Syed Akhtar Ali

November 15, 2020

Scope of expanding power tariff incentives

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced an incentive package for industrial consumers of electricity with the aim of reducing the cost of production and thus increasing industrial […]
November 9, 2020

Dealing with the gas crisis

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. Local gas production has finally started […]
November 8, 2020

Dealing with gas crisis: options and choices

ISLAMABAD: Domestic gas production has finally started coming down in a significant way. There are slim chances that in the short term, it may go up, […]
October 18, 2020

Towards a broader tribunal system

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has recently ordered the federal government to establish an electricity tribunal forthwith. The Appellate Tribunal for electricity sector has been provided in […]
October 15, 2020

WACOG: A solution? — II

All parties have their own arguments. Other free riders are emerging in the form of market supporters. They argue that they can import cheap LNG and […]
October 8, 2020

WACOG: A solution? — I

Local gas resources are dwindling and gas demand is increasing continuously creating need for expensive imported LNG. Currently, there is a dual-separate pricing system for local […]
October 5, 2020

Undertaking power sector reforms

ISLAMABAD: The government has taken two major steps with remarkable degree of success – report on independent power producers (IPPs) and the follow-up agreement which will […]
October 1, 2020

Ending monopolies

Karachi is suffering under double load-shedding-Electricity and Gas. Both companies are blaming each other. Karachi, being on the coast, should not have had gas problems, but […]
September 7, 2020

Pepco revival: more to be done

The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has been revised under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to […]