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CESC Limited

The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) is the Kolkata-based flagship company of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, born from the erstwhile RPG Group, under the chairmanship of businessman Sanjiv Goenka. It is an Indian electricity generation and the sole distribution company serving 567 square kilometres (219 sq mi) of area administered by the Kolkata municipal corporation, in the city of Kolkata, as well as parts of Howrah, Hooghly, 24 Parganas (North) and 24 Parganas (South) districts in the state of West Bengal. It also serves power distribution in Kota, Bikaner and Bharatpur in Rajasthan under the name CESC RAJASTHAN. It serves 3.0 million consumers approximately, which includes domestic, industrial and commercial users.

Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited
Company typePublic limited company
NSE: CESC
BSE: 500084
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedKolkata, India
FoundersR. P. Goenka
HeadquartersKolkata, India
Area served
West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan (India)
Key people
Sanjiv Goenka
(Chairman)
Rabi Chawdhury
(MD – Generation)
Debasish Banerjee
(MD – Distribution)
Rajarshi Banerjee
(CFO)[1]
ProductsElectrical power
ServicesElectricity generation and distribution
natural gas exploration, production, transportation and distribution
Revenue12,550 crore (US$1.6 billion)[2] (2022)
1,359 crore (US$170 million) (2022)
Total assets34,372 crore (US$4.3 billion)
Total equity9,494 crore (US$1.2 billion)
Number of employees
7,886 (2020)
ParentRPSG Group
Websitecesc.co.in
Victoria House at Esplanade, Kolkata, the headquarters of CESC.

History edit

The first demonstration of electric light in Calcutta was conducted on 24 July 1879 by P W Fleury & Co. In 1881, 36 electric lights lit up a Cotton Mill of Mackinnon & Mackenzie. The Government of Bengal passed the Calcutta Electric Lighting Act in 1895. The first license covered an area of 5.64 square miles (14.6 km2). On 7 January 1897 Kilburn & Co. secured the Calcutta electric lighting license as agents of The Indian Electric Company Limited. The company soon changed its name to the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited and in 1897, The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was registered in London.

On 17 April 1899, the first thermal power plant of The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was commissioned at Emambagh Lane near Prinsep Ghat, heralding the beginning of thermal power generation in India. The Calcutta Tramways Company switched to electricity from horse-drawn carriages in 1902. Three new power generating stations were started by 1906. In 1931, CESC Tunnel was made under Hooghly River for electric power transmission from Kolkata to Howrah.[3] The company was shifted to the Victoria House in Dharmatala, Kolkata in 1933, and still operates from this address.

In 1970, the control of the Company was transferred from London to Calcutta. In 1978 it was named "The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Ltd." The RPG Group was associated with The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Limited from 1989, and the name was changed from The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Limited to CESC Limited. In 2011, CESC became a part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which was formed on 13 July 2011 by Sanjiv Goenka, the youngest son of Dr RP Goenka, the late founder of RPG Enterprises.

Operations edit

Load-shedding (interruption of power supply due to shortage of electricity) was common in Kolkata during the 1970s and 1980s. But from 1990s, the situation had improved and the Calcutta power grid has progressively given better performance and fewer outages.

CESC owns and operates 4 thermal power plants generating a total of 1,225 MW of power. It also operates two 20 MW gas turbine units as a Peak Load Power Plant to compensate the need for additional power demand during the peak hours. The company has also established its footprint in unconventional energy with a 9 MW solar project in Gujarat and a 50 MW wind project in Rajasthan. It is also developing three hydro power projects, with a combined capacity of 236 MW, in Arunachal Pradesh. In addition, the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group has four captive power plants, with a combined capacity of 76 MW, which are fuelled by the process waste gas produced at its four carbon black manufacturing units in India. There is a 40 MW power plant running on coal washery rejects and carbonaceous shale at the coal mining operations in Asansol. More than 80% CESC customers' electricity requirement is met from its own generating plants, balance electricity is purchased from third parties. Its captive coal mines provide about 50% of the coal requirement. The remainder is mostly provided by Coal India Limited. For a long-term solution, CESC is looking to acquire coal mines in Indonesia.

CESC also has its own Transmission & Distribution system through which it supplies electricity to its consumers. This system comprises a 474-kilometre (295 mi) circuit of transmission lines linking the company's generating and receiving stations with 85 distribution stations; a 3,837-kilometre (2,384 mi) circuit of HT lines further linking distribution stations with LT substations, large industrial consumers and a 9,867-kilometre (6,131 mi) circuit of LT lines connecting its LT substations to LT consumers.

