POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF UTTARAKHAND
POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF UTTARAKHAND Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited is the power transmission utility of the state of Uttarakhand formerly known as Uttaranchal. The State of Uttaranchal in exercise of the power granted to it under section 63(4) of the State Reorganisation Act, 2000, formed two separate companies in the power sector- Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. – For generation of Hydro electricity in the state and Uttaranchal power Corporation Ltd. – For transmission and distribution of electricity in the state. A new company by the name and style of Power Transmission Corporation of Uttaranchal Ltd. was created to handle power transmission business and registered as a Government company on May 27, 2004, under section 617 of companies Act, 1956. Its greenish circular logo has a transmission tower in the backdrop of Himalayan mountains. On each side of the tower a stroke of lightning emanates. Below these motifs, its acronym ‘PTCUL’ i...