Dpsc Limited

About Us

DPSC Limited (DPSCL) and Associated Power Co. Ltd.,(APC) were incorporated in the year 1919 Primarily to supply power to the Bengal Coal Company Ltd., then the largest producer of Coal in Asia, and also to the Railways, Industries and Town ships in the Asansol - Raniganj areas. In the pre-Independence era, Coal companies used to maintain and operate captive generating plants for supply of electric energy to their respective coal mines. After incorporation of the said two Companies, the generating plants owned by the coal companies for their captive use were gradually transferred to these new Companies in pursuance of an agreed comprehensive programme of bringing all such plants under one unified management for supplying of electricity in the mining area of Bengal and Bihar . Accordingly, DPSC Limited and APC were issued licences for the purpose of generation and distribution of electric energy in the year 1932 ,1934 respectively.Since then they have been operating Power Station located at Dishergarh,Seebpore and added new plants and equipment to meet the growing demand of electricity. In subsequent years they were converted into Public Limited Companies and APC became a wholly owned subsidiary of DPSC Limited and later merged with the DPSC Limited in the year 1977. The licensed area of the two Companies were 618 sq.km. They were serving the consumers with high tension distribution mains mostly comprising of 11 KV. overhead lines and having approximate circuit lengths of 395 km. New lines were being added every year for rendering increased stability of supply. In 1949, the two Companies established their Central Office at Jhalbagan, Sanctoria and gradually the administration and technical matters were centralised. With the enactment of DVC Act, 1948, the Power companies were debarred from extending their generating capacity and agreement for bulk supply from Damodar Valley Corporation were made in the year 1951 for supply of power to four Receiving Stations.