Regulator declares loadshedding illegal

ISLAMABAD: In an interesting show of lampooning, the National Electric Power Reg­ulatory Authority (Nepra) publicly confirmed that revenue-based loadshedding is illegal, but the Power Division rejected this, saying the practice would continue nevertheless to avoid the addition of Rs400bn to the circular debt already roaring back to Rs1.8 trillion from about Rs1.6tr nine months ago. At a public hearing on an insignificant 27 paise per unit fuel cost adjustment (FCA), the government also report...

By none@none.com (The Newspaper's Staff Reporter)