Existing power plants edit

Power station Location Installed Capacity
(MW)
Type
Budge Budge Thermal Power Station Budge Budge, Kolkata, West Bengal 750 Coal-fired
Southern Thermal Power Station Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal 135 Coal-fired
Dhariwal Power Station Chandrapur, Maharashtra 600 Coal-fired
Haldia Energy Power Station Haldia, West Bengal 600 Coal-fired
Titagarh Thermal Power Station Titagarh, West Bengal 240 Coal-fired


TOTAL 2,325

CESC's vintage Mulajore power station, which was located in north Kolkata, was shut down on 15 May 2004. It was inaugurated by the then Bengal Governor Sir John Arthur Herbert in January 1940 and was one of the oldest plants in the system of CESC. The plant employed around 500 employees but hardly generated more than 25 MW, even though it had a derated capacity of 60 MW. With a high auxiliary consumption (the energy required to generate power), it used to feed just about 18 MW to the system. The New Cossipore and the Mulajore plants together used to generate only 10% of CESC's power generation but accounted for 59% of the company's workforce. Following the sale of Mulajore plant and machinery, the 43 acres (0.17 km2) of land was used to set up an industrial-cum-residential township venture executed by CESC Properties, a wholly owned CESC subsidiary. CESC's New Cossipore unit, in turn, was hamstrung by a serious pollution constraint and was hauled up by West Bengal Pollution Control Board last year.[clarification needed]

Power Plants outside Kolkata edit

In September 2013, the first unit of CESC's 2x300 MW thermal power project, and the first one outside West Bengal, was successfully synchronised at Chandrapur, Maharashtra. A 400 kV transmission line will feed the generated power from the power station to the grid. The company had entered into power purchase agreement with the Tamil Nadu State electricity distribution utility for 100 MW daily supplies at INR 4.91 a unit from its Chandrapur power plant.

References edit

  1. ^ "Company Profile & Executives – CESC Ltd". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ "Stock share price of CESC Limited". BSE India.
  3. ^ "Kolkata Metro: 87 years on, boring re-creates CESC feat". The Times of India. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

