ISLAMABAD: The government is in the process of finalising an integrated strategic plan for the security of oil and gas installations across the country to ensure smooth energy supplies at all times. Aviation and transport fuel stocks for defence requirements are required to be maintained for 25 days through oil marketing companies (OMCs) and another […]

KARACHI: A large portion of the metropolis was plunged into darkness early Sunday after a high tension line tripped due to light rain continued overnight. The city woke up to light rain as the monsoon drizzle continued overnight, just as several residential areas faced power outages lasting more than four hours. Affected areas included North […]

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel headed by a senator from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has proposed only two-hour a day electricity supply to areas with more than 80 per cent losses and its payment out of Zakat Fund or Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). This is part of a series of recommendations to minimise the menace […]

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has found that non-issuance of legal opinion by Ministry of Law and Justice in Nandipur power project caused a loss of Rs 27.3 billion to national exchequer. The NAB on Saturday filed a report in 525 megawatts Nandipur power project in the Supreme Court. The NAB report said that during […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) assured the Supreme Court on Saturday that an inquiry into delay in construction of 525MW combined cycle power plant at Nandipur (Gujranwala) was at an advanced stage and relevant record was being minutely scrutinised to conclude the probe. At the last hearing on Aug 9, a three-judge bench headed […]

LAHORE: Suspension of gas supply to the Kot Addu Power Plant by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and closure of a couple of oil-fired plants increased electricity shortfall to over 3,000MW on Saturday, forcing the distribution companies to observe loadshedding for four to six hours in urban and six to 10 hours in […]

ISLAMABAD: The federal and provincial governments, and not the distribution companies, should pay if they want supply of electricity in high losses areas, recommended a parliamentary committee on energy on Friday. A four-member sub-committee led by Senator Nauman Wazir Khattak finalized the recommendations to eliminate electricity theft and line losses, one of the major sources […]

ISLAMABAD: The previous government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) caused a loss of Rs40 billion in six months to Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) by stopping the utility from carrying out load-shedding in high-loss areas. The disclosure was made in a meeting of sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Power, chaired by Senator Nauman […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has expressed concerns over long delays in laying transmission lines that have caused enormous financial losses, and have led to grid system instability and capacity problems in absorbing additional loads. “There are 14,500 kV grid stations with 33 transformers at the 500/220 kV level. Out of these, […]

ISLAMABAD: While Chairing first board meeting of National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA), Federal Minister for Energy, Syed Ali Zafar stressed the importance of energy efficiency and conservation and directed the participants to put concerted efforts to fully operationalize this department. The meeting was attended by Secretary Power, Rizwan Memon, Secretary Planning Division, Shoib […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday imposed Rs5 million fine on the Central Power Generation Company Ltd (Genco-II) for a major power breakdown in January 2016 that severely impacted Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The fine was imposed on completion of enquiry proceedings lasting over more than 30 months. The company was […]

ISLAMABAD: Receivables from electricity consumers have continued to pile up and the figure has swelled to Rs896 billion – a long-standing problem that will be a big challenge for the incoming government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government left office at May-end with heavy receivables from power-sector defaulters that amounted […]