Electricity
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has seven members. The Chairman, Accounts Member, Member (Generation) and Member (Distribution) are full time members. Commissioner and Secretary to Government in the Public Works Department, Finance and Industries Departments are other members of the Board. The State is divided into five Regions for transmission and distribution of electricity and each region is headed by a Chief Engineer (Distribution).
Kanyakumari
district is under the control of Chief Engineer (Distribution) stationed at
Madurai.
In this district there are three Operation and Maintenance (O & M)
Divisions, each headed by an Executive Engineer with headquarters at Nagercoil,
Thuckalay and Kuzhithurai. These
Executive Engineers are responsible for the proper maintenance of power supply
to the consumers in their respective areas.
One construction-cum-commercial division headed by an Executive Engineer
is also functioning, which looks after the construction works for extension of
supply to new consumers in the district.
There are five revenue units, two at Nagercoil one at Thuckalay and two at Kuzhithurai which are responsible for collection and accounting of revenue. All the existing 5 towns, 66 Villages, 2490 hamlets and 371 Adi-dravidar colonies (as per 1971 Census) in the district have already been electrified. Power to 2850 agricultural pump sets and 2932 huts have been extended in the district as on 31 March 1988.
The number of connections with respect to service types , available as of now ,in the District are as follows:
| Service Type | Number of Connections |
| Domestic | 3,26,348 |
| Huts | 3144 |
| Street Light | 5230 |
| Public Water Supply | 1693 |
| Educational Institutions,Theatres,Studios | 4969 |
| Cottage Industries | 63 |
| Industrial Service | 5439 |
| Agricultural Service | 5948 |
| Commercial Purpose | 48,980 |
Number of Power Stations
Year:2005-2006
|
Sl.No. |
Name of the Power Stations |
Year of Operation |
Installed Capacity (M.W.) |
Generation (M.U.) |
Station Consumption (M.U.) |
Nett Unit sent out (M.U.) |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
|
1. |
HydroKodayar Power House-I
|
36th year |
60 |
152.378 |
0.283146 |
152.094854 |
|
2. |
Kodayar Power House-II
|
35th year |
40 |
90.23361 |
0.224431 |
90.009179 |
Source: Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Kodayar.
Power Consumption Sector wise Year : 2005-2006
|
Sl.No. |
Sectors |
Consumption (M.U) |
% of the Consumption |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
|
Industries Agriculture & Huts Domestic Commercial & Ty.Sy Public lighting and Public Works Sales to licensees Sales to other States Miscellaneous – HT Total |
25.860 31.800 250.001 86.000 28.490 - - 40.185 462.342
|
8.41 2.64 38.06 38.106 9.57 - - 3.214 100
|