The Indian Companies in the energy sector fulfils the energy requirements of the country. Coal acts as the main source to meet up the energy needs of India. Rest of the requirements on the same are satisfied through import from other countries. Government of India strives to generate new policies which are good enough to meet the energy crisis of the country.

Energy can be generated from renewable and non renewable sources. The first one includes sectors of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal where as the later is concerned with Solar Energy, Geothermal Energy, Chemical Energy, Energy from Bio fuels, etc. There exist Companies in public and private sector to satisfy the energy requirements. The role of these Companies is to convert the raw minerals in to usable energy forms. The list of government owned companies in the energy sector are mentioned here.

Government Companies in Energy Sector

• Anpara Thermal power station
• Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) power station
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
• Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Coal India Ltd
• Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station
• Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited
• Kakatiya Thermal Power Station
• Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
• Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation
• NHPC
• North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
• ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
• Panipat Thermal Power Station
• Raichur Thermal Power Station
• Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station
• Ramagundam  Thermal Power Station
• Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station
• Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
• Tehri Hydro Power Complex

Popular Government Companies in Energy Sector

Though, there exists a lot of public owned Companies in Energy sector, some of them have become popular. This is because of the fact that these Companies act as the major producer and distributor of energy resources. Indian Oil Corporation Limited is one among the chief commercial enterprise, which acts as the major supplier of LPG gas of the country.

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited owned by Central government is well known for the production and exploration of oil. Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited is another prominent firm engaged in refining and distribution of Petroleum and Petroleum products. Coal India Ltd is known as the largest coal producer of the world. Apart from these, hydroelectric power stations such as North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam etc and thermal power plants like Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station etc are also prominent.