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Pakistan has three sources of energy, namely hydel, thermal (gas/ steam/ furnace oil) and nuclear.
There are four major power producers in country: WAPDA (Water & Power Development Authority), KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Company), IPPs (Independent Power Producers) and PAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission).
The break-up of the installed capacity of each of these power producers (as of June-2008) is as follows:
WAPDA
a. WAPDA Hydel
Tarbela 3478 MW
Mangla 1000 MW
Ghazi – Barotha 1450 MW
Warsak 243 MW
Chashma 184 MW
Dargai 20 MW
Rasul 22 MW
Shadi-Waal 18 MW
Nandi pur 14 MW
Kurram Garhi 4 MW
Renala 1 MW
Chitral 1 MW
Jagran (AK) 30 MW
Total Hydel ==> 6,461 MW
WAPDA Thermal
Gas Turbine Power Station, Shahdra 59 MW
Steam Power Station, Faisalabad 132 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Faisalabad 244 MW
Gas Power Station, Multan 195 MW
Thermal Power Station, Muzaffargarh 1350 MW
Thermal Power Station, Guddu 1655 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Kotri 174 MW
Thermal Power Station, Jamshoro 850 MW
Thermal Power Station, Larkana 150 MW
Thermal Power Station, Quetta 35 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Panjgur 39 MW
Thermal Power Station, Pasni 17 MW
Total Thermal ==> 4811 MW
WAPDA’s Total Hydel + Thermal capacity is ==> 11,272 MW
Karachi Electric Supply Company
Thermal Power Station, Korangi 316 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Korangi 80 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, SITE 100 MW
Thermal Power Station, Bin Qasim 1260 MW
Total (KESC) ==> 1756 MW
Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Hub Power Project 1292 MW
AES Lalpir Ltd, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 362 MW
AES Pak Gen, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 365 MW
Altern Energy Ltd, Attock 29 MW
Fauji Kabirwala Power Company, Khanewal 157 MW
Gul Ahmad Energy Ltd, Korangi 136 MW
Habibullah Coastal Power Limited 140 MW
Japan Power Generation, Lahore 120 MW
Kohenoor Energy Limited, Lahore 131 MW
Liberty Power Limited, Ghotki 232 MW
Rousch Power, Khanewal 412 MW
Saba Power Company, Sheikhupura 114 MW
Southern Electric Power Company Limited, Raiwind 135 MW
Tapal Energy Limited, Karachi 126 MW
Uch Power Limited, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad 586 MW
Attock Gen Limited, Morgah Rawalpindi 165 MW
Atlas Power, Sheikhupura 225 MW
Engro Energy Limited, Karachi —– MW
Kot Addu Power Company Limited (Privatized) 1638 MW
Total (IPPs) ===> 6365 MW
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
KANUPP 137 MW
CHASNUPP-1 325 MW
Total (Nuclear) ===> 462 MW
Hydel electricity generated by WAPDA varies between two extremities, i.e., between minimum of 2,414 MW and maximum of 6,761 MW depending upon the river flow.
Total Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan (including all sources) is 19,855 MW and the electricity demand (as of April 2010) is 14,500 MW and PEPCO is merely generating 10,000 MW.
So it is obvious that these 15-20 hrs power shutdowns in most parts of the country are not because of the lack of generation capacity but due to the incompetency of the present government.
The Power generation companies are not buying furnace oil from PSO by saying they don’t have money to do that but Pakistanis are all paying for electricity that is generated from furnace oil.
This is the reason that top refineries like PRL are operating at 40% of their capacities.
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Heres the audit report on the rental power projects:
http://tribune.com.pk/story/183284/rental-power-projects-audit-report-reveals-massive-discrepancies/
ISLAMABAD:
Of the 19 rental power projects (RPPs) that the government has committed to, only one has come online as scheduled, adding only 62 megawatts of electricity to the national grid compared to the planned 2,700MW, according to a report by the Auditor-General of Pakistan.
