Pakistan's power sector discourages efficiency, affects businesses
Published 01 Nov,2021 via Dawn - With more than 1.2 million applications pending for new connections despite surplus generation capacity, loadshedding remains prevalent in Pakistan where the existing electricity framework discourages efficiency while business as usual has become unsustainable.
This has been concluded by Prime Institute, a private sector think tank, in its latest “State Owned Electricity Distribution Companies — A 5-year Performance Review” that finds unsatisfactory performance of state-owned power sector Discos and policy reforms.
“Existing framework discourages efficiency, while business as usual cannot continue,” says the report, adding that despite the surplus generation capacity, loadshedding is still prevalent. Performance of state-owned Discos remains lacklustre as they fail to meet regulatory targets for transmission and distribution losses, bill recovery, investment and public safety.
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