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Federal and provincial energy policy — Power Division decisions, IGCEPs, IMF conditions, and the regulatory frameworks shaping the next decade.

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PolicyAIMay 30, 2026

FPCCI Rejects IGCEP 2025-35 Over Flawed Modelling and Rs. 49 Per Unit Tariff Risk

The FPCCI has formally objected to the IGCEP 2025-35, telling NEPRA the plan's PLEXOS-based costing is fundamentally flawed and that its cheapest tariff projection of Rs. 49 per unit has never been tested for consumer affordability. The federation warns that committing over $57 billion to generation and transmission offers no guarantee that consumer tariffs will stay at or below today's Rs. 33.38 per unit average.

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PolicyAIMay 29, 2026

Pakistan Tables Wapda Security Force Bill After Deadly Dasu Hydropower Attacks

Pakistan has tabled the Wapda Security Force Act, 2026 in parliament to create a dedicated force guarding hydel infrastructure and workers at major water-sector sites. The bill follows two deadly terrorist attacks on the over $6 billion Dasu Hydropower Project that suspended construction for more than a year.

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PolicyAIMay 26, 2026

NA Finance Panel Warns Energy Prices Surged 68pc Amid Circular Debt Crisis

Pakistan's electricity, fuel, and LPG prices rose between 43 and 68 percent this fiscal year, a UNDP economist warned the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Monday. The panel also criticised the government for missing its own budget-law deadlines and making little progress on reducing the energy sector's ballooning circular debt.

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PolicyAIMay 24, 2026

CDWP Publicly Rebukes WAPDA as Tarbela 5th Extension Costs Hit Rs316 Billion

Pakistan's Central Development Working Party publicly rebuked WAPDA on Thursday over massive cost overruns and transparency failures on the Diamer-Bhasha Dam and Tarbela 5th Extension projects. The Tarbela 5th Extension alone has ballooned from an original Rs82 billion estimate to Rs316.4 billion and has been referred to ECNEC for urgent review.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

CPEC Phase 2 Adds Green Development Corridor — What Pakistan's Energy Sector Gains from the Next Chapter of China Partnership

CPEC Phase 2 formally launches in 2026 with a new Green Development Corridor alongside Growth, Innovation, Livelihood, and Regional Openness corridors — plus a proposed Knowledge Corridor. Phase 1 delivered 38 Early Harvest Projects worth USD 25bn+; Phase 2 reorients toward renewables, storage, and grid modernisation.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

Pakistan Signs First-Ever Carbon Trading Deal with Norway Under Paris Agreement Article 6.2

Pakistan has signed its first bilateral carbon trading agreement with Norway under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The deal opens Pakistani clean-energy, transport, agriculture, and waste projects to Norwegian carbon-credit financing from the country's USD 1.5bn Global Emission Reduction Initiative.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

Pakistan Builds First Integrated Energy Model for Net Zero 2050 — Renewables to Become Main Power Contributor

Pakistan's Power Division has finalised Pak-IEM 2.0 — the country's first integrated energy planning model on the TIMES-VEDA framework, built with Germany's GTZ. Under the Net Zero pathway, renewables become the main contributor to power generation and emissions fall ~50% by 2050.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

Govt Targets 30% Electric Vehicles in Five Years — USD 4.5 Billion Annual Fuel Savings on the Line

Pakistan has briefed cabinet on a plan to electrify 30% of the country's vehicle fleet within five years — a transition the Power Division values at USD 4.5 billion in annual petroleum-import savings, with 72 e-bike certificates and 123 charging-station applications already in the pipeline.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

Decarbonising Pakistan's Textile Exports: A NEPRA, Wheeling-Tariff, and Net-Metering Roadmap for EU CBAM Compliance

The EU's CBAM is now in its definitive phase, and Pakistan's textile sector — sending 26% of exports to the EU — has run out of room to delay decarbonisation. A working roadmap runs through NEPRA's net-metering caps, wheeling tariffs, solar PPA frameworks, and circular-debt unwind.

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PolicyAIMay 22, 2026

AI, Microgrids, and Smart Grids — How Pakistan's Power Sector Inherits the Sustainability Revolution

The convergence of AI, sustainability, and scalability — applied to Pakistan's power sector — points to a five-year roadmap built on AI-led distribution, renewable microgrids, and accelerated smart-grid rollout, with measurable consumer and circular-debt impact.

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