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National Electric Power Regulatory Authority

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority is responsible for regulating the electricity supply in Pakistan. It is also responsible for issuing licenses for electricity generation, transmission, and distribution; establishing and enforcing standards to ensure operational quality and safety; approving utility companies’ investment and power acquisition programs; and determining tariffs for electric power. NEPRA was created when the Parliament of Pakistan passed the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997.

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National Energy and Power Regulatory Administration
نیپرا
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Agency overview
FormedDecember 16, 1997 (1997-12-16)
TypeElectricity Supply in Pakistan
JurisdictionGovernment of Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad Capital Territory Pakistan
Employees12453 (as of 1 April 2016)1
Agency executive
  • Waseem Mukhtar, Chairman of NEPRA
Websitewww.nepra.org.pk

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Urdu: نیپرا, abbreviated as NEPRA) is responsible for regulating the electricity supply in Pakistan.23 It is also responsible for issuing licenses for electricity generation, transmission, and distribution; establishing and enforcing standards to ensure operational quality and safety; approving utility companies’ investment and power acquisition programs; and determining tariffs for electric power.4 NEPRA was created when the Parliament of Pakistan passed the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997.5

Composition

NEPRA consists of a chairman appointed by the Federal Government and four members from each of the four provinces of Pakistan.6

  • Waseem Mukhtar Chairman NEPRA6
  • Mathar Niaz Rana representing the province of Baluchistan6
  • Engr. Maqsood Anwar Khan the Member representing the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa6
  • Rafique Ahmad Shaikh representing the province of Sindh6
  • Ms. Amina Ahmed representing the province of Punjab6

There is also a vice-chairman of the Authority, appointed from among the Members for a period of one year, by rotation.6

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA)". ERRA. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  2. Power tariff rise for Lahore, Gujranwala consumers approved by NEPRA Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 3 April 2013, Retrieved 24 February 2020
  3. Syed Akhtar Ali (14 August 2019). "Reforming regulators NEPRA and OGRA". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "Pakistan - National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, NEPRA". socialprotection.org. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  5. "ACT NO. XL OF 1997" (PDF). 16 December 1997. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. "NEPRA | Authority". NEPRA. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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