The Telangana government, under Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, has announced the formation of a new power distribution company (DISCOM) to handle all free power schemes and ease the financial load on existing utilities.
TG SPDCL and NPDCL, the state power distribution companies, have submitted petitions to the Telangana State Regulatory Commission (TGERC) for the first half of the 2025-26 financial year, covering the period from April 1 to September 30, 2025. During this time, open access users are projected to purchase 18,180 million units of electricity from the open market. The TGERC has scheduled a public hearing on these petitions for January 20 at 11 am at its office.
The DISCOMs have reportedly decided to undertake modernization and expansion works worth over Rs. 15,000 crore to meet the increasing demand of electricity in the State
The employees association stated that the idea of handing over electricity supply to private companies was not in the interest of power utilities, consumers and employees.
Chairman and Managing Director G Raghuma Reddy suggested that owners of the apartment complexes shift meters located in the cellars to upper floors to save them from inundation.
