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Losses Galore, TN Power Firm Ranks 48th Among 52 Discoms

The New Indian Express Vellore

February 25, 2025

Closing down 30% of direct collection centres and reduced manpower cited as reasons

- S GURUVANMIKANATHAN @Chennai

AMIL Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL), the state's distribution company (discom), continued to remain in the bottom in the 13th Annual Integrated Rating and Ranking released recently by the Ministry of Power for the year 2023-24. With an integrated score of 11.9 (out of 100) and a rating of C-, the corporation ranked 48th among 52 discoms.

TNPDCL's aggregate technical & commercial (AT&C) losses, which refer to the loss due to technical issues such as transmission and commercial reasons such as illicit usage (measured as a percentage of difference between energy supplied and energy billed), increased noticeably from 10.31% in the previous year to 12.92% in 2023-2024.

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