Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) is an electricity distribution company operating in the central region of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is one of the four distribution subsidiaries formed under the unbundling of the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), and functions under the holding company Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL). MGVCL is responsible for supplying electricity to consumers across several districts in central Gujarat, with its headquarters in Vadodara.
| Name | Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited |
|---|---|
| Type | Government-owned distribution utility |
| Industry | Electricity distribution |
| Parent | Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) |
| Headquarters | Vadodara, Gujarat, India |
| Area served | Central Gujarat |
| Owner | Government of Gujarat |
The Gujarat Electricity Board, established in the 1960s, historically handled generation, transmission and distribution of electricity within the state. Following sector reforms aligned with the Electricity Act, 2003, the Government of Gujarat restructured the GEB into a set of functionally separate companies. Generation, transmission, distribution, and trading were carved out into distinct entities to improve operational accountability and financial discipline.
As part of this reorganisation, four geographically defined distribution companies were created to handle retail electricity supply across Gujarat:
MGVCL provides electricity distribution and retail supply services to domestic, commercial, agricultural, and industrial consumers in its licensed area. The company maintains the local distribution network, including substations, feeders, distribution transformers, and consumer service connections, and undertakes activities such as metering, billing, revenue collection, new service connections, fault restoration, and demand-side management programmes.
Its service territory covers parts of central Gujarat including the Vadodara region, with circles and divisions organised on a geographic basis to manage field operations.
As a licensed distribution utility, MGVCL operates under the regulatory oversight of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC), which determines tariffs, approves annual revenue requirements, and frames standards of performance applicable to distribution licensees in the state.
MGVCL is a key utility within the Gujarat power sector, which is regarded as one of the better-performing state electricity sectors in India in terms of access, reliability, and reform implementation. Along with its sister discoms, MGVCL has played a role in extending continuous power supply to rural areas through the state's Jyotigram Yojana, which separates agricultural and non-agricultural rural feeders to ensure round-the-clock supply to villages.