KE consumers to get Rs2.35bn fuel cost benefit

SLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday notified fuel cost adjustments (FCAs) for K-Electric for 11 months — July 2019 to May 2020 — involving a net relief of Rs2.355bn to consumers. The regulator had completed the public hearing on KE’s FCAs on Feb 23. The combination of monthly FCAs for 11 months came as a blessing in disguise to consumers as increases in tariff costs in certain months were compensated in other months. According to Nepra’s determinations, FCAs increased for six out of 11 months to…

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Promoting Sustainability

Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) and Pakistan LNG Terminal Limited’s (PLTL) report on supply chain standards reflect an overstressed system that has been working beyond its capacity. With the focus now primarily being on shoring up the terminals, all relevant authorities are scrambling to create a new strategy that will provide some relief. In its own regard, this is something that had to be done. However, the sooner we make the shift towards more sustainable sources of energy, the better—for the long-term at least. The report further elaborated on how Pakistan’s…

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China’s Gas Production To Maintain Solid Growth: Fitch

BEIJING (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 8th Mar, 2021 ) :China’s gas sector exhibited a strong performance in the latter half of 2020 and medium-term growth will remain solid, according to the latest report from Fitch Ratings. A recovery in industrial activity following coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and an exceptionally cold winter triggered a gas-supply shortage in late 2020, with strong demand leading to higher gas imports, the ratings agency noted. However, last year’s gas-supply crunch was less severe than that seen in 2017, as national oil companies had moved some long-term contract deliveries to the winter to close the gap, according to the…

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Broadsheet panel chief turns down pay, perks

Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed, the head of an inquiry commission to investigate the Broadsheet issue, has informed the government that he did not desire any salary or perks for his work as the commission head. The matter of the salary for the former Supreme Court judge is part of the agenda of the federal cabinet meeting, which will be chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (today). The government proposes pay and perks of Justice (retd) Azmat equal to that of a Supreme Court judge. According to a…

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Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles

Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. Announcing the attacks, the Houthis, who have been battling a Saudi-led coalition for six years, also said they attacked military targets in the Saudi cities of Dammam, Asir and Jazan. The Saudi energy ministry said an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura, the site of an oil refinery and the…

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