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The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is lobbying hard to delay implementation of the final draft of power sector reforms, which was recently finalised...

Director General PEPCO Engineer Muhammad Khalid said on Friday that 2000 MW electricity would be added to national grid within two months that will...

LAHORE - The summer has not set in but once again PEPCO has failed to provide relief to the consumers and on Monday announced 6 to 12 hours of power cuts in urban and rural areas of the country.
Giving excuse of closure of gas by the SNGPL to PEPCO's five power plants, DG PEPCO Muhammad Khaild made the announcement. Talking to Pakistan Today, he said 5 power plants including Rocsh, Fauji Kabeerwala, Saif, Saphire and Orient have to be shut down, as Sui Northern Gas Pipelines

LAHORE - The power load-shedding increased up to 6 to 10 hours as Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) failed to meet the country's electricity demand on Saturday. Electricity was shut down for an hour after every three hours and besides scheduled load-shedding there were unscheduled closures of 10 to 20 minutes. The power shortage for the first time in the season crossed 2,700 megawatts (MW) leaving the consumers in the dark. PEPCO promised better summers for the consumers but

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Managing Director Rasul Khan Mahsud has said that electricity load-shedding could end in a day if full supply of furnace oil and gas was ensured.
Briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power on Friday, he said PEPCO had a daily furnace oil requirement of 27,000 tons, while Pakistan State Oil managed to provide only 18,000 tons every day. He said PEPCO's total gas requirements were of 780mmcfd but it

LAHORE - Contrary to the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO)'s claims regarding a reduction in load shedding, the city witnessed even greater power closures on Thursday. A couple of days ago, PEPCO officials assured the electricity consumers of a 'better summer' but the situation is entirely different. The power shortfall in the recent days has increased sharply owing to an increase in electricity demand while electricity production remained stagnant.PEPCO Director General

LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Director General Muhammad Khalid announced in a press conference on Tuesday that the major grid stations of the country had been repaired to overcome tripping in summers.
Khalid said the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) repaired and renovated transmission lines and the major grid stations of the city including the 220-kilovolt (KV) transformers of Kot Lakhpat, Ravi Road, Ghazi Road and Wapda Town.
"The

LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) on Tuesday announced to start two to 10 hours of load shedding due to an increase in shortfall. This was announced by PEPCO Director General (DG) Muhammad Khalid at a press briefing.
He said that urban areas covered by the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) would face two hours and rural areas five hours of closure. The Gujranwala Electric Power Company's (GEPCO) urban areas would face seven hours and rural areas nine hours

LAHORE - There will be less load shedding in summer, as the Pakistan Electric and Power Company (PEPCO) has made various arrangements to cope with energy demand, PEPCO Energy and Management Conservation (EMC) Director General Muhammad Khalid said on Tuesday in a press conference.
He said that various distribution companies have been given 0.3 million connections in the last six months. "Around 0.2 million domestic connections, 26,180 commercial, 4,058 industrial, 6,484 tube well

LAHORE - Services of Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Public Relations Director General (DG) Shafqat Jalil have been surrendered and transferred to the PID, sources said on Monday. Jalil, a senior bureaucrat, was serving on deputation in PEPCO and has been asked to report to PID for further appointment.
He has served on various senior positions at the PM Secretariat and foreign mission in the US.

LAHORE - A Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) spokesman seemed displeased with the various reports in the print and electronic media, which attempted to paint a gloomy power scenario, and termed these reports based on half truths, incorrect information and lack of understanding of the complexity of the power sector.
The spokesman said that media reports of electricity shortfall of over 4500 MW are speculative, misleading and devoid of facts. "Computation of electricity

LAHORE - Following in footsteps of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has blamed the foggy weather for the increase in load shedding. The city witnessed six to 10 hours of load shedding on Thursday while gas pressure remained very low in all areas of the provincial metropolis. Almost all areas are facing massive load shedding, adding to the miseries of the masses. Citizens complained that they bought electric heaters due to gas

LAHORE - Unscheduled load shedding gripped the city on Sunday, as outages of 10 to 14 hours were observed, making life of citizens' miserable, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Despite closure of offices and industries, there was heavy load shedding irking citizens while the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) failed to manage the crisis, as a number of power generation plants went out of order. Instead of acknowledging its failure to cope with load shedding, PEPCO claimed that the

LAHORE: The Managing Director of Pakistan Electric Power (PEPCO) Rasul Khan Mahsud has said that the industry is not suffering from load-shedding and their entire power requirements are being met by PEPCO.
He was talking to an eleven member delegation of Steel Melters Association led by Masood Gul, who called on him at the WAPDA house today.
Dilating on the present power situation in the country, the MD PEPCO expressed the need to realistically deal with the crisis and