Rs148bn receivables: SNGPL holds CPPA-G responsible ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) holds the Central Power Purchasing Agency– Guaranteed (CPPA-G),... Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:18am
Print EU firms’ concerns: MoC takes other ministries on board ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry is reportedly taking other ministries on board to respond to the concerns of... Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:21am
Pakistan Immediate restructuring of governmental system the need of the hour: PDP KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor here Sunday urged the government to bring efficient... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Editorials Govt approach to IPPs comes perilously close to coercion EDITORIAL: Negotiations with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are well under way in the second phase, following... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Opinion PIA sell-off challenge: crash-landing was long in the making Six months ago, the buzz in Islamabad was that foreign airline giants were lining up to acquire a seemingly... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Print Discos’ sell-off: SIFC to play key role ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to give a central role to the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC)... Updated 17 Nov, 2024 01:00pm
Markets IPP owner Shahid Abdullah barred from traveling abroad amid money laundering inquiry It remains unclear whether Abdullah is in custody or has been released Updated 16 Nov, 2024 06:56pm
Print IPPs talks and power sector: Minister to brief IMF team today ISLAMABAD: Power Division’s team led by Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari is to give a detailed... Updated 15 Nov, 2024 02:55pm
BR Research Addressing thefts and losses in Discos Reportedly, the energy regulator NEPRA is initiating legal action against DISCOs due to their deteriorating... Published 14 Nov, 2024 06:44am
Print ADB delegation meets minister: ‘Investment needed to prepare Discos for privatisation’ ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari has sought investment from development partners to prepare... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:20am
Markets Deals with IPPs: Rousch Power approves early termination of govt agreements Company to pursue negotiated settlement Updated 13 Nov, 2024 10:50pm
Print DFIs having interests in IPPs move Nepra Development Finance Institutions confirms opting for term SOFR+CAS as the base rate for replacement of London Interbank Offered Rate Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:24am
Print Riali-II project security package approval: PD all set to place summary before ECC ISLAMABAD: Power Division is all set to place a summary before the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the... Updated 12 Nov, 2024 09:28am
Editorials IPPs: even-handed govt approach? EDITORIAL: During a briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on Power, the co-chair of the Energy Task Force stated... Updated 11 Nov, 2024 07:13am
Opinion Power crisis and the way forward IPPs (independent power producers) were created under Government’s power policies, which were promulgated over the... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 08:27am
Print 3 imported coal-based IPPs to Thar coal: PPIB seeks details of Chinese Ad hoc Working Group on conversion ISLAMABAD: The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has sought details of Chinese Ad hoc Working Group... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:11pm
Print IPP claims contracts being negotiated ‘forcibly’ ISLAMABAD: M/s Sapphire Electric Company Limited (SECL) has said that this is the fourth time sovereign power... Updated 08 Nov, 2024 09:42am
Print Renegotiating or terminating contracts with IPPs: up to Rs300bn annual saving expected This is projected to result in a reduction of Rs 2-3 per unit in electricity tariffs Updated 06 Nov, 2024 11:37am
Print Infighting in Nepra worsens ISLAMABAD: Internal fighting in the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), the power regulator, has... Updated 06 Nov, 2024 08:25am
Print Remaining 18 IPPs: Row over figures main hurdle to talks ISLAMABAD: Although, the Task Force on Energy has terminated or amended agreements with 13 IPPs, (five thermals,... Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:01am
Editorials PIA’s privatisation: hurdles and roadblocks EDITORIAL: The government’s much-delayed plans of privatising PIA hit a huge obstacle on October 31 as the final... Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am
Business & Finance Govt urged to ‘revive’ PIA privatisation process LAHORE: Former Caretaker Federal Minister for Commerce and Chairman of the FPCCI Pakistan Economic Revival and ... Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:44am
Print Negotiations with IPPs: Nepra voices concerns about ‘key’ factors Concerns raised during public hearing on the provisional Fuel Charges Adjustment for K-Electric for September 2024 Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:39am
Print Conversion of power plants to coal: NEA of China seeks to set up working group for talks ISLAMABAD: The National Energy Administration (NEA) of China is said to have shown willingness, in principal, to... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:10am
Editorials Exporters and the IMF EDITORIAL: The Executive Committee of the National Export Development Board and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)... Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:01am
Opinion Who truly own the IPPs? The Pakistan power system is ever in the news – unfortunately, always in the negative sense. The power tariffs are... Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:50am
Print Fuel adjustments on QTAs, FCAs: Nepra explains how positive financial impact will be reversed ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) said on Wednesday the positive financial impact... Updated 31 Oct, 2024 03:06pm
Business & Finance Pakistan’s largest IPP HUBCO posts Rs20.3bn profit in 1QFY25 despite revenue dip Despite lower revenue, Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO), Pakistan’s largest Independent Power Producer (IPP), saw... Updated 30 Oct, 2024 09:09pm
Opinion Solar showdown: the untold power play behind Pakistan’s energy revolution—I In Pakistan, significant emphasis is placed on net-metered solarization, with the reduction in energy demand often... Updated 30 Oct, 2024 08:16am
Opinion The tallest nail To a hammer everything is a nail and IPPs are the tallest nails. Decades ago, when this scribe was a student of... Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am