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Capacity charges are just the tip of Pakistan's power sector iceberg
Pakistan's pivot to thermal power over hydel resources has caused inefficiencies, high costs, and significant debt
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Govt to make two DISCOs financially viable
Decides to privatise most efficient power distribution firms
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Is net metering really hurting Discos?
Notion is a myth propagated by power distribution companies
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Govt reviews KE model for DISCOs
Committee agrees to study multiple models to know about their implications
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IMF assured of power tariff hike
Islamabad pledges tariff adjustments, privatisation of DISCOs to tackle woes
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DISCOs: govt to adopt Turkish model
Decides to outsource management to slash losses, draw investment
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Businesses sound alarm over surge in power prices
Lament NEPRA’s unexpected hike will add Rs70b burden, threaten survival
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Revamping DISCOs
Implementing structural changes and introducing competition may encounter resistance and logistical hurdles
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DISCOs contribute Rs396b to debt
Report highlights that decline in recovery of bills has exacerbated crisis
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Power consumers to brace for another surge in bills
DISCOs seek to recover staggering Rs81.5b via quarterly adjustments for second quarter FY2023-24
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KE granted 20-year renewal by NEPRA
License extension recognises company’s performance
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World Bank offers help to investors
Seeks to encourage private sector participation in management of DISCOs
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20-year licences issued to seven DISCOs
Suppliers of Last Resort licences will remain valid till April 2043
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Minister defends DISCOs overbilling
Challenges claims of overcharging 10m consumers, says only 0.2m has been affected
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Arguments against overbilling rejected
Stakeholders oppose amendments to Consumer Service Manual
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Alvi issues ordinance to curb power theft
Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 makes electricity theft a cognizable offense
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Hearing on KE tariff adjustment on Dec 20
Energy ministry seeks quarterly adjustments of Rs0.468 and Rs1.248
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Finance ministry opposes new power sector management proposal
Finance ministry terms proposal in violation of SIFC decision
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NEPRA report exposes overbilling scandal
Discos, KE fleeced consumers, says power regulator
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Power consumers robbed of Rs675b
Out of Rs900b subsidies, govt pays only Rs327b, recovers rest from consumers
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Further Rs3.5 per unit tariff hike in the offing
If approved, consumers will be burdened with additional Rs40b
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DISCOs ‘fleeced consumers’ of billions of rupees
Most excess billing occurred in LESCO and HESCO regions, Nepra report reveals
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Power industry calls for release of vital reports
Say it is crucial for decision-making, including impending privatisation of DISCOs
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8,000MW renewable energy projects dropped
Regulator finds serious flaws in DISCOs’ power acquisition plan
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Cabinet members split over free electricity supply
Power Division seeks approval for halting facility, giving monetisation allowance
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Loss-making DISCOs struggle to avoid privatisation
Union leader says sell-off will only multiply problems of consumers
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Privatisation of LNG plants, DISCOs put on fast track
Power Division asked to step up efforts to remove bottlenecks
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Govt to divest all loss-making SOEs: Fawad
Minister proposes two-step privatisation scheme for DISCOs
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DISCOs’ privatisation discussed
World Bank officials meet caretaker Federal Minister of Privatisation Fawad Hasan Fawad
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A debt-free PIA to go under the hammer
Fawad says PSM is a dead asset; DISCOs’ one-step privatisation no longer possible because of various factors
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Junior officers deputed to DISCOs amid soaring debt
BS-17 officers told to report to companies for a period of 60 days
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Plan afoot to sell off DISCOs, revive PSM
Financial adviser for privatisation of PIA to be appointed soonIrshad Ansari
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Govt mulls privatisation of 10 Discos
Explores full privatisation, management transfer as solutions to sector’s woes
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No action against political appointees
Besides LESCO, PDM govt appointed MPs’ relatives on two other DISCOs
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Defaulters owe DISCOs over Rs2tr
Govt only concerned about circular debt, focuses less on habitual defaulters
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Govt mulls selling stakes in three major power distribution companies
Secretary Power Division says companies are based in major urban centres of Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Islamabad
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Power tariff increases by 19 paisas per unit
NEPRA notifies reduction of Rs4.89 per unit in electricity rates for KE consumers
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Fresh bid to devolve DISCOs to provinces
Govt prepares framework to hand over DISCOS to provinces
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PAC orders end to free electricity to employees
Meeting expresses annoyance at absence of K-Electric CEO
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FBR seeks details of power consumers from DISCOs
Revenue body acting on FTO’s instructions to broaden tax net
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CCoP to outsource DISCOs management
Will take up 2-point agenda at a meeting scheduled for today
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Experts propose privatisation of distribution firms
Suggest govt can run DISCOs under public-private partnership as well to overcome outages
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Despite steps, circular debt soars to Rs2.1tr
Govt says measures taken to increase bill collection, control power theft
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Low performing power plants being shut down across Pakistan
PM Imran chairs meeting on power sector reforms, says govt working on making the subsidy system transparent
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PAC panel annoyed at theft in Discos
Committee asks officials concerned to take steps to prevent such incidents in future
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PM aide raises questions over sale of DISCOs
Nadeem Babar says issues of monopoly rights and uniform tariffs need to be resolved
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‘Lack of transparency in hirings for DISCOs’
‘Lack of transparency in hirings for DISCOs’
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Rs5b free electricity supplied to Discos staff
'198,000 workers provided more than 290m units in a year'
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879 electrocuted in jurisdiction of state-owned power companies: report
Nepra report reveals no concrete steps taken to avert electrocution incidents
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NEPRA raises power tariff by Rs0.52 per unit
Discos to recover Rs52.7 billion to due this increase