Nepra initiates legal proceedings against three IPPs over supply lapse

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has initiated formal legal proceedings by issuing show-cause notices to three independent power producers (IPPs) for their inability to restore power supply to the national grid after a countrywide breakdown in January last year. The development came after detailed investigations into three power projects — 1,320MW Sahiwal Coal Power Project (operated by Huaneng Shandong Ruyi of China), 450MW Rousch Power Plant in Khanewal, and 134MW Saba Power Project — all of which failed to synchronise their generating units with the national grid within the stipulated contractual timelines.