External links edit

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For the Karnataka electricity supply company see Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources CESC Limited news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation CESC is the Kolkata based flagship company of the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group born from the erstwhile RPG Group under the chairmanship of businessman Sanjiv Goenka It is an Indian electricity generation and the sole distribution company serving 567 square kilometres 219 sq mi of area administered by the Kolkata municipal corporation in the city of Kolkata as well as parts of Howrah Hooghly 24 Parganas North and 24 Parganas South districts in the state of West Bengal It also serves power distribution in Kota Bikaner and Bharatpur in Rajasthan under the name CESC RAJASTHAN It serves 3 0 million consumers approximately which includes domestic industrial and commercial users Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation LimitedCompany typePublic limited companyTraded asNSE CESC BSE 500084IndustryElectric utilityFoundedKolkata IndiaFoundersR P GoenkaHeadquartersKolkata IndiaArea servedWest Bengal Maharashtra Rajasthan India Key peopleSanjiv Goenka Chairman Rabi Chawdhury MD Generation Debasish Banerjee MD Distribution Rajarshi Banerjee CFO 1 ProductsElectrical powerServicesElectricity generation and distributionnatural gas exploration production transportation and distributionRevenue 12 550 crore US 1 6 billion 2 2022 Net income 1 359 crore US 170 million 2022 Total assets 34 372 crore US 4 3 billion Total equity 9 494 crore US 1 2 billion Number of employees7 886 2020 ParentRPSG GroupWebsitecesc wbr co wbr in Victoria House at Esplanade Kolkata the headquarters of CESC Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2 1 Existing power plants 2 2 Power Plants outside Kolkata 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe first demonstration of electric light in Calcutta was conducted on 24 July 1879 by P W Fleury amp Co In 1881 36 electric lights lit up a Cotton Mill of Mackinnon amp Mackenzie The Government of Bengal passed the Calcutta Electric Lighting Act in 1895 The first license covered an area of 5 64 square miles 14 6 km2 On 7 January 1897 Kilburn amp Co secured the Calcutta electric lighting license as agents of The Indian Electric Company Limited The company soon changed its name to the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited and in 1897 The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was registered in London On 17 April 1899 the first thermal power plant of The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited was commissioned at Emambagh Lane near Prinsep Ghat heralding the beginning of thermal power generation in India The Calcutta Tramways Company switched to electricity from horse drawn carriages in 1902 Three new power generating stations were started by 1906 In 1931 CESC Tunnel was made under Hooghly River for electric power transmission from Kolkata to Howrah 3 The company was shifted to the Victoria House in Dharmatala Kolkata in 1933 and still operates from this address In 1970 the control of the Company was transferred from London to Calcutta In 1978 it was named The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation India Ltd The RPG Group was associated with The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation India Limited from 1989 and the name was changed from The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation India Limited to CESC Limited In 2011 CESC became a part of the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group which was formed on 13 July 2011 by Sanjiv Goenka the youngest son of Dr RP Goenka the late founder of RPG Enterprises Operations editLoad shedding interruption of power supply due to shortage of electricity was common in Kolkata during the 1970s and 1980s But from 1990s the situation had improved and the Calcutta power grid has progressively given better performance and fewer outages CESC owns and operates 4 thermal power plants generating a total of 1 225 MW of power It also operates two 20 MW gas turbine units as a Peak Load Power Plant to compensate the need for additional power demand during the peak hours The company has also established its footprint in unconventional energy with a 9 MW solar project in Gujarat and a 50 MW wind project in Rajasthan It is also developing three hydro power projects with a combined capacity of 236 MW in Arunachal Pradesh In addition the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group has four captive power plants with a combined capacity of 76 MW which are fuelled by the process waste gas produced at its four carbon black manufacturing units in India There is a 40 MW power plant running on coal washery rejects and carbonaceous shale at the coal mining operations in Asansol More than 80 CESC customers electricity requirement is met from its own generating plants balance electricity is purchased from third parties Its captive coal mines provide about 50 of the coal requirement The remainder is mostly provided by Coal India Limited For a long term solution CESC is looking to acquire coal mines in Indonesia CESC also has its own Transmission amp Distribution system through which it supplies electricity to its consumers This system comprises a 474 kilometre 295 mi circuit of transmission lines linking the company s generating and receiving stations with 85 distribution stations a 3 837 kilometre 2 384 mi circuit of HT lines further linking distribution stations with LT substations large industrial consumers and a 9 867 kilometre 6 131 mi circuit of LT lines connecting its LT substations to LT consumers Existing power plants edit Power station Location Installed Capacity MW Type Budge Budge Thermal Power Station Budge Budge Kolkata West Bengal 750 Coal fired Southern Thermal Power Station Garden Reach Kolkata West Bengal 135 Coal fired Dhariwal Power Station Chandrapur Maharashtra 600 Coal fired Haldia Energy Power Station Haldia West Bengal 600 Coal fired Titagarh Thermal Power Station Titagarh West Bengal 240 Coal fired TOTAL 2 325 CESC s vintage Mulajore power station which was located in north Kolkata was shut down on 15 May 2004 It was inaugurated by the then Bengal Governor Sir John Arthur Herbert in January 1940 and was one of the oldest plants in the system of CESC The plant employed around 500 employees but hardly generated more than 25 MW even though it had a derated capacity of 60 MW With a high auxiliary consumption the energy required to generate power it used to feed just about 18 MW to the system The New Cossipore and the Mulajore plants together used to generate only 10 of CESC s power generation but accounted for 59 of the company s workforce Following the sale of Mulajore plant and machinery the 43 acres 0 17 km2 of land was used to set up an industrial cum residential township venture executed by CESC Properties a wholly owned CESC subsidiary CESC s New Cossipore unit in turn was hamstrung by a serious pollution constraint and was hauled up by West Bengal Pollution Control Board last year clarification needed Power Plants outside Kolkata edit In September 2013 the first unit of CESC s 2x300 MW thermal power project and the first one outside West Bengal was successfully synchronised at Chandrapur Maharashtra A 400 kV transmission line will feed the generated power from the power station to the grid The company had entered into power purchase agreement with the Tamil Nadu State electricity distribution utility for 100 MW daily supplies at INR 4 91 a unit from its Chandrapur power plant References edit Company Profile amp Executives CESC Ltd Wall Street Journal Stock share price of CESC Limited BSE India Kolkata Metro 87 years on boring re creates CESC feat The Times of India 18 April 2017 Retrieved 26 September 2022 External links edit nbsp Media related to CESC Limited at Wikimedia Commons Official website Rajasthan website Clippings about CESC Limited in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CESC Limited amp oldid 1221698095, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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