Central Electricity Authority

Central Electricity Authority (CEA),Ministry of Power,GoI is an organization originally constituted under Section 3(1) of the repealed Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, since substituted by Section 70 of the Electricity Act 2003. It was established as a part-time body in 1951 and made a full-time body in 1975. The functions and duties of CEA are delineated under Section 73 of the Electricity Act 2003. Central Electricity Authority seeks to achieve the vision of ensuring reliable 24x7 power supply of adequate quality to all consumers in the country by performing its statutory function of providing technical support base to all stakeholders in the power sector, to support Ministry of 
Power for forming policies in the power sector, to make technical standards & regulations, to carry out  project  monitoring,  to  disseminate  power  sector  information,  to  upgrade  skills of human resources in the power sector of the country.