CESC Limited

CESC Limited an integrated electrical utility company engages in the generation transmission and distribution of electricity to approximately 3.3 million domestic industrial and commercial users in the area of 567 square kilometers of Kolkata Howrah Hooghly and North and South 24 Parganas in West Bengal in India. It owns and operates three thermal power plants including Budge Budge Southern and Titagarh generating stations generating 1125 megawatts (MW) of power; two thermal power projects with a capacity of 640 MW in Chandrapur Maharashtra and Haldia West Bengal; and transmission and distribution systems that comprise 474 km circuit of transmission lines linking the company's generating and receiving stations with 105 distribution stations as well as 8211 km circuit of HT lines and 12269 km circuit of LT lines. The company also owns and operates solar plant in Gujarat's Kutch generating 9 MW of solar energy and a 18 MW DC project in Ramnathapuram Tamil Nadu; hydro power venture in Arunachal Pradesh generating 146 MW energy; and wind power plants including a 24 MW project at Dangri in Rajasthan a 26 MW project in Surendranagar in Gujarat a 36 MW project in Nipaniya in Madhya Pradesh and a 70 MW project in Rojmal Gujarat. The company was formerly known as The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Limited and changed its name to CESC Limited in January 1987. CESC Limited was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Kolkata India.