Syed Akhtar Ali

August 27, 2020

Pepco’s revival

ARTICLE: Pepco (Pakistan Electric Power Company) has been revived under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to […]
August 20, 2020

Govt-IPPs agreement

ARTICLE: IPP issue has been dangling for a long time now. Negotiations were going on for the last few months after the famous IPP Report which […]
August 19, 2020

Dissecting the IPP agreement

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. Recently an agreement has been signed […]
July 20, 2020

Solution to Karachi’s electricity problem

ARTICLE: Sugar, cement and flour scandals have shaken the confidence of people in markets. Regulations and government controls have not delivered either. In Karachi, people are […]
July 15, 2020

Complexities of electricity markets

Month of June has passed in controversy, oil shortages and black marketing in the wake of a drastic cut in petroleum prices announced by the government. […]
July 12, 2020

Cross-subsidies in consumer energy tariff

ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan, we have an entrenched cross-subsidy system, implemented through a cascaded tariff. It operates both in electricity and gas tariffs. There are on average […]
July 11, 2020

Dealing with the KE muddle

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. Karachi is passing through one of […]
July 5, 2020

Towards a competitive oil market

ISLAMABAD: The fresh revision in petroleum product prices has created quite a stir. An increase of 34% in one go is unbearable for the people in […]
July 4, 2020

Deregulating oil or price ceiling?

The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’. New and higher oil prices have […]