Constitution
Government of India, under the provision of Section 2, Subsection 55 of the Electricity Act 2003 vide resolution F.No.23/1/2004-R&R dated 25th May, 2005, amendment dated 29.11.2005 and subsequent amendment dated 09.05.2008 published in the Gazette of India has established the Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC) comprising of States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Kerala,Tamil Nadu
and Union Territory of Puducherry with the following Members:
1
Member (Grid Operations) Central Electricity Authority(CEA)
2
One representative each of Central Generating Companies Central Transmission Utility (CTU), National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) and the Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre (SRLDC)
3
From each of the States in the region, the State Generating Company, State Transmission Utility (STU), State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC), one of the State owned distribution companies as nominated by the State Government and one distribution company by alphabetical rotation out of the private distribution companies funtioning in the region
4
From each of the Union Territories in the region, a representative nomited by the administration of the the Union Territory concerned out of the entities engaged in generation/transmission/distribution of electricity in the Union Territory
5
A representative each of every generating company (other than central generating companies or State Government owned generating companies) having more than 1000 MW installed capacity in the region
6
A representative of the generating company having power plants in the region (not covered in (2) to (5) above) by alpabetical rotation
7
One member representing the electricity traders in the region by alphabetical rotation, which have trading volume of more than 500 million units during the previous financial year
8
Member Secretaty SRPC - Convenor
Wherever a member is represented by rotation, the nomination would be for a period of one year. The representative from respective organizations should be either the head of the organization or at least a person not below the rank of a Director on the Board of the company/corporate entity except for Central Public Sector Undertakings(CPSUs) where representative could also be at the level of Executive Director. Chairperson of the SRPC would represent the States of Southern Region by rotation. Sub Committees of SRPC
a. Technical Co-Ordination Sub-Committee (TCC)
b. Operation Co-Ordination Sub-Committee (OCC)
c. Commercial Sub-Committee (CC)
d. Protection Sub-Committee (PC)
e. System Study Sub-Committee