Month: March 2021

HYDERABAD: The contract employees of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) on Thursday staged a protest demonstration for regularization of services. HESCO employees led by Ali Gohar Chana, Shahid Jokhio, Shahid Jokhio, Zafar Jatoi and others took out rally opposite Hyderabad Press club for acceptance of their demand to regularize services as according to them, contract employees of Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) had already regularized their contract employees. According to the protesting employees, they have been working in HESCO since 2013 on contract basis and are still waiting to be…

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KARACHI: K-Electric is fully committed and engaged with industry stakeholders to ensure fresh electricity connections as well as load-enhancement for its industrial consumers. The power utility has prioritized its industrial customers and continues to do so following the recent decision of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) to discontinue gas supply to captive power plants of non-export related industries. It has been working round the clock to ensure that there is minimal disruption to industrial activities. As per surveys conducted by the power utility, the overall load-requirement/load-enhancement of captive power…

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ISLAMABAD: An inquiry committee of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has identified governance, ownership problems and poor chain of command for countrywide power breakdown early this year, but has absolved its own team of any responsibility. In its report, the four-member inquiry committee also quoted letters written by some of its members for improvement of the electricity generation system and its safety protocols and equipment to prove that the NTDC had been highlighting the system’s weaknesses. “No NTDC’s officer/official has been found negligent for discharge of his duties, as…

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SLAMABAD:The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) is likely to approve the withholding of billions of rupees worth of payments to the independent power producers (IPPs) following an investigation launched by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The Inquiry Committee on Power has said that the IPPs had received excess payment of Rs1,000 billion. However, rather than demanding the return of payments, the government has signed a revised deal with the IPPs for payment of Rs403 billion to them. In its last meeting, the ECC deferred discussion on the issue. However, it is…

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