KARACHI: The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA-G) has recommended the power regulatory authority to increase electricity tariff by Rs1.32 per unit for consumers, aimed at recovering Rs78.66 billion from next month. The state-owned power purchasing agency made the recommendation to adjust fuel charges in the tariff for the power produced and sold to the consumers […]

PESHAWAR: KP caretaker Minister for Energy, Power and Public Health Engineering (PHE), Haji Fazal Elahi has expressed concern over additional and unjustified power load-shedding in the province and stressed need for construction of own transmission line of the province to bring an end to the monopoly of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO). Presiding over a […]

ISLAMABAD: The support for energy sector reforms in Pakistan resulted in incremental improvements in institutional architecture, roles and capacity, but it has not been possible to complete the unfinished reforms aimed at unbundling and privatization, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report titled ‘Policy-based Lending 2008-2017: Performance, Results, and Issues of Design’ prepared by […]

KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed all the ships carrying imported coal not to unload at Karachi Port Trust (KPT) but at Port Qasim in six weeks at the same rate. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justices Sajjad Ali Shah and Munib Akhtar in its […]

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has stated that technical losses of distribution companies were Rs56 billion during July-May of the current fiscal year and the only solution to losses is to focus on transmission and distribution system. A subcommittee meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power, presided over by Nauman Wazir Khattak, Thursday expressed dissatisfaction […]

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electric Supply Company has urged its consumers to adopt precautionary measures to avoid electrocution and electric shocks for their own safety, especially during pre-monsoon rains in the province. In a press statement issued here on Thursday stated that the Pesco management has requested the consumers with the specific context to the anticipated pre […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has slapped a fine of Rs5 million on state-run Northern Power Generation Company (Genco-III) for failure to activate the protection system that resulted in power breakdown. According to a statement issued on Thursday, Nepra imposed the penalty on account of negligence in maintenance of a 220-kilovolt switchyard […]

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) gave a week on Thursday to K-Electric (K-E) and the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) to submit affidavits on the duration and schedule of load-shedding. The K-E chief distribution officer informed the apex court that efforts were being made to increase power generation. A counsel for K-Electric argued that load-shedding […]

MINGORA: Residents of Matiltan in Kalam valley here on Thursday held a demonstration against nonpayment of price of their land acquired by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for the 84MW hydropower project. In December 2016, then chief minister Pervez Khattak inaugurated work on the Gorkeen Matiltan hydropower project, which was to be completed in four years […]

KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed K-Electric on Thursday to file an affidavit that it would end unannounced loadshedding and implement the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) directives within a week. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar warned that strict action would be taken against officials of the power utility if they failed to show improvement […]

ISLAMABAD: Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Company — a subsidiary of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) — has filed a tariff petition before the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) asking for Rs13.24 per unit reference tariff (about 12.62 US cents per unit) over the 50 year life span of the project. Of this, the reference […]

LAHORE: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has reportedly spent Rs90 billion, yet needs more funds to upgrade its system for smooth transmission of electricity to the distribution network. Similarly, the distribution system needs further upgrading for supplying electricity to consumers despite spending billions of rupees. The NTDC, which started its commercial operation in […]