• Member from Sindh calls on govt to take urgent corrective measures
• Rehabilitation of Neelum-Jhelum, Guddu plants moving too slowly
• Thermal power plants operated at just 24pc capacity in February

ISLAMABAD: Amid recent tariff reduction moves by the government, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has expressed concern over more than Rs1.5 per unit extra burden on electricity consumers due to poor operations of just a couple of generation and transmission projects in the first eight months (July to February) of the current fiscal year.

In a special note to the government, Nepra’s technical member from Sindh, Rafique A. Shaikh, has called upon the government and its power companies to take swift corrective actions, particularly in relation to the 4,000MW Lahore-Matiari Transmission Line, 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant and 747MW Guddu Power Plant.

Mr Shaikh put on record that “the utilisation of thermal power plants was around 24 per cent in February 2025, while the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) system operated at just 23pc during the same period. This underutilisation is adver­sely impacting consumers”.

Earlier in November, Mr Shaikh had drawn the government’s attention to the........

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