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Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is a public sector

Public sector undertakings in Kerala

Public sector undertakings in Kerala are of two types, public sector units in which majority shares are owned by Union Government and public sector units in which majority shares are owned by State Government. Public sector undertakings in Kerala , i.e. enterprises in which majority shareholder is...

agency under the Government of Kerala

Government of Kerala

The Government of Kerala is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Kerala, India for a period of 5 years. The state government is headed by the Governor of Kerala as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive. The state...

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, that generates and distributes the electricity supply in the state. Established in 1957, the agency comes under the authority of the Department of Power.

History

The Kerala state Electricity board started functioning under the direction of a newly formed Kerala government, on the 31st of March, 1957. The first governing body consisted of 5 members, and was headed by the Chairman K P Sreedhara Kaymal. The staff of the erstwhile Department of Electricity of the Thiru-Kochi state were transferred to the KSEB.

At the time of its inception, in 1958, the KSEB had an installed capacity of 109.5 MW, with a total annual internal generation of 441.35 MU. Over the years, as demand increased, the board has imported power from neighbouring states and private entities. The board also set up several more hydel power stations within the state. As of 2008, the KSEB has a total installed capacity of State to 2657.24 MW and a consumer base of over 91,59,399.

Generation

KSEB has 23 Hydro Electric Projects, two Diesel power plants and one Wind Farm . The total installed capacity is 2229.6 MW.
They are

Hydro Electric Projects (1940.2MW)
- Idukki
  Idukki Dam
  The Idukki Dam, located in Kerala, India, is a 555 foot tall arch dam. The dam stands between the two mountains - Kuravanmala m and Kurathimala m. It was constructed and is owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board....
  
  (780MW)
- Sabarigiri (335MW)
- Idamalayar
  Idamalayar Dam
  The Idamalayar Dam is a multipurpose concrete gravity dam located at Ennakal,near Bhoothathankettu, on the Idamalayar River, a tributary of the Periyar River in Kerala, South India...
  
  (75MW)
- Sholayar (54MW)
- Pallivasal (37.5MW)
- Kuttiyadi (225MW)
- Panniar (30MW)
- Neriamangalam (77.65MW)
- Lower Periyar (180MW)
- Poringalkuthu & PLBE (48MW)
- Sengulam (48MW)
- Kakkad (50MW)

Small Hydro Electric Projects(52.85MW)
- Kallada (15MW)
- Peppara (3MW)
- Malankara (10.5MW)
- Madupatty (2MW)
- Malampuzha (2.5MW)
- Lower Meenmutty (3.5MW)
- Chembukadavu - 1 (2.7MW)
- Chembukadavu - 2 (3.7MW)
- Urumi -1 (3.75MW)
- Urumi -2 (2.4MW)
- Kuttiyadi Tail Race (3.75MW)

Thermal Projects (234.6MW)
- Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant (106.6MW)
- Kozhikode Diesel Power Plant (128MW)

Non-conventional energy (2MW)
- Kanjikode Wind Farm (2MW)

Transmission

The Kerala power system grid is connected to the Southern Region Transmission system through two 400kV double circuit lines.

They are

Udumalpet- Madakkathara line and
Thiruneveli- Pallippuram( Trivandrum) line.

There are 6 major inter-state transmission lines. at 220KV level and 110KV level.

The 220 KV lines are

Kaniyampetta- Kadakola(single circuit).
Idukki - Udumalpet(single circuit).
Sabarigiri - Theni (single circuit).
Edamon - Thirunelveli(double circuit).

The 110 KV lines are

Parassala - Kuzhithura and
Manjeswaram - Konake.

The major substations include one 400 KV sub-station, and seventeen 220 KV substations. The main grid comprises the 220 KV systems.
The transmission sector of KSEB comprises two zones namely North and South.The State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) located at Kalamassery.

Capacity	No. Substations	Line length in Circuit Km	Reliability Index
400KV	2^*	260^**	-
220KV	17	2701.38	97.75
110KV	129	4004	98.25
66KV	83	2387	97.86
33KV	114	1430	92.99

^*One 400 kV Substation at Pallipuram ,Thiruvananthapuram is owned by PGCIL ^**Owned by PGCIL

Distribution

KSEB distributes electricity in the State of Kerala except in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation and Munnar (Kannan Devan Hills). For operational conveniences the distribution wing is divided into three zones namely South, Central and North.

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