Tamil Nadu Electricity Board

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is a statutory body of the government which was established in the year 1957 under the Electricity Supply Act of 1948. This body was established to achieve the proper generation and distribution of electric power in the state and aspires to effectually render its services to the citizens of the state.

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has established three thermal power stations at Tuticorin, Mettur and North Chennai. The board aspires to establish several other substations to augment the existing thermal stations to generate the ever increasing electricity requirement of the state. The board has an installed capacity of 7905 mega watts with an added support of 832 mega watts generated by the wind mills. The Electricity Board had installed 1,39,933 transformers for the distribution of power to more than 149.91 lakh consumer in Tamil Nadu. The statutory body utilizes the energy forms like the wind, solar, biogas and the biomass which are renewable along with the thermal and nuclear forms of generating electricity. The electricity generated is distributed among the industrial, agricultural and the domestic sectors.

The Government has supported the programs of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and has undertaken several programs to augment the generation of power. The Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Program was started to improve the distribution and to modernize the existing power stations. Another program, Prime Ministers Grama Yojana Scheme aims at the generation of power in the tribal and dalit areas in the Nilgiris, Velore and Kodaikanal in the Dindigul District. The NABARD provides loans for the development of the rural infrastructure.

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board aims to empower all the regions of the state with electric power and aspires to maintain the quality of electricity as well.