COMPANY PROFILE OF OPTCL

Started commercial operation from 01.04.2005 only as a Transmission Licensee. (a deemed Transmission Licensee under Section 14 of Electricity Act, 2003) Notified as the State Transmission Utility (STU) by the State Govt. and discharges the State Load Dispatch functions. Number of employees as on (10.05.2010) : 3145 Executives-759, Non-Executives - 2836 Number of posts vacant as on 01.05.2009: 1782 Executives-845, Non-Executives- 937 Number of Pensioners as on 01.05.2009: 6600 Number of Grid S/S including switching stations 95 Length of EHT lines 10,902.479 Ckt-Kms. Number of Bays 1597(30th Oct 2010)

ORISSA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED (OPTCL), one of the largest Transmission Utility in the country was incorporated in March 2004 under the Companies Act, 1956 as a company wholly owned by the Government of Orissa to undertake the business of transmission and wheeling of electricity in the State. The registered office of the Company is situated at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the State of Orissa. Its projects and field units are spread all over the State. OPTCL became fully opeartional with effect from 9th June 2005 consequent upon issue of Orissa Electricity Reform (Transfer of Transmission and Related Activities) Scheme, 2005 under the provisions of Electricity Act, 2003 and the Orissa Reforms Act, 1995 by the State Government for transfer and vesting of transmission related activities of GRIDCO with OPTCL. The Company has been designated as the State Transmission Utility in terms of Section 39 of the Electricity Act, 2003.

Presently the Company is carrying on intra state transmission and wheeling of electricity under a license issued by the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission. The Company is also discharging the functions of State Load Despatch Centre. The Company owns Extra High Voltage Transmission system and operates about 9550.93 ckt kms of transmission lines at 400 kV, 220 kV, 132 kV levels and 81 nos. of substations with transformation capacity of MVA. The day-to-day affairs of the Company are managed by the Managing Director assisted by whole-time Functional Directors as per the advice of the Board of Directors constituted. They are in turn assisted by a team of dedicated and experienced professionals in the various fields.

CORE OBJECTIVES:To effectively operate Transmission lines and Sub-Stations in the State for evacuation of power from the state generating stations feed power to state distribution companies, wheeling of Power to other states, maintenance of the existing lines and sub-stations for power transmission and to undertake power system improvement by renovation, up-gradation and modernization of the transmission network. OPTCL being a State Transmission Utility Public Authority has set the following objectives. Undertake transmission and wheeling of electricity through intra- State Transmission system

1. Discharge all functions of planning and coordination relating to intra State, inter
State transmission system with Central Transmission Utility, State Govt. Generating Companies, Regional Power Board, Authority, Licensees or other person notified by State Govt. in this behalf. inter State transmission lines for smooth flow of electricity from generating station s to the load centers.

2. Ensure development of an efficient and economical system of intra state and 3. Provide non-discriminatory open access to its transmission system for use by

any licensee or generating company or any consumer as and when such open access is provided by the State Commission on payment of transmission charges/surcharge as may be specified by the State Commission. efficient operation and maintenance of transmission lines and substations and operate State Load Despatch Centers to ensure optimum scheduling and despatch of electricity and to ensure integrated operation of power systems in the State. Restoration system in the event of any Natural Disasters like super cyclone, flood etc. ELECTRISITY SECTORS

4. Exercise supervision and control over the intra-state transmission system,

5. Restore power at the earliest possible time through deployment of emergency

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Sri Hemant Sharma, IAS 2. Sri G. Mathi Vathanan, IAS 3. Sri Saurabh Garg, IAS 4. Sri Debendra Kumar Jena 5. Sri. Dhirendra Kumar Roy 6. Sri Santanu Kumar Rath 7. Sri Bibhu Prasad Mahapatra 8. Sri Shital Kumar Jena 9. Sri Sunil Kumar Das (CA) 10.Prof. (Dr.) Mukti Kanta Mishra 11. Sri Susanta Kumar Das

Chairman-cum-Managing Director, OPTCL Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Energy, Govt. of Odisha Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Govt., Department of P.E, Govt. of Odisha Joint Secretary to Govt., Finance Department, Govt of Odisha Former Chairman, OERC, Bhubaneswar Director (HRD), OPTCL Director (Finance), OPTCL Former Member,OERC, Bhubaneswar M/s. Sunil Das & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Cuttack President, Centurion University, Bhubaneswar Director (Engineering), OPTCL