Council of Power Utilities (CPU), an umbrella organization of Power Utilities in India, established in 1983, aims at formulations of solutions of problem besetting the power supply industry through interaction between indigenous utilities and also between utilities of developed and developing countries. In the wake of liberalization, the Council provides an excellent forum for all the players in the power and associate sectors like water resources, water ways etc. to seek solutions and strive for economically and environmentally sustainable development strategies.

The Council has been mainly formed to evolve solutions of the problems connected with the power sector. The important attribute of the Council is that it is an Association of Power Utilities, trying to solve the problems of the Utilities in collaboration with other players in power development business, namely designers, consultants, manufacturers, investors, policy makers and environmentalists.

The Major Objectives of the Council are
	Sharing the experience of the major manufacturer of power plant equipment, engineering consultants, academicians, environmentalists and the leading utilities in the world in the area of Eco-friendly power generation.
	Discussions by way of International conferences at regular intervals regarding technological advancements for conventional and non-conventional power sources in the areas of improved efficiency and environment.
	Developing closer working relationship between experts from manufacturer and Utilities and all others concerned through personal interaction.
	Assessment of problems and formulation of solutions through interchange of ideas in order to strive for economically, socially and environmentally sustainable power development strategies for sustainable power development.

In the field of power as on today, there is comptetion as well as interdependence. The world is divided into two distinct areas- developed and the developing - sofar as the electric power development is concerned.

The developed countries have the technology, financial resources and expertise for power capacity additions, their operation and maintaienance in an effecient and environmental friendly manner. The developing countries on the other hand, provide an exceptionally growing market for power development, specially in the wake of their liberalization endeavour. The trend is therefore most suitable for a very close interaction between the developed and the developing countries for mutual formulation of solutions through exchange of ideas and information.

With this objective in view, the World Council of Power Utilities (WCPU) established in 1995 offers an excellent opportunity to the power utilities of the world for such interaction.The council has been mainly formed to evolve solutions for the problems connected with power sector. The important attribute of this Council is that it is an association of power development business, namely desingner, consultants, manufacturers, investors, policymakers and environmentalists.

The Major Objectives of the Council are
	Sharing of experiences of major manufacturers of power plant equipment, engineering consulatants, academician, environmentalists and leading utilities in the world in the area of eco- friendly power generation.
	Discussions by way of International Conferences at regular intervals regarding technologies advancements for conventional and non - conventional power sources in the area of improved efficiency and environment.
	Developing closer working relationship between experts from manufacturer and Utilities and all others concerned through personal interaction.
	Assessment of problems and formulation of solutions through interchange of ideas in order to strive for economically, socially and environmentally sustainable power development strategies for sustainable power development.