Dear Members and Visitors,
It gives me great pleasure to address you as President of Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers’ Association. As we navigate an ever-changing energy landscape, our shared commitment to affordable, reliable and sustainable power remains our guiding light.
Over the past 27 years our association has worked tirelessly to represent your interests-engaging with utilities, regulatory bodies and policymakers to ensure that the high-tension consumers receive fair treatment, improved infrastructure and transparent billing. We have pushed for greater efficiency, sought opportunities for renewable integration and, promoted best practices in energy management.
Looking ahead our priorities include strengthening our collective voice in energy policy discussions, supporting modern technologies that enhance efficiency and reduce costs and build partnerships across industries to share knowledge and create synergies.
Your active participation is our greatest strength. I encourage each member to engage in dialogue, suggest improvements and contribute to our initiatives. Together we can shape a future where high-tension consumers thrive in a fair, competitive and sustainable environment.
Thank you for your trust, cooperation and commitment. Let us move forward with determination and optimism.
Warm Regards,
L.Santhosh
President
Dear Members,
India is at a pivotal moment in its energy journey. With national commitments toward a low-carbon future and a rapidly expanding renewable energy base, the energy transition is no longer a distant policy goal — it is reshaping markets, operations, and opportunities today. As President of TECA, I want to highlight what this means for us and set out a practical agenda so our members can lead confidently through change.
- India’s policy direction — including ambitious renewables growth, the push for green hydrogen, and electricity sector reforms — is accelerating decarbonization and grid modernization.
- Market mechanisms (power exchanges, open access, green tariffs, and renewable purchase obligations) are maturing, offering new procurement and flexibility options for large consumers.
- This transition brings both risks in the form of price and regulatory uncertainty, grid flexibility challenges and opportunities through lower long-term energy costs, resilience, new revenue streams.
Our role as high-tension consumers
- We are major energy users and therefore key to achieving system-level flexibility and emissions reductions.
- By adopting clean technologies and smarter consumption patterns, we can reduce operating costs, secure supply, and strengthen bargaining
power in evolving markets. - Our collective actions can influence policy and utility practices in ways that benefit the broader industrial and commercial community.
Action agenda for members
- Accelerate energy efficiency: Prioritize audits, retrofits, and process optimization to reduce demand and improve competitiveness.
- Pursue renewable procurement: Explore captive generation, third-party Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Open Access, and green tariffs to
lock in competitive, low-carbon supply. - Invest in flexibility and storage: Combine renewables with energy storage and demand response to manage intermittency and reduce peak charges.
- Electrify and decarbonize processes: Evaluate opportunities for electrification (including heat and mobility) and pilot green hydrogen where applicable.
- Adopt digital energy management: Deploy smart meters, Energy Management Systems (EMS), and analytics to optimize consumption and participate in grid services.
- Measure and report emissions: Implement consistent carbon accounting and set clear emissions or sustainability targets to attract green finance and customers.
- Engage with stakeholders: Work closely with DISCOMs, regulators, policymakers, and technology providers to shape practical, industry-friendly solutions.
- Share knowledge: Form working groups, pilot projects, and training programs across members to scale best practices rapidly.
In Closing, the energy transition is not merely an external policy shift — it is a strategic business transformation. As members, we have the capability and responsibility to turn transition challenges into lasting competitive advantage. I urge every member to take bold, pragmatic steps now and to collaborate through the association so we can amplify our impact.
Warm Regards,
L.Santhosh
President
