This month IPPA held its 23rd Board Meeting. In the meeting, the CEO Dr Fatima Khushnud apprised the members of IPPA’s efforts to facilitate the power generation industry. The agenda for the meeting also discussed the expected evolution of the industry in the medium and short term in light of climate change and the changing [...]

IPPA is happy to announce the development of a job board on its website. The job board will facilitate its members in sourcing talent for their production units. IPPA aims to provide potential applicants with a one stop facility for applying at job positions for all the member power producers. Currently the job portal is [...]

IPPA invited journalists from major media outlets to inform them about the proceedings of the Inquiry Commission. IPPA Excomm member and CEO HUBCO Khalid Mansoor elucidated on the details submitted to the inquiry commission. IPPA also took the opportunity to dispel irrational myths about the power sector. These myths included IPPs earning abnormal profits.

Earlier this month IPPA and ETD consulting deliberated on future events that will pave the way for IPP participation in reducing the overall dependence on foreign OEM manufacturers. IPPA and ETD consulting are currently in a partnership that will introduce expertise in Pakistani Power Plants with the aim to make them self-reliant in terms of [...]

SSC – Energy continues to maintain exceptional pace since its inception. Therefore, in July 2019, the council spearheaded the website creation task with the help of technical support from GIZ; it also made progress in registering the council with SECP – after obtaining Endorsement letter from NAVTTC – and has submitted application for name reservation [...]

IPPA’s CEO Dr Fatima Khushnud met with Miss Peggy J. Walker who recently took over her duties as Economic Council at the US Embassy. Dr Fatima gave her a detailed round up about the energy sector, challenges and way forward. She was glad to know that IPPA is working as a think tank for this [...]

IPPA’s CEO Dr Fatima Khushnud met with Miss Marion Pfennings who is currently serving as the First Secretary of Development Corporation in the German Embassy. Dr Fatima had a detailed meeting with Marion on energy sector outlook and Sector Skills Council – Energy (SSC-E). She took a keen interest in knowing about IPPA, its members, [...]

Representatives from IPPA and SDPI met this month to discuss cooperation on various forums. These included IPPA’s partnership in the establishment of SDPI’s “Center for Private Sector Engagement”. According to this partnership, IPPA will aim to provide financial and intellectual support in the establishment and growth of the Center for Private Engagement. In addition, IPPA [...]

IPPA representatives attended the NEECA (The National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority) consultation Workshop on National Certificates Scheme for Energy Auditors/Managers in Pakistan. The chief guest, Mr. Nadeem Babar who is the Special Assistant to Prime Minister, attended the event and gave his remarks on the role of efficiency in restoring national competitiveness. In addition, [...]

In the month of August, 2019, the council, apart from garnering memberships and collaborations with relevant stakeholders in the energy sector, held its 3rd Council Meeting in order to nominate promoters for the council – a requirement set by the SECP. Consequently, the council consulted with all interim members to nominate their representatives in promoter [...]

Planning Commission recognized IPPA as an important partner in its efforts to introduce Integrated Energy Planning in the economy. In this regard, IPPA will contribute as a member of the Data Management Wing of this endeavor. A team of Representatives of this project visited IPPA office in order to apprise the CEO (IPPA) about the [...]

Team lead from the government’s Kamyab Jawan program visited IPPA office and briefed the CEO (IPPA) of the program’s objectives. The program hopes to formalize the partnership with IPPA via a MOU. In this partnership, IPPA will help the program by channeling support form IPPA and providing linkages for academia through IPPA forum. IPP members [...]