navigation search western electricity supply company of odisha type government industry electricity transmission founded 1997 headquarters sambalpur odisha india area served odisha india key people shri hemant sharma ias cmd products electricity website www.wescoodisha.com western electricity supply company of odisha or wesco was incorporated as a public limited company of government of odisha on november 19 1997 to carry out the distribution and retail supply business of electricity in the entire western odisha . western electricity supply company of odisha got the certificate of commencement of business on 30th december 1997 and started functioning as a subsidiary of grid corporation of odisha gridco a government of odisha power utility from november 26 1998 under distribution and retail supply license . subsequently the company obtained its own license for retail supply from orissa electricity regulatory commission oerc with effect from april 1999 . after privatisation of distribution business under power sector reform process wesco became a subsidiary of bses ltd the premier mumbai based power utility with acquisition 51 % majority share holding.the authorised and paid up capital of the company is 48.65 crores . the licensed area of operation of the company is 48 000 sq. km and covers nine revenue districts of western orissa namely sundargarh jharsuguda sambalpur deogarh bargarh sonepur bolangir nuapada and kalahandi.our corporate office at burla . 1 references edit about the company . wesco . retrieved 18 august 2014 . external links edit official website of western electricity supply company of odisha v t e state agencies of odisha bda bse chse cda dhe dtet ipicol apicol idco idcol ofdc osfc ocac occ oerc cesu wesco ofc ohpc omc opgc orhdc osbc oscps osrtc otdc omfed pheo v t e power stations and organizations of odisha power stations angul thermal power station chipilima hydro electric project darlipali super thermal power station hirakud captive power plant hirakud dam ib thermal power station kamalanga thermal power plant national aluminium company captive power plant rengali dam sterlite jharsuguda power station talcher kolar hvdc system talcher super thermal power station talcher thermal power station vedanta jharsuguda captive power plant organizations central electricity supply utility of odisha ntpc limited powergrid corporation of india power system operation corporation limited odisha hydro power corporation odisha power generation corporation odisha electricity regulatory commission sterlite energy limited vedanta resources western electricity supply company of odisha grid corporation of odisha north eastern electricity supply company of odisha related topics electricity sector in india list of power stations in india states of india by installed power capacity list of electricity organisations in india this article about an indian company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title western electricity supply company of odisha & oldid 739862744 categories energy in odishastate agencies of odishastate electricity agencies of india1997 establishments in indiaelectric generation companies of indiaindian company stubsenergy company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 17 september 2016 at 14 31 . 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