This would provide a saving of Rs2.05bn per annum or about 25 paisa per unit for remaining 25-37 year life of these projects, the regulator said in a statement. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday slightly reduced the rate of return on equity (ROE) from 15 to 14.5pc for three old nuclear power plants of 930MW.
This would provide a saving of Rs2.05bn per annum or about 25 paisa per unit for remaining 25-37 year life of these projects, the regulator said in a statement.
The management of three nuclear power plants located at Chashma (C-2, C-3 and C-4) had filed the tariff petitions under Aug 27, 2020 decisions of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) for reduction in ROE rate and freezing exchange rate to Rs148 per dollar.
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday decided to conduct an independent investigation into the countrywide power outage on Saturday night. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday decided to conduct an independent investigation into the countrywide power outage on Saturday night through private sector engineering experts.
In a statement, Nepra said it had taken serious notice of the recent nationwide power blackout and “decided to constitute a high-powered committee of top professionals from Nepra and renowned protection engineers from the private sector to ascertain the reasons and facts about this incident”. It said the committee would also be required to give recommendations to avoid such incidents in future.