HYDERABAD:
The Standing Committee on Energy Division on Friday directed the Sindh authorities’s Finance, Irrigation and Power departments to make sure cost of reconciled electrical energy dues to Hyderabad Electrical Provide Firm and Sukkur Electrical Energy Firm, because it reviewed losses, recoveries and staffing points on the two utilities.
The directive was issued throughout a committee assembly held at HESCO’s Energy Wing Colony underneath the chairmanship of Muhammad Idrees, MNA. Based on an official assertion, the committee reviewed the efficiency of HESCO and SEPCO during the last three years, ongoing electrical energy initiatives, the facility provide scenario of their jurisdictions and components contributing to excessive transmission and distribution losses, together with theft, unlawful connections, meter tampering and weak enforcement.
On the outset, the committee unanimously permitted the report of a sub-committee constituted on December 24, 2025, and determined {that a} devoted assembly could be convened to resolve excellent dues recoverable from the Sindh authorities and to individually determine disputed or disowned quantities.
Syed Waseem Hussain, MNA, informed the committee that the problem of recoverable quantities could possibly be resolved by way of a high-level assembly involving the federal minister and secretary for Energy Division, the Sindh chief secretary, provincial secretaries for finance, irrigation and vitality, and the chief executives of HESCO and SEPCO. The committee agreed with the proposal and issued instructions accordingly.
The HESCO CEO mentioned the utility operates 4 circles with 79 grid stations, improved recoveries, lowered losses, and ended loadshedding on 32 feeders.
The SEPCO chief mentioned the corporate operates in 10 districts by way of 9 circles, faces 3,552 vacancies out of 9,554 posts, however elevated restoration by 12.4% in FY2025-26.
