Pesco reduces load-shedding duration on 75 feeders PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has reduced load-shedding duration on 75 feeders to 12 hours.... Published 01 Jul, 2024 07:01am
Print Power tariff hike, loadshedding: Consumers heap criticism on Nepra at hearing ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday faced criticism from consumers at a... Updated 28 Jun, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan Loss-making entities: NHA, power sector top the list ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) and the power sector have topped the list of 23 loss-making entities... Updated 27 Jun, 2024 11:01am
Print Power sector: Govt anticipates $2bn financing by IFIs in 3 years For Power Distribution Strengthening Project-1, Asian Development Bank to extend OCR funding of $ 400 million during 2024-25 Updated 25 Jun, 2024 09:45am
Opinion Fixed charges: boon or bane for electricity consumers? With the recent Discos tariff determination by power regulator Nepra, fixed charges have been introduced for ... Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:33am
Editorials KP’s power woes EDITORIAL: There appears to be little evidence, so far, of a sensible solution to the dispute that has erupted... Published 24 Jun, 2024 07:31am
Print Discos’ overbilling, MDI manipulation by industries: PM directs PD to initiate forensic audit, inquiry ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Power Division to initiate forensic audit/inquiry into the... Updated 21 Jun, 2024 08:52am
Print Developing an electricity market: ADB wing rates TA as successful and relevant ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated technical... Updated 21 Jun, 2024 09:15am
Markets Power generation in Pakistan improves, cost declines 10% YoY in May Power generation in Pakistan clocked in at 12,617 GWh (16,958 MW) in May 2024, an increase of 2.7% YoY as compared... Updated 20 Jun, 2024 10:47pm
Print Gandapur threatens to move IMF over dues ‘owed’ by federal govt PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur severely criticised the federal government for... Updated 20 Jun, 2024 09:42am
Print Payment settlement between KE, govt entities: PM directs PD to present ‘holistic’ solution NEPRA announces hearing dates on tariffs of KE Updated 20 Jun, 2024 02:35pm
Print Suki Kinari Hydropower Station: First Unit registers success LAHORE: The first unit (Unit 4) of Pakistan Suki Kinari Hydropower Station, the largest hydropower power station... Updated 17 Jun, 2024 03:03pm
Pakistan Electricity rate reduction for industries will boost exports, says power minister Sardar Awais Leghari says revolutionary measures are being taken to bring improvement in the power distribution system Updated 16 Jun, 2024 09:40pm
Editorials The Neelum-Jhelum disaster EDITORIAL: So, it turns out that the “crown jewel” 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHPP), which... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
Print Wind projects’ tariff issues stay unresolved: Islamabad should not expect any investment from DFC: US team ISLAMABAD: United States Treasury Department delegation led by Assistant Secretary Brent Neiman on Thursday... Updated 14 Jun, 2024 09:00am
Print July to Sept 2024: NPCC reduces RLNG demand for power generation ISLAMABAD: The country’s power system operator, the National Power Control Centre (NPCC) has reduced the Gasified... Updated 14 Jun, 2024 08:57am
BR Research Power sector: Reforming with subsidies You have long been told the energy subsidy reforms are in full swing. There are talks of limiting energy sector... Published 13 Jun, 2024 08:16am
Opinion Navigating economic diplomacy–I Spiraling electricity bills and the resulting unbearable burden on the ordinary consumers has brought the agreements... Updated 13 Jun, 2024 08:10am
Pakistan A whopping 103.7pc raise in power subsidy ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased subsidy for power sector by a whopping 103.7 percent – from the... Published 13 Jun, 2024 03:32am
Opinion Power transmission: challenges The power sector in Pakistan is facing a crisis of public perception amid the litany of technical challenges... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 07:13am
Print Massive installation of solar systems: Govt facing an impossible situation? Bureaucracy portrays solarisation as catastrophic for the country’s existing power sector Updated 10 Jun, 2024 11:13am
Print April FCA: KE seeks provisional adjustment ISLAMABAD: K-Electric (KE) has sought provisional adjustment in its fuel charges under three scenarios for the month... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:35am
Editorials ‘Penalising honest consumers’ EDITORIAL: How on earth is the power minister going to “bring transparency to the power sector” if the... Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am
Print KPCL approaches Nepra to get its indexations approved ISLAMABAD: Karot Power Company Limited (KPCL) has approached National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to... Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:23am
Print NEPRA evaluating KE’s write-off claims ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Waseem Mukhtar has reportedly supported... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 07:19pm
Print Nepra gives approval to additional financial burden on consumers ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday gave approval of additional financial... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 02:02pm
Markets No sectoral professionals on upcoming boards of Discos LAHORE: No sectoral professionals are being made part of the upcoming boards of power distribution companies ... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Print Power sector: MoF agrees to extend Rs1.094trn subsidy ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is said to have agreed to extend subsidy of Rs 1.094 trillion for the financial year... Updated 30 May, 2024 08:39am
Opinion Why Discos’ privatisation can never happen Pakistan’s power sector has undergone various reforms in a bid to make the market more liberalized and introduce... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
Print Anti-theft drive flops: GEPCO, energy dept at loggerheads ISLAMABAD : Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) and chief of Punjab electricity theft convener - Secretary... Updated 29 May, 2024 08:34am
