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Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL)
LOGO Used on the official website
Native name	उत्तर प्रदेश पावर कारपोरेशन लिमिटेड
Company type	Uttar Pradesh State Government Undertaking
Industry	Electric Power
Predecessor	UPSEB
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters	Lucknow, India
Area served	Uttar Pradesh
Key people	Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma, Ashish Kumar Goel (Chairman), Pankaj Kumar (Managing Director)
Services	Electricity Transmission & Distribution
Owner	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Subsidiaries	DVVNL MVVNL PVVNL PuVVNL KESCO
Website	uppcl.org

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is the company responsible for electricity transmission and distribution within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] The incumbent chairman is Dr. Ashish Kumar Goel.^[2]

Restructuring

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For efficient operation & management, UPPCL is further restructured into:

Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) - Agra Zone Discom
Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (MVVNL) - Lucknow, Ayodhya Zone Discom
Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) - Meerut Zone Discom
Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PUVVNL) - Prayagraj, Varanasi Zone Discom
Kanpur Electricity Supply Company (KESCO) - Kanpur City Discom
Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) - Lucknow City Discom
Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (UPPTCL) - State Transmission Utility

Power procurement

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UPPCL procures power from state government-owned power generators (Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam & Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited), central government-owned power generators (NTPC Limited & THDC Ltd) and independent power producers - IPP (mostly private power companies) through power purchase agreement for lowest per unit cost of electricity.

Financial condition and line losses

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The total loss of the UPPCL for the year ended on 31 March 2017 is estimated to be ₹ 8,825 crores.

The causes of such poor financial conditions include:

Higher line losses due to ageing over-stressed infrastructure
Pilferage of power at large scale
Inferior quality of transformers and other equipment
Widespread corruption
Inefficient use of IT-enabled infrastructure for administrative as well as technical purposes^[3]

Discom-wise Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) Loss / Total line losses (in %) for the period 2010-11:

Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) - 46.80%
Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (MVVNL) - 39.10%
Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) - 31.60%
Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PUVVNL) - 29.72%

Power plants SPVs

In line of Power Finance Corporation, UPPCL created Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs):

To attract private investment in the implementation of New Power Plant Projects in the state of Uttar Pradesh
To meet the growing power demand of Uttar Pradesh state
To procure power at the lowest possible feasible rates

The role of SPVs are -

Preparing feasibility report (including Technology, Size, Coal linkages, Land & Water issues),
Clearances (including environment clearances) & land acquisition, etc.

These SPVs are transferred to a developer private company through bidding for the lowest per unit cast of selling electricity to UPPCL.

UPPCL SPVs:

Bara Thermal Power Project, Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited (Tehsil - Bara, Distt. Allahabad) - 3 x 660 MW
Tanda thermal power plant (Ambedkar Nagar district)

- 4× 1680 MW - 4× 660 MW

Karchana Thermal Power Station, Sangam Power Generation Company Limited (Tehsil - Karchana, Distt. Allahabad) - 2 x 660 MW (Under Construction)

Restructuring

Power procurement

Financial condition and line losses

Power plants SPVs

References