of West Bengal unbundled West bengal state Electricity Board into two Companies viz. West bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL). Under the West Bengal Power Sector Reforms Transfer Scheme 2007, activities relating to Transmission and Load Dispatch business of WBSEB were transferred to West Bengal Sta
te Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL). In effect of the Power Sector Reforms Transfer Scheme 2007, West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited was incorporated under the provissions of the Companies Act 1956 on 16.02.2007 and other obtained Certificate of Commencement of business on 21st March, 2007. of West Bengal, is a professionally managed, a multi-sited Power Transmission Company in Eastern India. The Company has developed strong in-house expertise in various facets of power transmission business. As on the end of financial year 2009-10, the Company operates and maintains a transmission network of 10866.9590 CKM of Extra High Voltage Transmission lines along with 95 sub-stations (400 KV- 66 KV) having total transformation capacity of 17514.4 MVA, spread over the entire stretch of the State of West Bengal. With focus of improving performance, the transmission system was consistently maintained at an availability of over 99%, at par with international standards. of India, adjudged the Company for Best Transmission System Availability Award with Gold Shield for the year 2007-08 in appreciation of the fact that availability of transmission system remained more than 99.87%. The Company, after extensive audit on its Quality Management System, was accredited by KVQA, Norway, ISO:9001:2000 Certifications for the following Extra High Voltage Sub-stations. Jerrat 400 KV Sub-Station. Arambag 400 KV Sub-Station. Howrah 220 KV Sub-Station
Rishra 220 KV Sub-Station
Domjur 220 KV sub-Station
New-Haldia 220 KV Sub-Station
Durgapur 220 KV Sub-Station
Satgachia 220 KV Sub-Station
Assansol 220 KV Sub-Station
Midnapur 220 KV Sub-Station
New Jalpaiguri 220 KV Sub-Station
Kasba 220 KV Sub-Station
Laxmikantapur 220 KV Sub-Station
Tarakeswar 132 KV Sub-Station
The Company emphasize on evolving and adopting new technologies continuously to effectively meet the challenges of power transmission in the State of West Bengal. On operation and maintenance front, continuous efforts envisage to provide stable and quality power with minimum extent possible transmission loss. To cater the need of improving transmission system and to meet the requirement of increasing demand of both industrial and rural load in the State of West Bengal, various transmission projects are under ex*****on. Human potential have been perceived as powerful resources right from inception stage and the Company makes continuous and concreted efforts to groom its HR to meet the present and future challanges in the field of Technology and Management functions and also focuses on providing an environment conductive for grooming employees to enable them contribute on a continuous basis for the growth of the organisation as also to meet with the rapidly changing industrial scenario.
