Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited
| Industry |
Power |
|---|
| Genre |
Corporate |
| Predecessor(s) |
Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) |
| Founded |
Vadodara, India (May 1999) |
| Headquarters |
Vadodara, India |
| Number of locations |
Power stations (2008) as of 2008-03-31 |
| Area served |
Gujarat [India] |
| Services |
Power generation |
Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) is a wholly
owned subsidiary company of the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), which
came into existence in August 1993 after the unbundling of the GEB. It
is a power generation company working in the territory of
Gujarat,
India. It delivers electricity through four distribution companies –
DGVCL,
MGVCL,
PGVCL and
UGVCL.
Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited was incorporated in
August 1993 with the objectives to mobilize resources from the market
for adding to the generating capacity of Gujarat and improving the
quality and cost of existing generation.
GSECL is involved in a wide spectrum of activities to improve the
electricity infrastructure and generation of power in Gujarat and has
the status of Independent Power Producer (IPP) with approval to
undertake new power projects. The Company commenced it’s commercial
operation in the year 1998.
As a part of the reform process, the Government of Gujarat has unbundled the various functions of
GEB and GSECL was given responsibility of electricity generation.
GSECL was notified as State Generating Power Plant by Government of
Gujarat on 29 May 2004 with the purpose of improving efficiency in the
state’s electricity generation activities.
