The Ahmedabad Electricity Company Limited (AEC) was incorporated in 1913 by a British company, Killick Nixon Limited. Today, the Ahmedabad based Torrent group has a controlling stake in this public limited company. AEC is a integrated utility distributing close to 4 billion units of power to around 1.2 million customers in the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. AEC has a total generation capacity of 500 MW comprising four thermal power generating stations (1 X60, 1X120, 2X110) totalling to 400 MW at Sabarmati and a gas based power plant of 100 MW at Vatva, Ahmedabad.

AEC is one of the few private utilities in India and has been adopting new and innovative methods for maintaining and improving the quality of power supplied to its customers. The company’s Transmission and Distribution losses are 16.68% for the financial year 2003-04, which are amongst the lowest in the country. The company’s customers enjoy a 99.81% reliability of power supply.

The company has also done pioneering work in customer services such as the introduction of hi-tech mobile vans with online connectivity.