Hyderabad, April 18 --  The Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Limited (TGRPDCL), a newly incorporated state-owned utility, has applied to the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) for a distribution licence to supply power to specified consumer categories across the state, according to a public notice issued on Saturday. 

The Telangana government had, on March 11, formed TGRPDCL as the state's third discom.

The application has been filed under the Electricity Act, 2003. If approved, the company would undertake supply and distribution of electricity, power purchase, wheeling, trading, billing and collection for agriculture consumers, lift irrigation schemes, Composite Protected Water Supply Schemes (CPWS)...