National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), Pakistan
Since its inception NEPRA (www.nepra.org.pk) is making all endeavors to strike a balance between all the key stake holders of the Power sector. It has been actively involved in setting standards and bench marks for steering the market towards an open and competitive environment in which all the players have a level playing field. NEPRA has prescribed rules, regulation, procedures, issued tariff determinations and enforced operational codes for steering the market towards an open and an efficient Power Sector.
Key Activities and Functions
- Grant licenses to companies engaged in the provision of electricity generation, transmission or Distribution services
- Determine tariff, rates, charges and other terms & conditions for the supply of electricity power services
- Prescribe and enforce performance standards and prescribe investment standards
- Prescribe feed for grant of licenses and fines for contravention of the act
- Establish a uniform system of Accounts
- Ensure continuous and efficient supply of electricity power services to the customers by the utility.
Key Strengths
Learning from experiences from around the world and adapting to the latest prudent practices is perhaps the key strength of NEPRA. Although being at the early stages of the reforms process, NEPRA has already
- Determined a Multi Year tariff
- Advanced to the Single Buyer Plus mode
- Approved Bilateral Contracts between a buyer and a seller
- Legal, comprehensive and consistent determinations, which have seldom been challenged in a court of Law.
It has also played a vital role in consumer complaint redressal and inter utility dispute resolution which speaks of its regulatory competence, transparency of procedures and confidence of the stake holders on the regulators. It has also withstood influences and pressures while giving its decisions
Orders and Regulations of NEPRA
- The Multi Year tariff Order of 2003
- The System development Charges Order
- Dispute between NTDC and KESC
- Eligibility Criteria Regulations 2003
- Performance Standards Distribution 2005
- Performance Standards Transmission 2005
Structure of the Commission
Focus of NEPRA In Future
The principle issue that NEPRA expects to face is that of the Capacity Expansion of the Power Sector in such a way that the fuel mix is not disturbed and also the burden of the price hike because of fossil fuel is kept at the minimum with regards the end consumers.
Besides tariff determinations for upcoming Hydel and Renewable is also an issue which will effect the power market. NEPRA seeks the help of members from SAFIR community on any information on project costing and calculations on prudent returns in this regard.
If you have any inputs which can help NEPRA, please send them to the following email address - iti.tripathy@in.pwc.com
Chairman NEPRA - Lt Gen ® Saeed uz Zafar
- Masters Degree M.Sc (Hons) from Quaid-e- Azam University Islamabad
- Retired as a Lt General from the Pakistan Army in year 2000
- Commandant Command and Staff Collage Quetta
- Secretary/Chairman Railway Board from 2001 to 2003
- Chairman NEPRA, September 2003 and present
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Lt Gen ® Saeed uz Zafar |
Gen Saeed uz Zafar is affiliated with the following institutions
- Member Board of Governors Administrative Staff Collage Lahore, since 2000.
- Member Board of Governors University of Management & Technology Lahore since 2001.
- Patron Sahara for Life (Health and Education) since 1998.
- Chief Executive Alpha Lambda Mu (Private) Limited. January 2003 to September 2003.
- Chairman SAFIR from April 2004 to March 2005.
- Represented Pakistan’s Regulatory Bodies in Bi-annual South Asia Regional Conference at Sri Lanka in June 2005
- Organized South Asia Regional Workshops on Energy Regulation in September 2004, March 2005 and September 2005.
Other key personnel of NEPRA
- Mr Abdul Rahim Khan - Vice Chairman/Member Licensing
- Mr Nasiruddin Ahmed - Member Tariff
- Mr Zafar Ali Khan - Member Standards & Privatization
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