uttar pradesh power corporation limited uppcl type uttar pradesh state government undertaking industry electric power website 1 uttar pradesh power corporation limited uppcl is the company responsible for electricity transmission and distribution within the indian state of uttar pradesh . 1 2 its chairman is mr. sanjay agarwal . contents 1 restructuring 2 power procurement 3 financial condition & line losses 4 power plants spvs 5 references restructuring edit for efficient operation & management uttar pradesh power corporation limited uppcl is further restructured into ; dakshinanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited dvvnl 2 agra zone discom madhyanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited mvvnl 3 lucknow zone discom pashchimanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited pvvnl 4 meerut zone discom purvanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited puvvnl 5 varanasi zone discom kanpur electricity supply company kesco 6 kanpur city discom lucknow electricity supply administration lesa lucknow city discom uttar pradesh power transmission limited upptcl 7 state transmission utility power procurement edit uttar pradesh power corporation limited 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 & line losses edit the total loss of the up power corporation limited uppcl is estimated somewhere between rs 29 000 crore to 55 000 crore . thus uppcl is finding it hard to make payment to state central and other private power companies against electricity procurement . the causes of such a poor financial conditions of uppcl include higher line losses due to aging over stressed infrastructure pilferage of power at large scale inferior quality of transformers and other equipments selling power much below its purchasing cost discom wise aggregate technical & commercial at & c loss total line losses in % for a period of 2010 11 ; dakshinanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited dvvnl 46.80 % madhyanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited mvvnl 31.81 % pashchimanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited pvvnl 29.59 % purvanchal vidyut vitaran nigam limited puvvnl 5 38.67 % power plants spvs edit in line of power finance corporation uppcl created spvs shell companies ; to attract private investment in implementation of new power plant projects in state of uttar pradesh to meet the growing power demand of uttar pradesh state to procure power at lowest possible feasible rates . the role of spvs shell companies are preparing feasibility report including technology size coal linkages land & water issues all clearances including environment clearances & land acquisition etc. these spvs shell companies are transferred to developer private company through bidding for 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 under construction karchana thermal power station sangam power generation company limited tehsil karchana distt . allahabad 2 x 660 mw under construction references edit http timesofindia.indiatimes.com india up withdraws 1000 mw power from central pool articleshow 37730462 . cms http timesofindia.indiatimes.com topic uttar pradesh power corporation limited retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uttar pradesh power corporation limited & oldid 742926236 categories companies based in uttar pradeshstate electricity agencies of indiastate agencies of uttar pradeshenergy in uttar pradeshelectric power distribution network operators in indiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 17 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view