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The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (Urdu: واٹر اینڈ پاور ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی), colloquially known as WAPDA, is a Pakistani government-owned public utility agency maintaining hydropower and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power plants. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its ...
Distribution companies (DISCOs) are companies under Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) responsible for distribution of electricity in their respective allocated areas. . They buy electricity from producers such as Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), GENCOs, PAEC and other private Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and sell it to their respective area custome
Electricity in Pakistan is generated, transmitted and distributed by two vertically integrated public sector companies, first one being Water and Power Development Authority responsible for the production of hydroelectricity and its supply to the consumers by electricity distribution companies (DISCOS) under the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) being the other integrated company.
In 2000, WAPDA transferred power distribution companies to Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) under a reorganization plan of power sector in Pakistan. [3] Ten years after its initial dissolution PEPCO was revived in 2020 as a "Managing Agent" of utility distribution companies in Pakistan. [4]
The Power Division, is a part of Ministry of Energy (Pakistan) responsible for electricity generation, transmission, distribution and policy matters pertaining to these three functions. It was formed after the Bifurcation of Ministry of Water and Power into the newly created Ministry of Water Resources and Power division in August 2017.
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was created in 1958 through WAPDA Act, 1958. Prior to this, the electricity supply service in Pakistan was undertaken by different agencies, both in public and private sectors, in different areas. The local areas electricity distribution service was being performed by various Regions of WAPDA.
In 1985, National Power Control Center (NPCC) was established in Islamabad to control 500kV and 220kV transmission system throughout the country which includes eight Regional Control Centers (RCC). [5] In 2024 the Government of Pakistan announced the splitting of the NPCC from the NTDC, saying it would have its own Board of Directors (BoD). [6]
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Urdu: نیپرا, abbreviated as NEPRA) is responsible for regulating the electricity supply in Pakistan. [2] [3] It is also responsible for issuing licences for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, establishing and enforcing standards to ensure quality and safety of operation and supply of electric power to consumers ...