The Electricity Department has been functioning with the Chief Engineer (Power) as Head of the Department. He is the Technical and Administrative Head and is responsible to the Government for planning, budgeting etc. for the Department. The State Electricity Department has been unbundled and Corporatized into 2 (two) State owned functionally independent successor entities (i) Manipur State Power Company (MSPCL) as the Holding Company (HOLDCO) to discharge the functions of the State Transmission and Generation Utility and the functions of State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC) and (ii) Manipur State Power Distribution Company Limited (MSPDCL) as the deemed distribution licensee (Discom) w.e.f. the 1st of February, 2014 (Saturday) by a Notification of the Government vide Manipur State Electricity Reforms Transfer Scheme, 2013 dated the 31st December, 2013.