Power generation licence sought

ISLAMABAD: Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has submitted an application to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for power generation license for its two megawatt run of the river hydro power project.
Sources told APP on Thursday that the two megawatt Birmogh Golain Hydro Power Project has been designed on run of the river with proper intake system to divert the required volume of water discharge. SRSP has set up the project with an estimated cost of Rs342.11 million at village Birmogh District Chitral Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) has the exclusive license to engage in distribution service and to make sales of electric power to consumers in its service territory and its concession territory. PESCO has issued its no objection certificate (NOC) for power evacuation from SRSP. However, the NOC is conditional upon; inter alia, generation license from NEPRA, signing of Power Purchase Agreement with Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited.