The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has made amendments in the licenses of government-owned power sector companies (DISCOs), imposing a ban on power generation from a 195mw unit of the Northern Power Generation Company (NPGC) in Multan.
The regulatory authority had introduced amendments in the license of NPGC after consulting stakeholders. Last year, the authority itself initiated proceedings on the matter of amendments. With this decision, NEPRA has imposed a ban on the production and sale of power from NPGC’s 195mw Multan unit at Peeran Ghaib (Multan) which has completed its designed age.
Officials at NEPRA said that despite completing the defined age limit, the NPGC violated merit order by continuing power production from the unit at Peeran Ghaib.
They said these power units were causing a heavy burden on power consumers. “With effect to the said amendments in the license, NPGC will be authorised to generate electricity from the power units installed at Muzaffargarh and Faisalabad and company’s installed capacity has decreased from 1926mw to 1726mw,” said a senior NEPRA official.
