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Power market: from paper to practice

Pakistan Published 15 September 2026, 04:57 · archived 15 Sep 2026

EDITORIAL: Power regulator Nepra’s approval of uniform Use of System Charges (UoSC) is an important step towards finally giving substance to Pakistan’s long-delayed competitive electricity market. The decision attempts to address a fundamental requirement of an open-access regime: consumers should be able to choose their electricity supplier without facing an arbitrary difference in the cost of using the same national grid. The timing is particularly important. The Commercial Market Operations Date was declared in January, with the first competitive auction scheduled for June, yet the supporti...

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