History and Reform of Power Sector in Tripura 

The Power Supply industry in Tripura was under the control of the Department of Power, Government of Tripura till 31^st December 2004. The Department of Power, Government of Tripura was entrusted with Generation, Transmission, and Distribution including Rural Electrification since inception. The Department of Power had remained a beneficiary constituent of North Eastern Regional Electricity Board. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited had started functioning w.e.f 1^st January 2005. Subsequently TSECL has taken over the entire existing network along with asset of erstwhile Department of Power for operating and maintaining the power supply industry in the State of Tripura. The State has a Population of 31.91 Lakhs as per 2001 census and spread over 10,486 sq. km. in 4 districts comprising of 4 major towns and 870 villages. The state is predominantly agrarian with few small scale industries. 

In line with the provision of the MOU between Ministry of Power, Govt. of India and Government of Tripura, the State Government decided to introduce reforms in the power sector in the state and restructure the sector with objectives of creating the conditions for the sustainable development of the power sector in the state and improving the efficiency of services to the people of Tripura. So, in 2002, the Government of Tripura entrusted the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad to provide consultancy services to assess restructuring options and recommend suitable organisation structure for the power sector. The assignment also included inter-alia the financial restructuring plan and formulation of implementation programme.

As per the ASCI recommendations, Tripura Electricity Regulatory Commission (TERC) was set up on 31^st May 2004 and subsequently, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL), Agartala was incorporated under the Indian Companies Act-56 on 9^th June 2004 as a State owned Company with authorised equity share capital of Rs.10 crores. It has been made functional under, section 131 & 133 of the IE Act 2003, w.e.f 1^st January 2005 with the operational control of all assets related to Generation, Transmission, Distribution & its allied activities related to power sector of Tripura and with objective of creating conditions for the sustainable development of the power sector along with improvement in efficiency of services to the consumer in particular and the State at large.  

 Existing Power System

 Generation

 Transmission and Distribution Network

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