Flawed power sector strategy
The government is focusing on wrong policy initiatives due to which the circular debt is ever increasing. In fact the recoveries of past years have been shown as increased collection…
The failure of Pakistan’s power policies
The recently released report on IPPs by a government sanctioned commission brought not only the power producers into the limelight, but also the design of the previous power policies. While…
Power tariff relief
Energy puzzle is necessary to be resolved for the economy to grow on a sustainable path. A crisis was already in the making when this government came to power. Circular…
New IGCEP for power capacity planning
A new IGCEP (Indicated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan) has been submitted by NTDC (National Transmission and Despatch Company) for the regulator’s approval. There are some questionable recommendations made in the…
Power sector: legal conundrum
The management and efficiency of any economic sector derives from transparency and availability of laws for governance in that particular sector. The electricity sector suffers from lack of transparency and…
Power sector: little or no improvement
"Alhamdolillah highest-ever generation recorded at 3 pm today 17the May 17. Hydel: 5240MW, Gencos: 2901MW, IPPs: 9574MW, total :17,720 MW" the Federal Minister of Water and Power, Khawaja Asif is…
Power sector: poor governance
The government of PML-N inherited poor power sector governance bequeathed to it by PPP government. Unbearable power cuts, rental plant scams, unaccountable line losses and rampant power theft, woeful performance…
ARTICLES Electric car plan: Britain faces huge costs to avoid power shortages
Britain must plough billions of pounds into new power plants, grid networks and electric vehicle charging points if it is to avoid local power shortages when a planned ban on…
Power sector
Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has just released its State of Industry Report for 2020-21. This is a report of outstanding quality which has been produced annually since 2006.…
The power sector tariff dilemma
The biggest economic headache this government inherited in 2018 was energy circular debt, which has only exacerbated since. At Rs2.3 trillion, it has doubled since PTI came to power. If…
