First power equipment dashboard unveiled to boost industry
The country has unveiled its first Power Equipment Manufacturing Dashboard, a real-time digital tool to monitor localisation progress, assess vendor capacity and identify strategic investment opportunities under the Power Sector Indigenisation Plan (PSIP). The launch took place during the National Consultative Workshop on the Power Sector Indigenisation Roadmap, organised by the National Grid Company of Pakistan (NGC) — formerly known as the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) — in collaboration with the LUMS Energy Institute. Speaking via video link, Energy Minister Awais Leghari said the government was finalising a plan to supply 7,000-megawatt electricity to Pakistan’s export industry at the most competitive tariff in the region. “We are working on providing electricity at a marginal cost to boost exports,” the minister said. He added that power sector indigenisation was vital to shifting the country from an import-dependent to an export-led economy.