K Vijayanand, special chief secretary energy appointed as Chairperson of SRPC

Vijayawada, Neti patrika Prajavartha :
AP Special Chief Secretary of Energy Department and Chairman & Managing Director of APTRANSCO, K Vijayanand has been appointed as Chairperson of Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC) for the year 2023-24. A communication to this effect was issued by Central Electricity Authority Member-Secretary Sri Asit Singh.
The SRPC comprises member States Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It will oversee inter-State power distribution, power grid operation, consumption and inter-State power bill payments. The organization will coordinate with all the Central government utilities like NTPC, CIL, NPCL, PGCIL, SRLDC, Railways etc on all the issues related to power sector of the entire southern region on behalf of member States and will also deliberate to resolve inter-State power disputes.
Special Chief Secretary thanked Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority for appointing him as the chairperson of SPRC. He also thanked Energy Minister Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy and Chief Minister Y S JaganMohan Reddy for their unstinted support to him in discharging his responsibilities and duties.
Being the chairperson of SRPC, the special chief secretary energy said he would showcase the best performance of AP Power sector in the forthcoming high level SRPC meetings to be conducted in the forthcoming year.