PAKISTAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Private) Limited (PEPCO) has been entrusted the task of managing the transition of WAPDA from a bureaucratic structure to a corporate, commercially viable and productive entity. It is a mammoth task and progress in the initial months was rather slow, but one should keep in mind that responsibility is enormous and transition is a long drawn process.

Before going into further details of the restructuring programme, it is necessary to understand the shift in the GoP policy. The GoP, in line with its Strategic Plan of 1992 approved by the cabinet committee, had decided to restructure the entire power sector in the country

Asian Development Bank(ADB) Report on Rental Power Projects and Government of Pakistan Response

ADB Report on Rental Power Projects

GOP Response on ADB Observations

Genesis of power crisis and its management
(An interview of Engineer Tahir Basharat Cheema, MD PEPCO)

Pakistan at present, is facing a severe power crisis considered to be the worst of the four such crisis it has faced since 1974-75 onwards.

POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR NEW - CAPTIVE POWER PRODUCERS (N-CPPs)

To lessen the gravity of power shortage in the country it was decided by WAPDA/PEPCO to acquire surplus and redundant Captive Power from APTMA members as one of the supply side measures. This Captive Power was mostly oil based. Subsequently, Sugar Industry also made a similar offer for sale of surplus (bagasse based) Captive Power. So far about 182 MW produced by different CPPs on different fuels could be fed to DISCOs on take-and-pay-basis at tariffs approved by WAPDA Authority/PEPCO under the guidelines of NEPRA. Up till now APTMA remains the main contributor.

POWER THEFT

Steeling of Power is crime against every Pakistani and who ever does it, is our enemy. Please help PEPCO in its effort to stop power theft by reporting at its toll free number 0800-84338. This is a free number for all calls including NTC, PTCL, Mobiles or wireless phones.

Intstructions for theft reporting:

• Call the Toll free number 0800-84338
• Listen the instructions carefully
• After pressing 1,
• Record your message about event of theft
  (Please give maximum detail of location)
• After completing the message disconnect the call

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