The source of Pakistan's
primary energy supply in 2002-03 comprises of Furnace
Oil, Natural Gas, hydel/nuclear and coal. The development
of Energy sector is high priority as electricity demand
in the country is increasing at the rate of 5% p.a.
Initially in the late 80s and early 90s, Pakistan faced
severe energy shortages and domestic energy demand outstripped
supply. Due to this, a number of IPPs were set up to
overcome the gap between supply and demand.
The Power Industry in Pakistan primarily consists of
two Government controlled utilities, Water and Power
Development Authority (WAPDA) and Karachi Electric Supply
Corporation (KESC) along with 11 Fuel Based Independent
Power Producers IPPs (including Hubco and KAPCO) which
produce energy that is totally consumed by these Government
sectors as per their contractual agreements. WAPDA generates,
transmits and distributes electricity to the whole country
except Karachi and a part of Balochistan where supplies
are made through KESC. Existing total installed capacity
in Pakistan is 17,726 MW which is characterized by a
combination of Hydel, Thermal and Nuclear Generation
whereas Hydel is 5,010 MW(28.3%), Thermal is 12,254
MW (69.1%) and Nuclear is 462 MW(2.61%). The Thermal
position also include 5,813 MW from the private sector.
Total Installed capacity of WAPDA is 15,246 MW while
that of KESC is 2018 MW. In WAPDA the generation of
electricity in 2002-03 through Hydel was 22,241 Mkwh
and Thermal was 19,497 Mkwh while total energy generated
by IPPs was 22,127 Mkwh. Similarly, In KESC the total
generation of electricity was 8,810 MKwh in 2002-0. |
