The Nepra had granted a wheeling licence to the Pedo in April last year. AFP/File
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s plan to auction 155 megawatts of electricity to industrial units under the wheeling regime has hit a roadblock as two power distribution companies have got a stay order from the court of law against the Nepra’s decision on wheeling charges.
Wheeling is the export of power from generation source to another entity through transmission system of distribution companies, while the fee paid for the use of transmission system is called wheeling charges.
In power wheeling, generation companies use the National Transmission and Dispatch Company’s (NDTC’s) transmission system for high voltage electricity and that of distribution companies for low-voltage power supply.
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.
Pesco threatens to disconnect power to plazas
Peshawar
January 24, 2021
MANSEHRA: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has threatened to disconnect power connections of commercial plazas and markets if their owners didn’t install power transformers separately for their commercial properties.
“Almost all shops and offices in the commercial plazas and markets are being run through the single electric meters which is putting burden on transmission lines and grid stations, causing frequent tripping of the system,” Attaur Rehman, the Pesco sub-divisional officer, told a meeting.
The assistant commissioner and president of traders body also attended the meeting in Oghi on Saturday. Assistant Commissioner Zainab Ahmad Cheema had summoned the meeting to address the issue of the prolonged power outage in Oghi and its suburbs.
End to prolonged loadshedding in Darband sought
Peshawar
January 22, 2021
MANSEHRA: The traders have demanded the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) to end the prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding in Darband and its suburbs on Thursday.
“Because of the frequent and unscheduled loadshedding our businesses have adversely been affecting and if the current spate of loadshedding is not ended, we would observe the shutter down strike and come onto streets,” Rozi Shah, a trader’s leader, told reporters in Darband area. He said that Pesco was observing the prolonged loadshedding in the city and its suburbs for the last many weeks, which affected the commercial activities.