Organization
- Formation & Functions: The Government of Andhra Pradesh have constituted The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission on 31.03.1999, an autonomous statutory Electricity Regulatory Commission, to balance the interest of all the stake holders in the electricity industry and to promote healthy growth of the power sector in the State. Consequent to the creation of The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, the State is divested of its regulatory functions. However, the State Government shall have the power to issue policy directions and over all planning and co-ordination on the matters concerning electricity in the State. The Commission shall act as the body which issues and enforces licences for transmission and distribution of electrical energy in the State and strives for optimisation of costs and improvement in consumer service by promoting competition. The Commission also prescribes standards of performance for the licensees and would gather information periodically to ensure compliance to the prescribed standards. The Commission has been vested with authority to prevent monopoly abuse and to regulate and adjudicate on tariffs and related issues and also to act as a body to resolve or to set up machinery for speedy resolution of disputes between the licensees.
- Present Chairman & Members:
- Presently the Commission is headed by Sri. A. Raghotham Rao IAS(Retd), former Chief Secretary of the State of Andhra Pradesh., Click for Press Release Sri.R. Radha Kishen as Member & Sri C.R.Sekhar Reddy as Member Click here for Press Release.
- Past Chairman and Members: The Commission had been initially formed with distinguished people from Administrative, Technical & Financial background. The founder Chairman is Sri. G.P. Rao, and subsequently Sri K.Swaminathan held the office till 27-1-2008, and Sri. Surinder Pal ,Sri. A.V. Subba Rao & Sri. D. Lakshminarayana are Members. Sri Sri. Surinder Pal succeeded Sri D. Lakshminarayana and held the office till 16th June 2008, Sri. K. Sreerama Murthy succeeded Sri. A.V. Subba Rao as Member and held office till 3rd June, 2006.
- Organization Structure: View the Organization Chart, showing the detailed structure & hierarchy of the Organization.
- Staff strength: The Commission is having a Commission Secretary and four Directors one each looking after the Administration, Engineering, Law and Tariff functions of the Commission. There are a few Joint Directors and Deputy Directors to assist the Commission in its functioning. Support staff help the officers carry out their routine work. View the full list of sanctioned strength of Officers and Staff here.
- Job Description: The qualifications required for the job and the full job description of each of the Officers' posts is given in detail here.