{{Short description|Electricity company in Karnataka}} {{use Indian English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited | native_name = '''ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಪ್ರಸರಣ ನಿಗಮ ನಿಯಮಿತ''' | native_name_lang = kn | logo = | type = Public company | predecessor = Karnataka Electricity Board | foundation = {{Start date and age|1999|8|1|df=yes|p=y}} | location = Bengaluru, India | area_served = Karnataka | key_people = {{plainlist| * K. J. George, Chairman * Pankaj Kumar Pandey, IAS MD * Vijay.B.P., KAS, Director (Administration and Human Resource)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kptcl.karnataka.gov.in/english|title=About Us|website=kptcl.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref> }} | industry = Power Transmission | products = Power Transmission | employees = | revenue = {{Unbulleted list|{{increase}} {{INR}} 2,875.43 crore (2015–16)|{{INR}} 2395.80 crore (2014–15)}} | net_income = | website = {{URL|kptcl.karnataka.gov.in}} | subsid = *Mangalore Electricity Supply Company *Bangalore Electricity Supply Company *Hubli Electricity Supply Company *Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company *Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation }}
The '''Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited''', also known as '''KPTCL''', is the sole electricity transmission and distribution company in state of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kptcl.com/kptclhistory.htm|title=Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited|website=Kptcl.karnataka.gov.in|access-date=7 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Its origin was in Karnataka Electricity Board. Until 2002, the Karnataka Electricity Board (KEB) handled electricity transmission and distribution across the state. It was then broken up, with Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) established to manage the transmission business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieefa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Karnataka-Electricity-Sector-Transformation_July2018.pdf|date=July 2018|title=Karnataka's Electricity Sector Transformation : India's Leading Renewable Energy State|website=Ieefa.org|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> This electricity transmission and distribution entity was corporatised to provide efficient and reliable electric power supply to the people of Karnataka state. KPTCL scope of work includes the handling of large projects in the field of energy.
==Zones and circles== {|class="wikitable" ! Zone Name ! Description |- |MESCOM |Mangalore Electricity Supply Company |- |BESCOM |Bangalore Electricity Supply Company |- |HESCOM |Hubli Electricity Supply Company |- |GESCOM |Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company |- |CESCOM |Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation |- |}
ESCOMS buy power from power generating companies like Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and other IPPs (Independent Power Producers) like GMR, Jindal, Lanco(UPCL) etc., and pay transmission charge as per KERC tariff to KPTCL for transmitting the power.
==Governance== Company is governed under the purview of Ministry of Energy. Department is headed by a cabinet grade minister. Currently Siddaramaiah is the minister under the chief ministership of him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/d-k-shivakumar-gets-energy-portfolio-in-karnataka-cabinet/article23161960.ece|title=D K Shivakumar gets energy portfolio in Karnataka cabinet|website=Business Line|location=Chennai|date=2 January 2014 }}</ref>
==Criticism== The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) came under intense criticism with its telephonic helpline number 1912, due to rampant power cuts, after which Bescom added mobile numbers to its existing call answering facilities for different regions in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bescom-just-a-ring-away/articleshow/58861769.cms|title=Bescom, just a ring away|newspaper=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.kptcl.com}} *[http://www.kerc.org Electricity Regulator] *[http://www.pckl.co.in/Objectives.aspx PCKL]
{{Power Plants of Karnataka}}
Category:Electric power transmission system operators in India Category:State agencies of Karnataka Category:State electricity agencies of India Category:Energy in Karnataka Category:1999 establishments in Karnataka Category:Indian companies established in 1999