SPDCLs Corporate Planning Headed by General Manager Corporate Planning and a Group of Professionals are available to assist the Management to drive the Company to reach the Business Objectives through various Corporate Planning Initiatives.

With Electricity Act 2003 unfolding challenges and opportunities for Distribution Companies, the Corporate Planning department is fully gearing up with strategies and action plans to face the reforms, restructuring and institutional strengthening. The Corporate Planning department was actively involved in long term load forecasting and power supply estimation. The Corporate Planning department was associated with filing of Aggregate Revenue Return (A R R) for FY03 & FY04. The department provides proactive inputs to the top management. On financial and operational efficiency improvement measures. The department monitors Consumer Complaints, implementation of CM 's announcements and CM references. The department was actively associated with the other departments for implementation of Five year business plan FY03 to FY08 developed by the Energy department of A.P. and AP Transco.

Director - Finance is heading the entire Finance Functions of the DISCOM.
Director - Finance is controlling the following departments;

Expenditure department is headed by Chief General Manager -Finance. This department takes care of all the expenditures, which includes capital and revenue. They are responsible for expenditure control and vendor payments.

Company Secretary works under the control of the Board/Chairman of the Company.
The office of the CS. Will function as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to this company/APSPDCL and the Company Secretary post is a Statutory Post as per the Provisions of the Companies Act,2013.( Section 2 (24) ,203, 205 of the Companies act,2013:

A Brief on this Secretarial Department:
1. To prepare Board Note/Resolutions on the Directors appointed/ retired by the Govt. of A.P. and take approval from the Board to file the appointments with the Registrar of Companies from time to time.
2. To prepare Board Note/Resolutions for Share Transfers as per the orders of the Govt. from time to time and to note the same in the Statutory registers of the Company.
3.To Circulate resolutions as per the U.O.Note(s) received from the Chief General Managers/ Functional Heads in the Company from time to time to the Board of Directors for Board approval and to Provide the copies of certified/approved resolutions to the concerned functional heads to carryout the urgent business activities of the Company.
4. To collect/coordinate the subject items/files from all the Functional Heads of the Company which require approval of the Board of Directors to include in the Board Meeting agenda from time to time.
5. To collect the subject items/files from all the Functional Heads of the Company to include in the Audit Committee Meeting agenda from time to time.
6. To prepare a Note for the CSR Committee to discuss the agenda on the items that require approval of the Committee.
7. To prepare a Note for the Nomination & Remuneration Committee Meeting that require approval of the Committee.
8. To take action to Convene the Audit Committee Meetings, Board Meetings, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Meetings ,Annual General meetings of the Company from time to time as per the Provisions of the Companies Act.
9. To attend the necessary compliance work under the Companies Act, 2013 which include:
* to provide to the directors of the company, collectively and individually, such guidance as they may require from time to time.
* to assist the Board wherever the Board requires guidance.
* To file the various statutory forms with the Registrar of Companies as per the approval of the Board to meet the Compliance under the Companies Act, 2013 which will be available for public for their general information also.

This department takes care of all finalization of Accounts for the DISCOM, cost of supply calculations, maintenance of cost records under companies act, Providing support to submit ARR Filings and LTTP Filing. General Manager-Costing, heads this department.

This department takes care of all demand forecasting, actual evaluation, and demand variance exercise with targets,providing MIS Support for Transmission Company data requirement. General Manager-Revenue, heads this department.

This department takes care of coordinating activities of Internal Auditors appointed by the Company. Coordinating the action taken on Internal Auditors and C & AG Audit paras. General Manager-Internal Audit, heads this department.

Commercial

This department takes care of preparing all the project plans, monitoring the executions of various Government Funded Projects.Chief General Manager-Projects, heads this department.

This department takes care of timely submission of APERC proformas, monitoring the implementation of various directives released by APERC time to time. It is also responsible for the reconciliation of the Energy Balance of the DISCOM, Licensing activities such as Franchising Sub-stations.General Manager-RAC, heads this department.

