Opinion Power plant retirement policy There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation... Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am
Opinion Mapping the economics of imported coal-fired power plants Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has rejected the power generation tariff petition of Jamshoro... Updated 24 May, 2023 07:02am
Opinion Thar coal mine expansion SECMC (Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company) has filed a tariff petition for expanding its capacity. This is a third... Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am
Opinion KE’s petition: case for integration KE (K-Electric) has submitted a petition to Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) for getting a... Updated 10 May, 2023 06:29am
Opinion An electric regulatory authority for Sindh Sindh cabinet has approved a draft bill for organizing a separate electricity regulatory body for Sindh — Sindh... Updated 27 Apr, 2023 07:16am
Opinion Hydrogen initiatives The good news is that two hydrogen initiatives have been announced in Pakistan recently; one by NEECA and the other... Updated 12 Apr, 2023 06:54am
Opinion New gas tariff and circular debt Finally, much-awaited new gas tariff has been announced by government under negotiations with the International... Updated 15 Feb, 2023 06:50am
Opinion Power distribution sector’s performance – II T&D losses have been valued at Rs 520 billion. If losses are reduced to Nepra’s (National Electric Power... Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am
Opinion Power distribution sector’s performance – I Circular debt and privatisation of power distribution companies are under active discussion these days in the... Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:10am
Opinion Oily matters - III Deregulating the oil sector: Business circles in the oil sector have been lobbying for deregulating the oil sector,... Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:29am
Opinion Oily matters – II Electrical Vehicles Immediate solutions are never possible or feasible. There has to be alternative plan and... Published 11 Dec, 2022 04:02am
Opinion Oily matters – I Pakistan’s oil imports are the biggest drain on foreign exchange. Current year’s oil import bill has been... Published 08 Dec, 2022 06:10am
Opinion What to do with furnace oil? Furnace oil used to be the backbone of both power and oil industry until only a few years ago. There were no LNG or... Published 04 Dec, 2022 03:37am
Opinion Role of LPG in gas crisis – II Gas tariff and subsidies. Gas and electricity prices are politically sensitive issues. The IMF compares prices in ... Updated 01 Dec, 2022 06:20am
Opinion Role of LPG in gas crisis — I Winters are approaching, in fact are there already. There is usually higher gas demand in winters due to heating and... Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am
Opinion GH: A new opportunity to effectively deal with energy challenges? Hydrogen is not something new. It is being used for more than a century. It is Green Hydrogen (GH) that is new.... Published 26 Oct, 2022 05:52am
Opinion Nepra’s SOI report 2022: a comment — II NPCC and SCADA There is a counter point of view as well. As per info available to this writer, significant progress... Updated 09 Oct, 2022 06:15am
Opinion Nepra’s SOI report 2022: a comment — I Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has recently released its annual State of Industry (SOI) report... Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Competitive power market – II Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) plans to revisit its determination and a reasonable mid-way... Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am
Opinion Competitive power market – I Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has introduced a Competitive Electricity Market framework, ... Updated 21 Sep, 2022 06:19am
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