Power Division (Ministry of Energy) was formed in August 2017 after splitting the Ministry of Water and Power. The Water Division was merged with the newly created Ministry of Water Resources and the Power Division was moved under the newly created Ministry of Energy. Ministry of Energy consists of two Divisions namely Power Division and Petroleum Division
Power Division (Ministry of Energy) has been mainly dealing with the subject of electricity, which include generation, transmission and distribution and policy matters pertaining to these three functions. Right now, there are 22 public sector companies and 02 statutory bodies working under the Power Division. The power policies, power finance, operational matters pertaining to the above three functions and administrative matters of 24 Entities/ organizations are being dealt with by the Power Finance, Entities & DISCOs, Transmission, Tariff & Subsidy and Development Wings within the Power Division. The matters pertaining to logistic support, human resource planning, law, Parliamentary business, coordination, budgeting, finance & accounts and audit are being dealt with in two other wings namely the Administration wing and Finance & Accounts wing.
