succeeded by Venkatanaraya Narayana and then by the third and present chairman and managing director Annamaneni Gopal Rao. Tsnpdcl map

Network

The power company encompasses 18 districts: Mancherial, Nirmal, Kumram Bheem, Kamareddy, Peddapalli, Jagtial, Rajanna, Warangal, Hanumakonda, Mahabubabad, Mulugu, Prof Jayashankar, Jangaon, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Khammam districts. Its network reaches a population of about 1.55 crores spread across villages and towns surrounding an area of 66,860 km². In order to overcome the shortage of power in the state,

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is also considered.

References

{{Power Plants of Telangana State agencies of Telangana Energy in Telangana Electric power distribution network operators in India Indian companies established in 2014 Energy companies established in 2014 2014 establishments in Telangana

History

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