please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message tamil nadu electricity board tneb type public sector undertaking industry electricity predecessor the madras state electricity board the tamil nadu electricity board founded 1 july 1957 1957 07 01 as the madras state electricity board 1 november 2010 2010 11 01 as tneb limited headquarters chennai tamil nadu india area served tamil nadu india key people k gnanadesikan chairman and managing director owner government of tamil nadu parent department of energy tamil nadu subsidiaries tantransco tangedco website www.tnebltd.gov.in tamil nadu electricity board tamil ; abbreviated as tneb is a power generation and distribution company owned by government of tamil nadu . it was created under section 131 of the electricity act 2003 as a successor of the erstwhile tamil nadu electricity board . 1 history edit tneb was formed on 1 july 1957 as the madras state electricity board according to the electricity supply act of 1948 as a successor to the erstwhile electricity department of the government of madras under the authority of the department of power . it was responsible for electricity generation distribution and transmission and it regulated the electricity supply in the state . later it was renamed tamil nadu electricity board . in october 2008 the government of tamil nadu decided to divide tneb into two subsidiaries . on 1 november 2010 tneb limited became a holding company with two subsidiaries tamil nadu generation and distribution corporation limited tangedco responsible for power generation and tamil nadu transmission corporation limited tantransco responsible for power transmission . references edit formation of tangedco . tangedco.gov.in . retrieved 4 june 2012 . external links edit official website v t e power companies of india government owned neyveli lignite corporation ntpc limited rural electrification corporation brihanmumbai electric supply and transport tneb privately owned adani power astonfield cesc limited enzen global solutions private limited essar energy fortum india hartek power private ltd hindustan powerprojects jindal india thermal power jindal steel and power jsw energy ksk energy ventures lanco infratech luminous power technologies mspl limited rattan india real ispat and power reliance infrastructure reliance power renew power sterlite energy su kam power systems tata power tata power delhi distribution torrent power waaree energies ltd welspun energy electricity sector in india list of power stations in india list of electricity organisations in india v t e state organisations of tamil nadu public sector undertakings civil supplies corporation tncsc tneb limited tantransco tangedco setc elcot tidco mtc pscl tasmac sipcot tansidco tnpl tntdpc tourism development corporation tnstc tiic tamil nadu cement corporation tamil nadu magnesite limited tamil nadu industrial explosives limited tamil nadu minerals limited tamil nadu tea plantation corporation tntpc tamil nadu small industries corporation limited tamil nadu sugar corporation limited chennai metro rail limited cmrl nodal agencies cmda energy development agency teda tanhoda board chennai metrowater supply and sewage board cmwssb tamil nadu pollution control board tamil nadu housing board tnhb slum clearance board tamil nadu water supply and drainage board twad tamil nadu state agricultural marketing board cooperative societies aavin co optex tanhope autonomous bodies aids control society tansacs tamil nadu planning commission tamil nadu public service commission retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tneb & oldid 742691971 categories companies based in chennaistate electricity agencies of indiagovernment agencies established in 1957power companies of indiagovernment owned companies of indiaenergy in tamil naduhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing tamil language text 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 edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 06 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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