About KESCO
Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Limited — A Government of Uttar Pradesh Undertaking
About KESCO
Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Ltd. is a company incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at 14/71, Civil Lines, Kanpur-208001. KESCo was formed on 14 January 2000 under U.P. Electricity Reform Act 1999. It is registered for distribution of electricity in the area under Kanpur City (Urban).
Keeping in view the geographic condition, the complete region of Kanpur Nagar Nigam is decided as the work area of KESCo. Its boundaries are — upto river Ganga in the North, upto river Pandu in the South, upto I.I.T. campus in the West, and upto villages of Chakari in the East. The total area supplied electricity is 500 Square K.M.
KESCo has 1,222 bulk consumers and 7,05,412 other consumers. These consumers belong to domestic, commercial and power categories, connected to the grid through 93 nos. of 33 KV substations and 543 nos. of 11 KV feeders. KESCo receives electricity from 9 transmission substations of 220 KV and 132 KV of U.P. Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. Total 201 power transformers (capacity 1517 MVA) and 4754 distribution transformers are in service.
Brief History
In pursuance of a reform-restructuring exercise, the erstwhile UPSEB was unbundled under the First Reforms Transfer Scheme dated 14th January 2000, into three separate entities:
Through another Transfer Scheme dated 15th January 2000, assets, liabilities and personnel of Kanpur Electricity Supply Authority (KESA) under UPSEB were transferred to KESCO.
The need for further unbundling of UPPCL along functional lines led to the formation of four new Distribution Companies ('Discoms'):
- Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (Agra Discom)
- Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (Lucknow Discom)
- Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (Meerut Discom)
- Poorvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (Varanasi Discom)