Grid Corporation of Odisha

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Grid Corporation of Odisha
TypeGovernment
Industry Electricity Transmission
Founded1995
HeadquartersGrid Corporation of Odisha Building
Janpath, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Area served
Odisha, India
Key people
Shri Hemant Sharma, IAS CMD
Products Electricity
Website www.gridco.co.in

Grid Corporation of Odisha or GRIDCO was incorporated as a Public Sector Undertaking of Government of Odisha on 20 April 1995 under the Companies Act 1956. Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) got the Certificate of Commencement of Business on 6 July 1995 and started functioning as a subsidiary of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission, a Government of Odisha Power Utility. Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) does business of transmission and bulk supply of electricity and other related activities under an exclusive license issued by Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission. [1]

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References

  1. "GRIDCO Profile". GRIDCO. Retrieved 28 September 2014.