Pesco's line losses highest in country: regulator.

PESHAWAR -- The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) recorded the highest line losses of Rs64 billion in the country last year, according to the power regulator.

The Performance Evaluation Report prepared by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for power distribution companies in the financial year 2021-22 has painted a damning picture of Pesco on most of the performance parameters, including transmission and dispatch losses, recovery percentage, safety, power interruptions, and loadshedding.

According to the report, Pesco hasmissedthe regulator's target for transmission and dispatch losses by a massive 15pc.

During the year, the company's transmission and dispatch losses remained 37.23pc against 21.33pc allowed by the regulator in the tariff...