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

State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
The following milestones in the reform process are worth mentioning:
• Carrying out negotiations with the employees’ associations and unions and
entering into tripartite agreements involving the State Government, APSEB
and the employees’ associations/unions.
• Carrying out intensive publicity campaign on the need for reforms.
• Enactment of Andhra Pradesh Electricity Reform Act, 1998.
The World Bank provided funds for the projects in transmission and
distribution segments and also loan assistance for the consultancy services in
the initial stage. Major part of the resources for the consultancy support has
been secured in the form of grants from the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and the Department for International
Development (DFID) of United Kingdom.
1.3 Restructuring of APSEB
The restructuring exercise started with the reorganisation of vertically
integrated APSEB into Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation
(APGENCO) for generation function and Transmission Corporation of AP Ltd
(APTRANSCO) for transmission and distribution functions.
The First Transfer Scheme vesting the assets, liabilities personnel, etc., with the
APGENCO and APTRANSCO was implemented w.e.f. 1 February 1999. The
Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission came into existence in
April 1999.
The distribution function was subsequently separated from APTRANSCO with
the creation of the following area based distribution companies (DISCOMs):
DISCOM Headquarters
Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd. (APEPDCL Vishakapatnam
Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd. (APNPDCL) Warangal
Central Power Distribution Company Ltd. (APCPDCL Hyderabad
Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd. (APSPDCL) Tirupati
The Second Transfer Scheme, vesting the distribution assets, liabilities,
personnel, etc., with the four DISCOMs, came into effect in 2001.
1.2