PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, KP, has started verification of charges against the contractor and officials of Peshawar Electric Supply Company and Peshawar Development Authority .
The government has started the process of increasing electricity tariffs to generate more than Rs1 trillion additional revenue for distribution companies. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The government has started the process of increasing electricity tariffs to generate more than Rs1 trillion additional revenue for distribution companies of ex-Wapda to meet their revenue requirements for the fiscal year 2020-21.
The increases are being sought on account of annual adjustments, indexations of distribution margins for FY2020-21 and some prior-year adjustments in line with agreements reached with international lending agencies.
As part of the process, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday conducted a public hearing on the tariff increase petitions of three major distribution companies (Discos) from Faisalabad, Lahore and Islamabad. The hearing on petitions of other Discos would follow over the next few weeks.
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A parliamentary panel on Tuesday expressed concern over exaggerated and estimated billing by some power companies. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday expressed concern over exaggerated and estimated billing by some power companies and called for shifting the headquarters of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) to Islamabad from Lahore to improve its performance.
A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power, presided over by Senator Fida Mohammad Khan, discussed allocations for the power sector in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2020-21, connection of Makran with the national grid, action against Kunda system by Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) and installation of meters and non-utilisation of funds under special development goals by Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) in last five years.