The government’s financial watchdog noted in its annual audit report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, that the government had paid Rs16.6 billion to RPPs in advance payments and had created a liability of $1.7 billion for itself through the contracts that it had signed with several rental power companies.
The auditor-general recommended cancelling the contracts of power companies that had failed to achieve their commercial operation date – the contractually obligated date by which the RPPs are required to begin supplying power to the grid.
Of the 19 proposed RPPs in the country, only one has begun commercial operations. Four contracts were never signed and six were dropped due to violations of contracts by power companies. Eight contracts are currently active but have yet to achieve commercial operation status.
The auditor’s report recommended finding out who in the government was responsible for awarding rental power contracts without screening the capabilities and track records of companies bidding for the projects.
According to the report, many power projects have installed old equipment that have a very low efficiency rate when it comes to power production. The technological differences account for much of the delay in achieving commercial operations targets by most RPPs.
Auditors also said that no technical feasibility study was carried out before the rental power project policy was approved, noting that the policy was adopted ‘in haste’.
The government had decided to allow RPPs under the Musharraf administration. The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet had approved a plan to introduce rental power into the national electricity grid during a meeting on August 12, 2006, and approved two unsolicited projects: the 136MW plant at Bhiki and a 150MW plant at Sharqpur in Sheikhupura district of Punjab.
The caretaker government prior to the Zardari administration decided on February 15, 2008, to allow the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) to install rental power plans with higher capacities of between 800MW and 1,200MW.
The current administration continued the policy and awarded contracts for even bigger rental power projects at an ECC meeting on September 10, 2008, bringing the government’s total commitment to buy rental power to 2,700MW.
The auditors expressed concerns about financial liabilities that the government has taken on for itself, having paid Rs16.6 billion already in advance payments. While contracts that specify advance payment requirements are common in the global power industry, the auditors worried about the size of the government’s liabilities.
“The government has created a liability of $1.7 billion which will be payable as rental charges to the RPPs on delivery of energy,” said the audit report.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2011.
Pakistan has three sources of energy, namely hydel, thermal (gas/ steam/ furnace oil) and nuclear.
There are four major power producers in country: WAPDA (Water & Power Development Authority), KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Company), IPPs (Independent Power Producers) and PAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission).
The break-up of the installed capacity of each of these power producers (as of June-2008) is as follows:
WAPDA
a. WAPDA Hydel
Tarbela 3478 MW
Mangla 1000 MW
Ghazi – Barotha 1450 MW
Warsak 243 MW
Chashma 184 MW
Dargai 20 MW
Rasul 22 MW
Shadi-Waal 18 MW
Nandi pur 14 MW
Kurram Garhi 4 MW
Renala 1 MW
Chitral 1 MW
Jagran (AK) 30 MW
Total Hydel ==> 6,461 MW
WAPDA Thermal
Gas Turbine Power Station, Shahdra 59 MW
Steam Power Station, Faisalabad 132 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Faisalabad 244 MW
Gas Power Station, Multan 195 MW
Thermal Power Station, Muzaffargarh 1350 MW
Thermal Power Station, Guddu 1655 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Kotri 174 MW
Thermal Power Station, Jamshoro 850 MW
Thermal Power Station, Larkana 150 MW
Thermal Power Station, Quetta 35 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Panjgur 39 MW
Thermal Power Station, Pasni 17 MW
Total Thermal ==> 4811 MW
WAPDA’s Total Hydel + Thermal capacity is ==> 11,272 MW
Karachi Electric Supply Company
Thermal Power Station, Korangi 316 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, Korangi 80 MW
Gas Turbine Power Station, SITE 100 MW
Thermal Power Station, Bin Qasim 1260 MW
Total (KESC) ==> 1756 MW
Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Hub Power Project 1292 MW
AES Lalpir Ltd, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 362 MW
AES Pak Gen, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 365 MW
Altern Energy Ltd, Attock 29 MW
Fauji Kabirwala Power Company, Khanewal 157 MW
Gul Ahmad Energy Ltd, Korangi 136 MW
Habibullah Coastal Power Limited 140 MW
Japan Power Generation, Lahore 120 MW
Kohenoor Energy Limited, Lahore 131 MW
Liberty Power Limited, Ghotki 232 MW
Rousch Power, Khanewal 412 MW
Saba Power Company, Sheikhupura 114 MW
Southern Electric Power Company Limited, Raiwind 135 MW
Tapal Energy Limited, Karachi 126 MW
Uch Power Limited, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad 586 MW
Attock Gen Limited, Morgah Rawalpindi 165 MW
Atlas Power, Sheikhupura 225 MW
Engro Energy Limited, Karachi —– MW
Kot Addu Power Company Limited (Privatized) 1638 MW
Total (IPPs) ===> 6365 MW
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
KANUPP 137 MW
CHASNUPP-1 325 MW
Total (Nuclear) ===> 462 MW
Hydel electricity generated by WAPDA varies between two extremities, i.e., between minimum of 2,414 MW and maximum of 6,761 MW depending upon the river flow.
