DISCOs, CEO performance to be checked: Leghari

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari issued directions to assess the performance of DISCOs and its CEO on the basis of their success to bridge the gap in their sold and billed units and adopting strategy to eliminate the mismatch in tariffs. The directions were issued today in the wake of a performance review meeting.

The federal minister further directed the CEOs of all DISCOs to file quarterly tariff adjustment petitions within one month (during March) with NEPRA and pursue the same for better financial management of distribution companies as corporate entities in a bid to help reduce the gap in billed and recovered amounts by the DISCOs.

The CEOs were told to ensure replacements of defective meters within seven days after being declared defective besides clearing the backlog of defective meters in their respective DISCOs by March 31, 2018.

The Minister, while taking strong exception to the continuous delays and frequent stock depletion of essential materials, directed all the chairmen of the BODs to make proper procurement plans for the next financial year and get it approved by 15 April 2018. A list of problematic items of procurement was asked to be prepared, and PEPCO to notify a working group to design central procurement system to avoid quality and delay issues.

Leghari directed that 1,53,914 No. ripe connections cases should be cleared by the end of this month, and a new online application system would be implemented within by the 15th of this month, after which, no application would be entertained on the previous manual system.

He instructed CEO SEPCO to install AMR meters on all government connections by the end of March 2108. The estimate for installing AMR on all connections of Govt. of Sindh by all DISCOs to be submitted for taking further action.