NEPRA to investigate power blackout
Regulator decides to set up high-powered committee to find out reasons
ISLAMABAD:
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has taken serious notice of the recent power blackout that plunged almost the entire country into darkness.
The power regulator has decided to set up a high-powered committee of its top professionals. The committee will also comprise renowned protection engineers from the private sector, which will investigate the reasons and facts that led to the blackout.
The committee will submit its recommendations in a bid to avoid such incidents in coming months. Meanwhile, the regulator has imposed a fine of Rs13 million on the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on charges of negligence, resulting in fatal incidents during the period July-December 2019.
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.
Nepra fines Pesco Rs13m for negligence, 26 deaths
National
January 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has imposed a Rs13 million fine on Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) for negligence resulting in fatal incidents during the period of July to December 2019.
During those six months, 26 deaths were reported due to electrocution in the command areas under the Pesco supervision. Nepra said that after getting the reports, it constituted a two-member investigation committee under Section 27A of Nepra Act, 1997 to visit the relevant areas, conduct probe and ascertain the facts and possible violations of Nepra laws, rules and regulations. The Investigation Committee’s report revealed that 14 out of the total of 26 fatalities occurred on the part of Pesco’s negligence.
MINGORA: The local elders and officials of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company have said that the company faced severe shortage of staff in Malakand division and the government should make new.
Country back to normalcy after blackout
Power supply restored in most part of Pakistan
KARACHI:
The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) on Sunday night claimed that it has “fully restored” its transmission system whose fault on Saturday night threw the entire country into darkness. The NTDC grid stations of 220kV and 500 kV and transmission system have been fully restored across the country, the NTDC spokesman said in a press statement.
“Power has been restored in Peshawar, Islamabad, Jhelum, Gujarat, Sargodha, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Okara, Sahiwal, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Dharki, Guddu, Rohri, Shikarpur, Dera Murad Jamali, Sibi and Quetta Industrial areas.