Power Generation

Move towards electricity market

Imagine an electricity market where price is determined by market forces of demand and supply. Even though this shift ha

Published 12 Mar, 2018 07:08am

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Shell Pakistan profits slip in CY17

The profit growth trajectory had been going well for Shell Pakistan Limited (PSX: SPL) in recent years. The oil marketin

Published 09 Mar, 2018 06:49am

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Power: better mix – higher cost

Pakistan’s energy generation mix is improving. It had been long overdue. That said, it is not furnace oil free yet. In D

Published 08 Mar, 2018 06:28am

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KAPCO in times of change

Quite a few changes have occurred since Kot Addu Power Company Limited (PSX: KAPCO) announced its financial performance

Published 27 Feb, 2018 07:16am

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AMI project: good riddance?

The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) came to an abrupt end recently. A

Published 23 Feb, 2018 07:47am

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NPL: fuel prices grow top-line

Nishat Power Limited (NPL) witnessed decent top-line growth in its recently released financial result for the first half

Published 23 Feb, 2018 07:45am

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HUBC – 1HFY18 and beyond

Hub Power Company Limited’s (PSX: HUBC) financial performance for the 1HFY18 was announced yesterday on the stock exchan

Published 20 Feb, 2018 06:40am

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Non-accountability of power sector

In its recently issued performance assessment of GENCOs, Nepra put the energy loss by these state-run power generation c

Published 13 Feb, 2018 07:29am

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Solar tariffs: then and now

Solar tariffs in Pakistan have come down a long way in the recent past. Due to the rapid advancement in technology, the

Published 06 Feb, 2018 06:17am

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GENCOs bleeding out!

The performance of government run power generation plants has not been something to boast about. Nepra’s recently releas

Published 01 Feb, 2018 05:50am

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GENCOs dismal performance

The recently released report titled: “Performance evaluation report of public sector GENCOs FY14-16” by the power regula

Published 31 Jan, 2018 07:17am

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The LNG mystery

The total power generation by RLNG reduced from 1492GWh in October to 670Gwh and 365Gwh in November and December respect

Updated 24 Jan, 2018 06:30am

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From garbage to energy

Municipal solid waste (MSW), which in crude terms is garbage, is a major nuisance for any country. Most have come up wit

Published 19 Jan, 2018 09:12am

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Net Metering

More than a couple of distribution companies will be seen net metering in the country now. While initially Islamabad Ele

Published 08 Jan, 2018 08:01am

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Power sector: hits and misses 2017 (ii)

The year gone by saw a lot of shake-ups in the power sector. Some highlights have already been covered by this column su

Published 03 Jan, 2018 07:16am

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Power sector: Hits and misses 2017

The outgoing year saw a plethora of activity in the power sector with the government intent on delivering on its promise

Published 01 Jan, 2018 08:17am

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Competitive bidding yields dividends

The move to competitive bidding for determination of tariffs for power projects by the government has started paying off

Published 29 Dec, 2017 06:56am

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The good and bad of changing power mix

The winds of change have begun to blow. Not only has the power generation picked up recently, its composition has altere

Published 22 Dec, 2017 08:05am

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Capacity payments: back to square one?

Power outages are a thing of the past. According to government officials at least and it’s best to take these claims wit

Updated 15 Dec, 2017 08:59am

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FO story; get it cracking!

The energy mix, especially in power sector, is shifting from FO dominated power plants to RLNG and coal. While the conce

Published 13 Dec, 2017 07:08am

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Handling ‘surplus’ power

“Congratulations Pakistan! You are free of load shedding,” read a government message yesterday. There are misleading sta

Updated 05 Dec, 2017 09:38am

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Moving from generation to transmission

The government is blowing the trumpet when it comes to power generation and for good reason. Pakistan is adding around 2

Published 05 Dec, 2017 06:49am

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More power at what cost?

The nine-goal National Power Policy 2013 (NPP 2013) is now over four years old. It can claim to have achieved or come cl

Updated 29 Nov, 2017 02:10pm

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Power debt pile

The most consistent feature of the entire energy chain in the past many years has undoubtedly been the circular debt. Th

Published 22 Nov, 2017 06:04am

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Old GENCOs should retire

This government has done a good job in enhancing the power generation capacity of the country; the installed capacity is

Updated 10 Nov, 2017 07:17am

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MPCL on a roll

A few brokerage firms that cover Mari Petroleum Company Limited (PSX: MPCL) raised their earnings estimates for FY18 aft

Published 01 Nov, 2017 07:52am

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HUBC in 1QFY18

Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) had seen its earnings slide in FY17 even though the consolidated revenues of the f

Published 31 Oct, 2017 06:46am

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NPL 1QFY18

Nishat Power Limited (PSX: NPL), part of the Nishat group of companies posted its 1QFY18 result yesterday, which surpris

Updated 26 Oct, 2017 09:23am

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KAPCO: marginal decline in bottomline

Kot Addu Power Company (PSX: KAPCO) released its first quarter result for FY18 which was slightly below market expectati

Updated 23 Oct, 2017 01:49pm

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KE gasping for light

K-Electric (KE) has been a great case study in Pakistan's recent corporate history. It promises to continue to be an int

Published 16 Oct, 2017 07:58am

Gainers
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Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / Jan 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	4.85 ▲ 0.83 (20.65%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 27 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	7.39 ▲ 0.99 (15.47%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 27 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	10.30 ▲ 1.00 (10.75%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 27 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	9.80 ▲ 0.74 (8.17%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Jan 27 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	148.98 ▲ 10.39 (7.50%)
Kohinoor Textile / Jan 27 Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited(KTML)	43.01 ▲ 3.00 (7.50%)
Sunrays Textile / Jan 27 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	131.31 ▲ 9.16 (7.50%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jan 27 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	62.46 ▲ 4.36 (7.50%)
Hussain Industries / Jan 27 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	23.10 ▲ 1.61 (7.49%)
Mehran Sugar / Jan 27 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	30.63 ▲ 2.13 (7.47%)

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Jan 27 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.60 ▲ -0.10 (-14.29%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 27 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.45 ▲ -0.98 (-13.19%)
Samba Bank / Jan 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.40 ▲ -1.00 (-11.90%)
First Prudential Mod. / Jan 27 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.47 ▲ -0.19 (-11.45%)
Premier Insurance / Jan 27 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.65 ▲ -0.85 (-11.33%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 27 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.60 ▲ -0.30 (-10.34%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 27 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	4.55 ▲ -0.45 (-9.00%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jan 27 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	3.25 ▲ -0.30 (-8.45%)
Bhanero Textile / Jan 27 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1026.76 ▲ -83.24 (-7.50%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 27 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	127.82 ▲ -10.36 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	44,728,565 ▲ -0.14
TPL Properties / Jan 27 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	20,045,406 ▲ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,285,841 ▲ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,189,270 ▲ -0.04
D.G.K.Cement / Jan 27 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	13,474,736 ▲ -1.78
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 27 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,339,412 ▲ -0.95
Sui North Gas / Jan 27 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	12,739,076 ▲ -1.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	12,500,726 ▼ 0.19
TRG Pak Ltd / Jan 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	10,114,558 ▲ -1.21
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,636,460 ▲ -0.09

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	265
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	263
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	130.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 26	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 26	4060.43
Nasdaq / Jan 26	11512.41
Dow Jones / Jan 26	33949.41
India Sensex / Jan 27	59330.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	27381.18
Hang Seng / Jan 27	22555.27
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	7766.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	15155.92
France CAC40 / Jan 27	7095.52

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 26	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 26	167610
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	81.34
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	1925.37
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 27	87.07

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