Total Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan (including all sources) is 19,855 MW and the electricity demand (as of April 2010) is 14,500 MW and PEPCO is merely generating 10,000 MW.
So it is obvious that these 15-20 hrs power shutdowns in most parts of the country are not because of the lack of generation capacity but due to the incompetency of the present government.
The Power generation companies are not buying furnace oil from PSO by saying they don’t have money to do that but Pakistanis are all paying for electricity that is generated from furnace oil.
This is the reason that top refineries like PRL are operating at 40% of their capacities.
........................................................................................................................................................................
Heres the audit report on the rental power projects:
http://tribune.com.pk/story/183284/rental-power-projects-audit-report-reveals-massive-discrepancies/
ISLAMABAD:
Of the 19 rental power projects (RPPs) that the government has committed to, only one has come online as scheduled, adding only 62 megawatts of electricity to the national grid compared to the planned 2,700MW, according to a report by the Auditor-General of Pakistan.
The government’s financial watchdog noted in its annual audit report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, that the government had paid Rs16.6 billion to RPPs in advance payments and had created a liability of $1.7 billion for itself through the contracts that it had signed with several rental power companies.
The auditor-general recommended cancelling the contracts of power companies that had failed to achieve their commercial operation date – the contractually obligated date by which the RPPs are required to begin supplying power to the grid.
Of the 19 proposed RPPs in the country, only one has begun commercial operations. Four contracts were never signed and six were dropped due to violations of contracts by power companies. Eight contracts are currently active but have yet to achieve commercial operation status.
The auditor’s report recommended finding out who in the government was responsible for awarding rental power contracts without screening the capabilities and track records of companies bidding for the projects.
According to the report, many power projects have installed old equipment that have a very low efficiency rate when it comes to power production. The technological differences account for much of the delay in achieving commercial operations targets by most RPPs.
Auditors also said that no technical feasibility study was carried out before the rental power project policy was approved, noting that the policy was adopted ‘in haste’.
The government had decided to allow RPPs under the Musharraf administration. The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet had approved a plan to introduce rental power into the national electricity grid during a meeting on August 12, 2006, and approved two unsolicited projects: the 136MW plant at Bhiki and a 150MW plant at Sharqpur in Sheikhupura district of Punjab.
The caretaker government prior to the Zardari administration decided on February 15, 2008, to allow the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) to install rental power plans with higher capacities of between 800MW and 1,200MW.
The current administration continued the policy and awarded contracts for even bigger rental power projects at an ECC meeting on September 10, 2008, bringing the government’s total commitment to buy rental power to 2,700MW.
The auditors expressed concerns about financial liabilities that the government has taken on for itself, having paid Rs16.6 billion already in advance payments. While contracts that specify advance payment requirements are common in the global power industry, the auditors worried about the size of the government’s liabilities.
“The government has created a liability of $1.7 billion which will be payable as rental charges to the RPPs on delivery of energy,” said the audit report.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 6th, 2011.
