Tag: Discos
Comprehensive drive against power theft to commence immediately: Omar Ayub Khan
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan on Thursday revealed his plan to launch a comprehensive drive against power theft to overcome the inefficiency of the...
Back to the dark ages
Power shortfall increases to 5,000MW owing to generation limitations, financial constraints
NTDC puts blame on DISCOs for ongoing spell of load shedding
Experts...
DISCOs unable to meet electricity demand amid hot weather
ISLAMABAD: Though electricity generation has increased in the country, hours-long power outages continued in the country amid hot weather as the state-owned power distributing...
ADB’s 5 billion dollar advance metering project closed on DISCOs’ reservations
ISLAMABAD: In a rare development, Ministry of Power has conveyed to Asian Development Bank (ADB) that the government cannot implement the $5 billion Advance...
Unprecedented smog exposes inefficiency, mismanagement of power sector
Despite surplus power generation capacity, large parts of country experiencing tripping, unannounced hours-long power cuts
Smog-triggered tripping has already led to forced closure...
Electricity defaulters owe Rs 365 bln to DISCOs, PAC told
Water and Power Secretary Younas Dhaga on Thursday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that electricity defaulters owe Rs 365 billion to the Power...
Pakistan to off-load shares of DISCOs on stock exchange this Nov
Eleventh country review report of IMF says Pakistan has assured that notification about multi-year tariffs for FESCO, LESCO and IESCO will be completed by...
NEPRA devises rules for supplying power to bulk users through DISCO...
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has developed the draft Wheeling of Electric Power Regulations, 2015, applicable for wheeling services for provision of...
Ministry directs uninterrupted power supply on 9th, 10th Muharram
Ministry of Water and Power on Thursday directed all Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to ensure uninterrupted power supply on 9th and 10th of Muharram.
According...
Fast electricity meters run over business activities
Businessmen in a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) strongly protested against the installation of new electricity meters which run 30-35...
Officially fleeced: New power meters are 30-35 per cent faster than...
LESCO alone has replaced a little less than two million meters in the past two years
Old meters replaced in DISCOs for greater accuracy
As many as 29,000 old and damaged meters were replaced in three government owned power distribution companies (DISCOs) with the assistance of the United...
DISCOs fail to recover Rs 232.78b from defaulters
Numerous electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) have failed to recover a collective amount to the tune of Rs 232.78 billion from consumers belonging to both...
Off to the American discos!
In order to strengthen the planning and engineering function at DISCOs, a team of senior planning and engineering officials from Pakistan’s power distribution companies...
DISCOs fleecing consumers, PAC told
Water and Power Secretary Zafar Mahmood on Thursday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) were over-billing consumers to compensate...
Panic! at the Disco
After wasting more than six crucial months, the cabinet committee on restructuring (CCOR) managed to approve names of CEO for four power distribution companies...
USAID helps DISCOs on institutional capacity, development
Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOs) participated in the concluding ceremony of a high-level workshop for the senior human resource management...
