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What Does Fuel Price Adjustment Mean on My Electricity Bill? The line item that varies most month to month, what it actually compensates for, and what to watch for By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Fuel price adjustment (FPA) is a monthly correction to your el...
Asad BaigThe Oursun Solar Tariff Scandal: 132 Cents per Unit, Explained A solar plant approved at 33 times the international rate, while its owner served on Pakistani government energy advisory positions By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The number While the global price for solar elec...
Asad BaigWho Owns Nishat Power? Inside the Mansha Group The Mansha family's four power plants, what they collect, and the path from textile mills to first place on Pakistan's wealthiest list By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer Nishat Power, Lalpir Power, Pakgen Power, an...
Asad BaigWho Owns HUBCO? The Dawood Group's Power Empire Pakistan's first major IPP, who controls it today, and what it collects from the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer HUBCO, Pakistan's first major independent power producer, is controlled by the...
Asad BaigList of CPEC Coal Power Plants in Pakistan, with Owners and Capacity Every CPEC coal-fired power plant in Pakistan, what it produces, who owns it, and what it costs the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read What this article is A reference list of the CPEC coal-...
Asad BaigWho Is Muhammad Ali, the Man Behind the 2020 Power Sector Inquiry? A profile of the former SECP chairman who led the most thorough investigation of Pakistani IPP corruption ever assembled, and the report he submitted that nobody in power was willing to act on By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · App...
Asad BaigWhat "Friendly Country" Buried the 2020 Power Sector Inquiry Report? The phone call that reversed Pakistan's biggest accountability moment in twenty-five years, and the country that almost certainly made it By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The question worth answeri...
Asad BaigDid the IMF Force Pakistan to Sign the 1994 Power Policy? A common defence of the 1994 contracts examined honestly. The short answer is no. The longer answer is more uncomfortable. By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The defence Whenever I write about the 1994 Power Policy, the...
Asad BaigWhat Is Circular Debt in Pakistan's Power Sector? The Rs. 2,640 billion problem nobody can fully explain in one sentence, explained in five minutes By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read Circular debt in one paragraph Circular debt is the amount of money owed by Pakistan's power se...
Asad BaigWhy Were the 1994 IPP Contracts Signed in US Dollars? The single decision in 1994 that has multiplied your electricity bill nine-fold purely from currency depreciation By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 5-min read The simple answer The 1994 Power Policy contracts were denominated in US do...
Asad BaigThe Solar Crackdown: Why the Government Punished Six Million Households What the 2026 Prosumer Regulations actually tell us about who the Pakistani state is willing to protect, and who it is willing to sacrifice By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read What this article is I have wri...
Asad BaigHybrid Solar Systems in Pakistan: The New Math After the 2026 Rules Why a battery now pays for itself in 18 to 36 months for most Pakistani households, when it did not under the old net metering rules By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read What a hybrid solar system is A pure grid-...
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