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Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company
Electricity transmission and distribution company in Andhra Pradesh, India1
Power sector of Andhra Pradesh is divided into 4 categories namely Regulation, Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is the regulatory body. APGENCO deals with the electricity production and also maintenance, proposes new projects and upgrades existing ones as well.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Power sector of Andhra Pradesh is divided into 4 categories namely Regulation, Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is the regulatory body. APGENCO deals with the electricity production and also maintenance, proposes new projects and upgrades existing ones as well. The APGENCO also set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), named as Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited (APPDCL), a joint venture company of APGENCO (with 50% equity) and IL&FS (50% equity) to set up Krishnapatanam thermal power project (2x800 MW).2
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In addition to above projects, there are nearly 103 MW small Hydro plants, nearly 490 MW bagasse, industrial & municipal waste, bio-mass co-generation,
& bio-mass based power projects, nearly 78.79 mini power plants (grid connected) and nearly 67.20 MW other (grid connected) plants based on isolated gas wells, etc. in private sector. These power plants are not covering captive power capacity in various industries that are not grid connected. In addition, there are innumerable diesel generator sets installed in the state for stand by supply and emergency power supply needs during power outages.
Regional operations
Power distribution in the state is divided into three divisions, namely Eastern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APEPDCL), Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APCPDCL) and Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APSPDCL), which distributes the power to the households, agriculture and the industries.
APEPDCL
Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited or APEPDCL is a state-owned Electricity Distribution company. It is owned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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The present CMD is Immadi Prudhvi Tej, IAS.
APEPDCL was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 as a Public Limited Company on 31 March 2000 with headquarters at Visakhapatnam. APEPDCL encompasses in 12 districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The districts are Srikakulam, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Polavaram, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, East Godavari, Konaseema, Eluru and West Godavari.
APCPDCL
Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (also known as APCPDCL), (HQ: Vijayawada), is a power distribution company owned by the state government of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed on 05-12-2019, as part of a demerger in 2019, to cater the electricity needs of seven districts in Andhra Pradesh state.
The present CMD is Ravi Pattanshetti, IAS. It serves Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Krishna, NTR, Prakasam, Markapuram districts, an area of 56868 square kilometres, in Andhra Pradesh state. The corporation has 1176 MVA of electric distribution capacity with 9659 employees serving in the corporation.
APSPDCL
Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (also known as APSPDCL) is a power distribution company owned by the state government of Andhra Pradesh. It was incorporated on 1 April 2000 under the Companies Act, 1956 as part of the power sector reforms.
The company is headquartered in Tirupati and is responsible for distribution of electricity in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh.
The present CMD is Siva Sankar Lotheti, IAS, who assumed charge in October 2025.
APSPDCL serves districts including Tirupati, Chittoor, Annamayya, Kadapa, Anantapuramu, Sri Sathya Sai, Kurnool, Nandyal and Nellore.
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