1. PAKISTAN POWER SECTOR FACT SHEET
InstalledCapacity – Country ** 24,375 MW (Megawatts)
ElectricityDemand – Country 23,505 MW (Megawatts)
ElectricityGeneration 105,996 GWh (GigawattHours)
Regulator National ElectricPowerRegulatoryAuthority(NEPRA)
Power Generators:GovernmentOwned o GENCOsI toIV: 4,750 MW
o TarbelaDam: 3,478 MW
o Mangla Dam: 1,000 MW
o Ghazi Barotha Dam: 1,450 MW
o Chashma:184 MW
o Warsak: 243 MW
These are some of the Major Dams inthe countryand there
are several more SmallerDamsinthe country.
Power Generators:IndependentPower
Producers (IPPs)
o KAPCO:1,600 MW
o HUBCO: 1,340 MW
o Pak Gen.Power:365 MW
o AttockGen.:164 MW
o AtlasPower:224 MW
o NishatPower:202 MW
o RouschPower:450 MW
o UCH Power:586 MW
Andthere are Several more totallingupto:8,723 MW
TransmissionCompany National Transmission&DespatchCompanyLtd.(NTDC)
DistributionCompanies (DISCOs) o IslamabadElectricSupplyCompany (IESCO)
o Lahore ElectricSupplyCompany(LESCO)
o FaisalabadElectricSupplyCompany(FESCO)
o Multan ElectricPowerCompany(MEPCO)
o GujranwalaElectricPowerCompany(GEPCO)
o QuettaElectricSupplyCompany(QESCO)
o PeshawarElectricSupplyCompany(PESCO)
o HyderabadElectricSupplyCompany(HESCO)
o SukkurElectricSupplyCompany(SEPCO)
SystemLosses (Transmission& Distribution
Losses)***
18,136 GWh (GigawattHours)
ElectricityConsumption – Country 87,860 GWh (GigawattHours)
K-ElectricSystem K-ElectricLimitedformerlyknownasKarachi ElectricSupply
CompanyLimited(KESC) isatpresentthe onlyvertically-
integratedpowerutilityinPakistanthatmanagesthe
Generation,TransmissionandDistributionof electricitytothe
city.The companyprovides electricitytoall the industrial,
commercial,agricultural andresidential areasthatcome
underitsnetwork,comprisingover2.2millioncustomersin
Karachi and in the nearbytownsof Dhabeji andGharo inSindh
and Hub,Uthal, VindarandBelain Balochistan.
*All the numbers are of 2013-14 from NEPRA State of Industry 2014 Report. (www.nepra.org.pk/industryreports.htm)
**Generators do not operate at their full capacity all the time; they may vary their output according to conditions at the power
plant, fuel costs, and/or as instructed from the national power control center. The Generation is the amount of electricity a
generator produces over a specific period of time. For example, a generator with 1 megawatt (MW) capacity that operates at
that capacity consistently for one hour will produce 1 megawatt hour (mWh) of electricity. If it operates at only half that capacity
for one hour, it will produce 0.5 mWh of electricity.
***Transmission & Distribution Losses are inherent, Energy is always lost while transmitting electricity over Transmission lines.
However the NEPRA sets a %age amount of target losses for each DISCO. But actual losses are higher than target rates. This
number is amount of Actual Losses in the system.