Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd Ranked No.1 Power Utility in India

Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (Adani Electricity) topped the country's 71 electricity distribution companies for its overall governance including Financial Sustainability, Performance Excellence and External Environment.

In the Ministry of Power's 11^th edition of the 'Annual Integrated Rating & Ranking' of country's power distribution utilities, Adani Electricity secured the 1^st rank with Grade A+ and the highest integrated score of 99.6 out of 100.

The rating report, is prepared by McKinsey & Company and the assessment is based on the accounts of the past three financial years, from 2019-2020 to 2022-2023.

Early this month, Adani Electricity had announced the least tariff hike among Maharashtra's discoms for the period reviewed under the Multi-Year Tariff mechanism. This demonstrates the benefits to the end users on account of Adani Electricity's prudent financial and operational practices.

In the exhaustive evaluation exercise, Adani Electricity emerged as the best and only private utility to be rated in the top five and is also one of 15 discoms to not have any negative marking.

"Over the last five years, our customer centric focus has enabled us to reduce and stabilize tariffs, optimise power purchase costs and improve operational efficiencies through state-of-the-art technology interventions such as SCADA, automated workflow management and a digital first approach," said Kandarp Patel, MD, Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd. "These efforts have made us not only Mumbai's but one of India's most competitive electricity providers, as recognized by the Power Finance Corporation and the Ministry of Power. This independent recognition is a testament to our commitment to serve our customers with reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity. We will continue to enhance our services and infrastructure to exceed global benchmarks. We also recommit ourselves to doubling our share of renewable energy share to 60%. This is our commitment to Mumbai and to all our stakeholders who have stood by us through this journey to Number One."