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June 9, 2025

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Pakistan’s power capacity hits 46,605 MW, the inert factory cost consumers

The country has increased the installed capacity of electricity production during the continuing financial year 2024-25, placing an additional burden on consumers. Capacity payments were the result of an increase in installed electricity production, which reached 46000 MW. Consumers pay Rs 2.5 to Rs 2.8 trillion Rs each year, which pay for inactivity plants that do not produce a unit. According to financial survey 2024-25 released here Monday, by July-March FY2025, the total installed capacity of Pakistan’s electricity production amounted to 46,605 MW, reflecting an increase of 1.6 % compared to 45,888 MW recorded during the corresponding period FY2024. The

February 13, 2025

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Electricity bills to reduce as capacity charges, fuel costs are reduced

The reproduction image shows a man who drives a bicycle near electricity lines connecting high voltage electricity pillars. – Reuters/file Refund connected to December 2024 FCA for Discos. For Ke, FCA -based returns for November 2024. The second quarterly adjustment can bring RS52BN refund. ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers can expect some relief in their power accounts next month, as the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has directed state distribution companies (DESCOS) and K-Electric (KE) to return Rs1.23 per unit in February 2025 accounts, The news reported on Thursday. Employees from the Power Department and Nepra provide for a continuous reduction in

December 12, 2024

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Department of Energy reveals details of massive capacity payments to PSOs

A representational image of pylons and power lines. — Reuters/File Five IPPs received capacity payments of more than 50% of fees in FY23. The government disbursed over 769 billion. Rs to 12 IPPs in FY 2023-24: document. A list of PSOs that produced electricity at the highest prices was published. Days after the government approved “settlement agreements” with several independent power producers (IPPs) to reduce high electricity tariffs in the country, the Ministry of Energy presented details of the huge capacity payments to power companies over the past two fiscal years. The Ministry of Power informed the Upper House that

August 8, 2024

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KAPCO denies receiving capacity charges

KARACHI: Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO) on Wednesday announced that it has not received any “capacity payment” from the government (power buyer) for the past 22 months since its power purchase agreement (PPA) expired in October 2022. The company clarified that reports suggesting it received payments without generating electricity are untrue. However, KAPCO has received payments for overdue claims from the power buyer, relating to the period up to the expiry of the PPA on 24 October 2022, and these have been properly recorded in the company’s financial statements. Since the end of the PPA, due to the absence

July 22, 2024

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No ‘capacity payment’ for small Hydel units

Islamabad: The government has decided to abolish the concept of ‘capacity payments’ for small hydropower projects, with the aim of reducing the financial burden on energy consumers. Currently, consumers bear 70% of the cost of electricity due to these payments made to Independent Power Producers (IPPs), totaling around Rs 2.2 trillion annually to those who do not generate a single unit of electricity. During discussions on standard security arrangements for small hydro projects under the Electricity Generation Policy 2015, the cabinet committee on energy (CCoE) was informed that hydrological risk is now parked with electricity producers, although the policy predicted

May 26, 2024

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55% of the capacity of the large sectors could not be identified

Islamabad: In a startling revelation, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had no idea about 55% of production lines in four industries that were prone to tax evasion at the time of awarding a multi-billion rupee contract three years ago, according to a survey it conducted the contractor after winning the contract. The government had awarded a Rs25 billion contract to Authentix Inc to monitor the production of about 290 lines of cement, fertilizers, sugar and tobacco. After winning the contract, the company found that there were about 649 production lines, according to people who conducted the survey and saw

January 21, 2024

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Haley questions Trump’s mental capacity as he confuses her with Nancy Pelosi

“Are we really going to have two 80-year-olds run for president?” Haley asked in an interview This combination of images shows former US President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. — Reuters/Files Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Donald Trump’s mental state after he falsely accused her of failing to stop a violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, mistaking her for then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, vs. during the campaign. Referring to the Jan. 6 uprising by a mob of his supporters, the 77-year-old former president repeatedly mentioned his opponent’s name and

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