News Desk Islamabad: Two days successively issuing notices to three Discos from Sindh, Nepra—Regulator on Electricity—has issued show-cause notices to all the Discos for unscheduled load shedding of up to 12 hours all over the country, said a notice of Nepra on Friday. PTI Government in a few weeks back published an Economic Survey that…
Muhammad Afzaal Islamabad: The recently released Economic Survey 2019-20 has noted that the use of coal in Pakistan’s energy mix is currently negligible and the government is focused on increasing its contribution to 30 percent by the year 2030. According to the report, Sindh is estimated to have 185 billion tons of coal reserves in…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: Power Regulator admits that PML-N government has added 12000 MW of electricity in the national grid to overcome load shedding that hit the country since 2009-10. After the addition of 12000 MW of electricity to the national grid, the total capacity of electricity jumped up to 39,145 MW in the country. In…
Aftab Ahmed The inquiry committee has suggested the government recover Rs 100 billion immediately from mighty power producers–IPPs. The committee found that the power plants had recovered their investment in around two years after installing plants under power policy 2002. The Inquiry committee headed by former chairman Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has recommended…
Muhammad Moen The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) hits back at the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) in defense of power division over a row on debt in the power sector and directs regulator to ensure the accuracy and integrity of data on circular debt. The tussle between Nepra and Power Division heightened when…