transmission corporation limited type public company industry power transmission predecessor karnataka electricity board founded 1 august 1999 headquarters bengaluru india area served karnataka key people mazhar alamkhan director transmission 1 javed akhtar md 1 products power transmission revenue inr 9725.5 million 2008 09 net income inr 140 million 2008 09 website www.kptcl.com the karnataka power transmission corporation limited also known as kptcl is the sole electricity transmission and distribution company in state of karnataka . 2 its origin was in karnataka electricity board . this electricity transmission and distribution entity was corporatised to provide efficient and reliable electric power supply to the people of karnataka state . contents 1 zones and circles 2 governance 3 references 4 external links zones and circles edit bangalore electricity supply company . bescom mangalore electricity supply company mescom . hubli electricity supply company gulbarga electricity supply company chamundeshwari electricity supply company the zones and circles are also known as escoms each of these divisions look after distribution of electricity in a particular region of karnataka . whereas kptcl looks after transmission . 3 kptcl buys power from power generating companies like karnataka power corporation limited kpcl and other ipps independent power producers like gmr jindal lanco upcl etc. and sell them to their respective escoms . governance edit company is governed under the purview of ministry of energy.department is headed by a cabinet grade minister . currently d. k shivakumar is the minister under the chief ministership of siddaramaiah . 4 references edit a b aboout us . kptcl . http www.kptcl.com kptclhistory.htm history kptcl http www.kptcl.com zones kptclzones.php zones and circles kptcl http www.thehindubusinessline.com news states d k shivakumar gets energy portfolio in karnataka cabinet article5530553.ece external links edit official website electricity regulator pckl v t e power stations and organizations of karnataka power stations bellary thermal power station kaiga atomic power station kudgi super thermal power station udupi power plant raichur thermal power station yermarus thermal power station organizations karnataka power corporation limited karnataka power transmission corporation limited mangalore electricity supply company limited chamundeshwari electricity supply corporation limited nuclear power corporation of india powergrid corporation of india power system operation corporation limited related topics electricity sector in india states of india by installed power capacity indian states ranking by households having electricity retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title karnataka power transmission corporation & oldid 731728971 categories electric power transmission system operators in indiastate agencies of karnatakastate electricity agencies of indiaenergy in karnatakahidden categories engvarb from may 2014use dmy dates from may 2014 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 27 july 2016 at 04 35 . 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