November 2022
Day: November 13, 2022
Governor meets NFEH delegation Govt to help out NGOs working to improve environmental conditions in province: Sindh Governor
Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori, has said the government will do its best to help out the non-governmental organizations working to improve environmental conditions in the country through an increase in tree cover. The Sindh Governor expressed his resolve to this effect on behalf of the government as he met a delegation of the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH). The delegation was led by NFEH President Naeem Qureshi. Delegation includes Secretary General NFEH Ruqiya Naeem, Vice President Engr. Nadeem Ashraf, Information Secretary Mustafa Tahir and Advisors Imran Taj…
Read MoreK-Electric’s power tariff cut by Rs5.12 per unit
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday decided to slash power tariff by Rs5.12 per unit for K-Electric (KE) consumers on account of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for September 2022. In its petition filed with Nepra, KE had requested a tariff reduction of Rs4.622 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The regulator conducted a public hearing on October 25, 2022 and approved a reduction of Rs5.1261 per unit. The FCA for September 2022 will be reflected in the billing month of November 2022. The tariff cut will be applicable to all…
Read MoreKarot project to save 1.4m tons coal
The Karot Hydropower Project is expected to save 1.4 million tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tons each year, Vice General Manager of China Three Gorges International Limited (CTGI) and Chairman of CSAIL Qin Guobin said. With a total installed capacity of 720MW and an annual generating capacity of 3.2 billion kWh, Qin Guobin said, the Karot Hydropower Project was executed under the umbrella of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which can meet the electricity needs of 5 million people in Pakistan and play…
Read MoreEnergy Sector Uplift
If the government is indeed committed to “ensuring sustainability of energy sector” and “providing relief to the common man”, as Power Minister Khurram Dastgir assured a World Bank team the other day, then it must make sure some of the USD 3 billion funding extended by the Bank goes towards removing some deliberately created inefficiencies. There’s long been a tendency in various governments to throw much more money into generation than distribution and transmission, which results in wasted production, needless circular debt and in effect stands the system on its…
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