All 12 private distribution companies posted a positive PAT, ETEnergyworld

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<p>Public electricity distribution companies across India reported significant losses, with several state-run utilities facing substantial deficits.</p> — Public electricity distribution companies across India reported significant losses, with several state-run utilities facing substantial deficits.

These losses come from utilities spread across multiple states, including Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) with ₹5,476 cr, Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (PuVVNL) with ₹4,728 cr, Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (MVVNL) ₹3,517 cr, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (DVVNL) ₹3,309 cr, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) ₹1,928 cr and others.

In sharp contrast, none of the private discoms reported losses. Instead, all 12 private distribution companies posted a positive PAT totaling ₹12,138 crore, led by Delhi-based Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) with ₹6,803 cr, Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) with ₹2,174 cr, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) ₹842 cr, Mumbai-based Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) ₹1,031cr, Gujarat-based Torrent Power Ahmedabad ₹475 cr and Surat’s ₹198 cr, Noida Power Corporation Limited (NPCL) ₹171 cr and others.

Notably, 22 public discoms recorded ₹19,586 cr positive PAT, led by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) with ₹6,216 cr, Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) with ₹2,072 cr, Ajmer’s AVVNL ₹1,876 cr, North Bihar’s NBPDCL ₹1,387 cr, Paschim Gujarat’s PGVCL ₹1,264 cr, Dakshin Gujarat’s DGVCL ₹1,260 cr, Uttar Pradesh’s Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd (PVVNL) ₹1,256 cr and others.

Following the release of the report, the Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar had called the combined performance of the discoms as a new chapter of big progress in fixing the electricity sector. But not everyone is clapping.

On Sunday, Raj Pratap Singh, former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC), in a social media post wrote that there is “nothing to rejoice” about the profit figures. He argued that the improvement is almost entirely due to private companies, while state-run discoms together still recorded losses of ₹10,126 crore, even after including the profitable ones.

Supporting this view, Avadhesh Kumar Verma, member of the CERC advisory committee and chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad, said that private discoms perform better because they operate mainly in urban, well-paying areas. Public discoms, on the other hand, must supply electricity to every village, poor households, and farmers, often at subsidized or loss-making rates.

Verma stressed that state utilities carry social responsibilities and political burdens that private companies do not face, making it unfair to compare them on the same scale.