Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited

The Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (APSPDCL) was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 as a Public Limited Company on 01-04-2000 with headquarters at Tirupati to carryout electricity distribution for the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa. On 2 June-2014, due to bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Anantapur and Kurnool districts were added to the Southern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd.

AP Power Sector Reforms envisage creation of Distribution Companies as Government Undertakings. The Andhra Pradesh Gazette No.37 published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on Friday the 31st of March 2000 declared formally formation of Distribution Companies. In this process, Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company was formed for the following six districts of Andhra Pradesh. The Corporate Office and Headquarters of APSPDCL is at Tirupati City

Quality power at economic rates acts a catalyst in transforming the state by fostering growth in agricultural, industrial and commercial areas while meeting the increasing domestic demand. On Feb 1, 1999, Government of Andhra Pradesh initiated the first phase of reforms and restructuring in AP's power sector by unbundling APSEB into APGENCO and APTRANSCO to cater to Generation and Transmission & Distribution respectively. APTRANSCO was further reorganized into four distribution companies to cater to the needs to the different districts of AP.

APSPDCL was formed in April 1, 2000 to serve Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts with a vision to become an efficient utility supplying reliable and quality power, promoting economic development and being self-reliant commercially.

After the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into the two new states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on 2nd June-2014, two more districts Anantapur and Kurnool were added to the Southern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd.

APSPDCL encompasses an area of Five districts viz. Nellore district, Chittor district, Kadapa district, Ananthapur district and Kurnool district SPDCL DISCOM Details up to 31-07-2019.

S.No. Details 1 Area in Sq.KM 118119 2 No. of Domestic Services 9412063 3 No. of Non Domestic & Commercial Services 1000677 4 No. of LT Industrial Services 74784 5 No. of Collage Industries and Dhobighats Services 17097 6 No. of Agricultural Services 1475846 7 No. of P W S & Street Light Services 117829 8 No. of General Purpose Services 82955 9 No. of Aqua & Animal Husbandry & others Services 55320 10 No. of Temporary Services 1026 11 No. of LT Services 12237597 12 No. of HT Services 7116 13 No. of 33/11 KV Substations 2228 14 No. of Distribution Transformers 784330 15 No. of 11 KV Feeders 8589 16 No. Divisions 48 17 No. of Sub-Divisions 166 18 No. of Sections 648 19 No. of ERO's / Sub-ERO's 132|}

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