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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 ...
The WAPDA House (Urdu/Punjabi: واپڈا ہاؤس) is a nine-story office building located in Lahore, Pakistan, that serves as the headquarters of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). It is one of several prominent government buildings located at Charing Cross on Lahore's Mall Road, officially known as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. [2]
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.
The Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO) (Urdu: کوٹ ادّو پاور کمپنی) is a Pakistani electric power company based in Lahore. [2] It formerly operated a multi-fuel fired power plant in Kot Addu District, Punjab. [3] [4] The plant had a nameplate capacity of 1,600 MW consisting of 15 generating units. [5] [6]
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
The earth core rock-filled dam will have a height of 184 feet and a reservoir capacity of 50,695 acre feet. The reservoir when completed will irrigate a command area of 12,500 acres and will have hydro-power capacity of 300 KW. [18] Pelar Dam – proposed dam located across Nai River in Awaran District, Balochistan. The concrete gravity dam ...
Pakistan Electric Power Company (Urdu: پاکستان الیکٹرک پاور کمپنی), colloquially known as PEPCO, is a holding company that monitor's and coordinates Pakistan's Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and used to operate as a division of the Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan).
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.