The USAID has initiated a training programme comprising a "beginners level" course for newly recruited/junior engineers and a three week "advanced level" course for experienced/senior engineers to build the capacity of power sector entities.
Inaugurating the training programme here on Monday, Manager Director National Transmission & Despatch Co Ltd, Rasul Khan Mahsud said that the participants on the completion of the training would have a deeper insight of the power system analysis and understanding to resolve the system problems of the present and future transmission network.
In order to overcome the energy crisis, it was necessary to enhance the capacity of existing set-up and to bridge the gap between power supply and demand by launching new power projects, he said.
"The scope of training extends to develop the capacity of the trainees to analyse along with solutions to remove the bottlenecks in the system - such as overloading of transmission lines & transformers, low voltage profile, as well as reduction in system losses by utilising state of the art Power System Analysis (PSS/E) software - an internationally renowned tool of power system analysis, he added. A USAID spokesperson said that the Energy Policy Project (EPP) of US Agency for International Development's (USAID) had launched a training program on Power System Analysis (PSS/E) software for the engineers of power transmission companies - NTDC and NESPAK, and various power sector distribution companies (DISCOs). He said that USAID's energy sector projects including EPP in Pakistan are a part of the US government's commitment to support the Government of Pakistan in increasing power generation, improved energy efficiency and transmission, fuel supply infrastructure and policy reform efforts.