Electricity being state subject its generation and distribution are supervised through State Electricity Boards which arc autonomous bodies. At present 18 states out of 28 have these boards majority of which are in shamble incurring huge loss.
The Central Electricity Board (CEB), a statutory body, frames rules and guidelines to regulate generation, transmission, supply and use of electricity. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) constituted in 1975 look after the development of thermal and hydro-electric power in the Central sector. Besides, there are Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC, set up on 7.7.1948), North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO, 1976), Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB), Cheri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDC set up on 12.7.1988), and Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation Ltd (NJPC set up on 24.5.1988) to harness and manage power development in respective regions.
There are five regional power grids (northern, southern, western, eastern and north-eastern) which maintain the transmission and distribution of power in different regions of the country. Similarly the Power grid Corporation of India Ltd. supervises the transmission of power from the central sector generating companies.
The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore (1960) conducts research and allied activities in electrical power engineering, while National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad (1980) imparts training to state electricity board personnel’s. It has four regional training institutes at Neyveli, Durgapur, Badarpur (New Delhi) and Nagpur.