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Presently the Government of Pakistan is intending to introduce renewable energy in Pakistan in phases where the first phase expects 20 percent by 2025. No doubt, Pakistan is successfully overcoming energy crisis, which has direct and indirect impact on all sectors of the economy, by raise in generation as well as in transmission capacity of the system. Pakistan’s new Renewable Energy Policy is predicted to attract investment opportunities because of …

The Government of Pakistan has recently tabled an Amendment Bill to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Act (Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act 1997) to recover the stock of circular debt in the power sector from current consumers of electricity in the country. This has sparked a debate on the burden that will fall on consumers through the electricity tariff spike that will follow. …

For the first time in the history of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), Pakistan’s power sector regulator organized the Energy Week from 24-28 February 2020 in Islamabad. Five full days were dedicated to discuss various aspects of the power sector with the objective to listen to the views of sector experts; to figure out the most suitable and efficient solution of various challenges currently Pakistan’s power sector is facing …