Energy sector: USAID helps DISCOs improve delivery
The project aims to modernise the P&E department of DISCOs, improving energy distribution across Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD:
The US is strengthening Pakistan’s energy sector to improve energy delivery. In this regard, the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) Power Distribution Program inaugurated a Planning and Engineering (P&E) computer centre at the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), according to a press release. The USAID power programme was also helping other distribution companies (DISCOs) establish similar centres and provided successful trainings to the P&E managers of all nine government-owned DISCOs. The project aims to modernise the P&E department of DISCOs, improving energy distribution across Pakistan. USAID was providing DISCOs with state of the art equipment and software, expert consultations, and introducing international best practices to ensure a more reliable supply of power to consumers.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2012.
The US is strengthening Pakistan’s energy sector to improve energy delivery. In this regard, the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) Power Distribution Program inaugurated a Planning and Engineering (P&E) computer centre at the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), according to a press release. The USAID power programme was also helping other distribution companies (DISCOs) establish similar centres and provided successful trainings to the P&E managers of all nine government-owned DISCOs. The project aims to modernise the P&E department of DISCOs, improving energy distribution across Pakistan. USAID was providing DISCOs with state of the art equipment and software, expert consultations, and introducing international best practices to ensure a more reliable supply of power to consumers.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2012.