Complexities of SOE reforms EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am
Print Move aimed at raising power consumption: PD giving final touches to ‘winter package’ ISLAMABAD: Power Division is said to be giving final touches to the ‘Winter Package 2024’ to increase electricity... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 08:40am
Print July FCA: KE allowed Rs3/unit tariff hike ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased KE’s tariff by Rs 3 per unit under... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 08:39am
Print Contracts with 8 more IPPs renegotiated, NA told ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Friday that contracts with eight additional independent power... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 12:26pm
BR Research Power play: Boosting the grid for a renewable future In Pakistan’s power sector, there has been overinvestment in baseload power plants, while matching investment in... Published 25 Oct, 2024 09:07am
Opinion The power sector challenges Due to a significant economic downturn and resentments in public, the government had no choice but to implement... Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:02am
Print KE concerned at Nepra’s delay in announcing FCA for two months ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (NEPRA) delay in announcing the determinations for two... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:17pm
Print August FCA: Nepra approves 86 paisa per unit negative adjustment ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved negative adjustment of paisa 86 per... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 03:14pm
Opinion Net metering: Balancing the scales—IV As we concluded in the previous part of this essay, renegotiating the power purchase agreements is difficult, if not... Updated 23 Oct, 2024 07:07am
Markets ‘No change for consumers’: generation tariff approved for KE power plants post-June 2023 The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved generation tariff for K-Electric Limited (KEL)... Updated 22 Oct, 2024 10:53pm
Opinion Performance targets in IMF programme The newly approved IMF Programme in the form of a 37-month Extended Fund Facility can be considered as perhaps the... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
Business & Finance Experts for converting circular debt into cheap public debt LAHORE: To address the issue of circular debt, power sector experts have suggested converting circular debt into... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
Opinion Squeezing lemons: the fallout of lazy reforms The government is resorting to lazy reforms, putting pressure on the known and compliant while ignoring systemic... Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:44am
Print 3 NTDC projects: World Bank, ADB and IsDB willing to finance ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have reportedly... Updated 21 Oct, 2024 03:24pm
Business & Finance Proposed mini-budget rejected: Govt urged to slash power rates by 9pc LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's top officials, Zakki Ejaz and SM Tanveer,... Published 18 Oct, 2024 07:43am
Opinion Net metering: Balancing the scales—II In the previous piece of this essay, we observed that although there are fuel cost savings of 6.29% when we utilise... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:51am
Print First review of IMF commitments: MoF evaluates progress across ministries concerned ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is reportedly taking stock of progress from the concerned ministries for first... Updated 18 Oct, 2024 02:54pm
Print Failure to sign BSPs, finalise OPMs: Nepra issues show-cause notices to CPPA-G, NTDC Says CEO of Central Power Purchasing Agency–Guaranteed may also specify if would like to be heard in person Updated 18 Oct, 2024 03:40pm
Opinion Electricity market stuck in limbo Pakistan’s electricity sector reform has been a topic of discussion for over three decades, with the ambition to... Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am
BR Research Solar gains, grid pains The standard for policymaking is to establish clearly defined short, medium, and long-term goals. Unfortunately,... Published 16 Oct, 2024 09:49am
Print ‘Take and pay’ mode: Govt tailors four customised options for 18 IPPs ISLAMABAD: The government experts are said to have tailored four options of ‘take and pay’ mode to be offered to 18... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 03:44pm
Print Failure to clear power sector receivables: Fearing credit loss, CPPA-G seeks extension of IFRS-9 exemption ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guaranteed (CPPA-G) has sought three years’ extension in exemption on... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 03:29pm
Opinion Victimising local IPP sponsors risks scaring future investment The first round of IPP negotiations has concluded, resulting in the termination of five contracts through coercive... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:35am
Print Forex reserves will touch $11bn in two weeks: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Sunday that the country’s economy is moving towards positive... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm
Print Govt stops payments to 18 IPPs ahead of negotiations? ISLAMABAD: The government is said to have stopped payments to 18 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of 4,267-MW... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:17pm
Print Mian Zahid appreciates termination of deals with five IPPs KARACHI: Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 09:26am
Print Power sector: Govt commits to IMF about drastic reforms ISLAMABAD: The government has committed to the International Monetary fund (IMF) to revise terms of Power Purchase... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:59pm
Print Subsidies to BISP recipients: Ministry seeks PD’s help to get consumers’ data from KE ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (MPA&SS) has sought Power Division’s support to get... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 08:59am
Print Awais praises army chief’s supportive role ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, on Thursday expressed gratitude to Army Chief... Updated 11 Oct, 2024 02:24pm
Print Accelerated expiry: Hubco initiates negotiated settlement pact KARACHI: Hub Power Company (Hubco), in the greater national interest, has initiated a negotiated settlement... Updated 11 Oct, 2024 02:24pm
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