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Pakistan's government is seeking an additional Rs. 1.20 per unit fuel cost adjustment in August electricity bills to recover Rs. 15.7 billion for electricity consumed in June. The FCA claim is driven by the non-availability of Qatar's contracted LNG, which forced costlier spot-market purchases, while nationwide electricity demand fell 3.3 per cent year-on-year.
Pakistan's Independent System and Market Operator has proposed making battery storage mandatory for all participants in the upcoming 800MW wheeling capacity auction. Bidders pairing solar or wind power with wheeling arrangements must include a battery system equal to at least 10 percent of their firm generation capacity, pending NEPRA approval.
The federal government will install 18 megawatts of rooftop solar with battery storage on 499 government buildings across Gilgit-Baltistan by December 2026, as part of a 100MW solar project announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The broader 82MW utility-scale component, pending ECNEC approval, is projected to benefit approximately 1.3 million people and eliminate load shedding in the region.
Pakistan's Senate on Thursday adopted 123 budget recommendations for FY2026-27, including calls for lower electricity tariffs, removal of fixed charges and GST from bills, and a transparent roadmap to reduce capacity payments and circular debt. The proposals are non-binding on the National Assembly, which will review them before casting the final budget vote.
The Power Division has formed an 18-member task force to draft Pakistan's first comprehensive Waste-to-Energy policy, aiming to close regulatory gaps and attract investment into a sector that has until now operated piecemeal under generic IPP and renewable rules.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inaugurated a 100 MW solar power project in Gilgit-Baltistan and launched distribution of 58 MW worth of free solar panels to local households. The dual announcement combines utility-scale and household-level distributed generation in a single province package.
Pakistan has formally ended its net metering framework for new solar customers, replacing one-for-one retail offsets with a regulated buyback rate. Existing approved systems are grandfathered, but new applicants face payback periods closer to 6–7 years and a shifted business case toward storage.
Power Minister Awais Leghari has ordered immediate disciplinary proceedings against underperforming officers across all Pakistani DISCOs after a six-month audit of the 118 helpline system found tens of thousands of consumer complaints resolved late or left unattended. PESCO and SEPCO have already suspended identified officers, with all remaining DISCOs directed to follow suit.
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.
PM Shehbaz has directed reallocation of the Rs. 1.5 trillion PSDP toward well-performing ministries — a category that increasingly favours transmission, grid modernisation, and renewable integration projects.
The federal government and Karachi consumer groups formally opposed K-Electric's Rs 60 billion backdated End-of-Term adjustment claims at a NEPRA public hearing on Tuesday. NEPRA acknowledged the legal basis for the adjustments under the 2017–23 MYT framework but did not issue a final determination.
Altern Energy Limited has terminated several key agreements with the Government of Pakistan and CPPA-G, the state body responsible for bulk electricity procurement. The move adds to growing tensions between Pakistani authorities and independent power producers over capacity payments, circular debt, and ongoing contract renegotiations.
The IMF has flagged Pakistan's 81 per cent reliance on Gulf fuel imports as its most serious external economic risk following the release of a $1.1 billion programme tranche. Energy pricing has been listed as a prior action for completing the IMF review, signalling that domestic fuel and electricity costs are likely to rise in the months ahead.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has established a national task force to formulate Pakistan's first waste-to-energy policy, with Power Division Minister Sardar Awais Leghari serving as convener. The body includes federal and provincial ministers, secretaries from all four provinces, and private sector representatives tasked with identifying barriers and proposing legislation for the sector.