Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
• 95 per cent in case of commercial LT consumers; 86 per cent in case of domestic
consumers; and
• 38 per cent in case of agricultural consumers.
The company has not made any estimate of the revenue loss on account of theft or
commercial and technical losses. However, in 2004-05, 3,721 raids were conducted
and penalty amount of Rs 4.353 crore was collected.
IMPACT OF REFORMS ON NESCO, WESCO AND SOUTHCO
The three DISCOMs, i.e., NECSO, WESCO and SOUTHCO, are owned by Reliance
Energy Limited (REL)
Brief Profile of DISCOMs
Particulars NESCO WESCO SOUTHCO
Area covered (sq. km) 28,000 48,000 47,000
Population (Lakh) 91.8 94 87.1
Consumer (Lakh) 4.44 4.66 4.4
Primary sub-station (No.) 104 108 115
Distribution sub-station (No.) 10,678 10,744 9,046
33 kV line (ckt km) 1,833 2,673.5 2,822.32
11 kV line (ckt km) 11,256 15,560 12,330.87
No. of employees 3,918 5,014 3,959
Management of DISCOMs
• Three DISCOMs commenced operations from 1 April 1999 with the requisite
distribution Licenses from OERC.
• 51 per cent of equity share capital of each DISCOM is held by REL (formerly
BSES Limited) and its associate companies.
• Each DISCOM is managed by a Board of Directors as per the following
compositions:
Nominees of REL and its associates 5
Nominees of GRIDCO 3
Total 8
• Chairman (non-executive) of each DISCOM is nominated by GRIDCO. CMD,
GRIDCO, is the Chairman of all the three DISCOMs.
• CEO/MDs are nominated by REL, Mumbai.
Power Sector Scenario Prior to Reform
• Weak technical/network system;
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