SPDCL's Human Resource Management Headed by Chief General Manager-HRD and a Group of Professionals are available to assist the Management to drive the Company to reach the Business Objectives through various HR Initiatives.
A Company is successful only if its people are successful. An OrganizationÂ’s power rests in its ability to influence its market, its product or services and its resources.
The output of an enterprise is dependent on its power to influence the success of its people. The Key element holding everything together is Human Resources. In order to maintain and attract the best employees and influence the market it is imperative to ensure that the best Human Resource Program owned and implemented by the organization. We, SPDCL, makes it a point the same is adhered on every possible aspects. In order to address the same, our HR Department has arrived a niche work-infrastructure and culture to meet the demands of the Management to achieve the Business Objectives;
>>Create and manage human resource strategy
>>Develop leadership competencies
>>Expand finance competencies
>>Plan and forecast workforce requirements
>>Recruit,select and hire employees
>>Create and deploy teams
>>Develop and train employees
>>Motivate and retain employees
>>Manage compensation
>>Manage employee performance, reward and recognition
>>Ensure employee involvement
>>Manage and administer benefits
>>Develop work-life programs
>>Diversity workforce
>>Manage labour Management relationships
>>Manage changes in employment status

Our HR Department ensures in all aspects at SPDCL that the above policies are implemented with transparency and keeping result in mind.

This department visits the field to check the pilferage activities, if anything found in the DISCOM Electrical Network. If found any pilferage, they will book the cases and penalize as per rules. If the pilferage happens for the second time at the same place, the accused will be handed over to Anti-Power Theft Squad (APTS). Superintending Engineer-DPE, heads this department.

Chief General Manager-P & MM, is the Head of the Department. This department takes care of all the Purchase and Material Management activities of the DISCOM. All centralized purchase processes are happening at corporate office.

Deregulation and open markets have brought in more competition and an increased focus on power reliability improvement and customer satisfaction. As margins come under increasing pressure in these liberalizing markets,opportunities for cost reduction and creating new 'added value' connectivity and synergies without compromising on the customer's expectations assumes increased importance. The management of materials from the point of purchase to the point of payment plays a crucial role in this context. At SPDCL, the Purchase and Material Management is the collaborative effort of multiple channel members to design, implement, and manage seamless value-added processes to meet the real needs of the end customer. At SPDCL, the Purchase and Material Management Department is encompasses the following functionalities; Supplier Management, Procurement Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Logistics / Distribution Planning and Scrap Disposal

This is a department makes the final say on various assessment done by the DPE and Operation Cases on revenue losses due to pilferage activities. All the cases will be thoroughly evaluated and decision will be passed to the DPE Wing and Operation Wing. Superintending Engineer–Assessment, heads this department.

This department takes care of Assessment of Agriculture consumption based on the directives of APERC, coordinating various GIS / GPS Based Survey for getting the Consumer Indexed, Asset Codification activities etc., General Manager-Energy Audit, heads this department.

This department takes care of coordinating with circles on various operational and Maintenance activities. General Manager-O & M,heads this department.

SPDCL's Information Technology Department Headed by General Manager-Information Technology and a Group of Professionals are available to assist the Management to drive the Company to reach the Business Objectives through various Information Technology Initiatives.The Information Technology Department is facilitating stated objectives.

To leverage Information Technology to become the most admired and professional power utility in the world.

To establish a culture of cooperation with all the stakeholders through maintenance and upkeep of the IT Infrastructure
To take initiatives and prove adaptable in IT enabling efficient Transmission and Distribution through identification of new application areas
To promote openness through better information availability and increased transparency.

Objectives
Process time reduction
Cost reduction
Level of Computerization
Uptime of IT Infrastructure
Data availability
IT Projects in Progress at APSPDCL
Customer Management
Network Management
Demand Management
Materials Management
Financial Accounting
Human Resource Management
Groupware and Messaging Systems
Project Management
Executive Information Systems
Vigilance (APTS)