K-Electric (Formerly KESC) has announced that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved the ‘Licensee Proposed Modification’ (LPM) sent by the KE regarding its coal conversion project.
“This is the first such initiative of its kind in Pakistan, where the company is moving towards alternative fuel. According to the LPM application sent to Nepra by the KE, two units of BQPS 1 will be converted from furnace oil to coal,” said KE through a press statement. The power utility added that Bin Qasim Power Station-I units three and four were of 210 megawatts each and the two would be leased out to an independent power producer called K-Energy, which was formed by the project investors.
