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After assessing that the government would be blamed for the poor performance of the board of directors of the power distribution companies (DISCOs), the...

The high ups at the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) have caused a loss of Rs 48.62 million to the national exchequer by...

Government has issued strict instructions to the board of directors of power distribution companies (DISCOs) to finalise names of candidates for appointing chief executive...

Gas and power When it rains, it pours. The readers should brace themselves for two varieties of load shedding. First, gas and now, electric power....

Faced with an imminent threat of protest from senior engineers of Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), who have warned of a complete black out...

As the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power was informed on Thursday that the electricity shortfall has increased to a massive 7,000...

Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar on Wednesday gave final warning to incumbent chief executives of nine public sector distribution companies (DISCOs)...

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power on Tuesday demanded formation of a sub-committee to scrutinise the working of the...

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday allowed an increase of Rs 0.61 per kWh in the applicable tariff for distribution companies (DISCOs)...

Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar has directed distribution companies (DISCOs) to recover at least Rs 30 billion during the current month to...

Dissatisfied with recovery campaign of the distribution companies (DISCOs), the Ministry of Water and Power has convened a meeting, tomorrow (May 28), to assess...

ISLAMABAD - The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday reduced power tariff for distribution companies (DISCOs) by 0.9 paisa per unit under the fuel adjustment price for the month of February.
The hearing for fuel adjustment was held under NEPRA chairman Khalid Saeed on an application moved by the Central Power Purchasing Agency. However, the regulator was informed that the government still had to pass the reduction in tariff of Rs 1.08 per unit for

ISLAMABAD - The government, on Monday, notified reconstruction of the Board of Directors (BoDs) of all power sector distribution companies (DISCOs) and the National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC) after two months. New inductees include a few professionals but more people without experience.
An official announcement said that the Prime Minister had approved reconstruction of BoDs of all DISCOs, along with the NTDC. The government has advised CEOs of DISCOs and NTDC to

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatisation was informed on Monday that the government would seek approval, regarding privatisation of power sector distribution companies (DISCOs), from the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
The Minister for Privatisation Waqar Ahmad Khan said that the government plans to offload shares of DISCOs on the local stock market. He said that a huge potential to sell energy sector shares exists at the local stock exchanges.

ISLAMABAD - After finding that the performance standards data submitted by the distribution companies (DISCOs) was inconsistent and contained several anomalies, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has decided to build their capacity for better implementation of Performance Standards (Distribution) Rules 2005.
According to an official source, as per Performance Standards (Distribution) Rules 2005 of NEPRA, all DISCOs and KESC have to submit their annual

ISLAMABAD - The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Wednesday reduced power tariff for 8 distribution companies (DISCOs) by Rs 1.08 per unit and that of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) by Rs 0.46 per unit under the monthly fuel adjustment for November.
Under the monthly fuel price adjustment, the power tariff has reduced by Rs 2.09 per unit during the last 4 month. NEPRA reduced power tariff by Rs 0.33 per unit for August, Rs 0.36 per unit for September and

ISLAMABAD: Giving impetus to the power sector reforms, the government has announced dissolution of the existing board of directors of the all power distribution, generation and transmission companies with immediate effect from November 22.
An official notification on Monday issued said the existing boards will cease to function immediately and new boards will be notified as soon as possible. This decision has been made in the wake of ongoing power sector reforms.
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