Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO), incorporated as a Public Limited Company on 23rd April 1998, is responsible for the delivery of electricity to consumers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan as set out in PESCO’s Distribution and Supplier Licenses, granted by NEPRA under the NEPRA Act, as a result of the restructuring of WAPDA’s Power Wing, PESCO assumed its official operations and is since then being headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). PESCO pays a power purchase price (in Rs/kWh energy charge & Rs. /MW capacity) for the electricity it procures through the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), which would include the generation and transmission charges regulated by NEPRA. In line with the Vision and Mission statements of the Company, the major objectives of the company include ensuring adequate, quality, uninterrupted and stable power supply to all its customers along with state-of-the-art customer care as well as establishing and operating reliable electricity distribution networks.
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO), located in Peshawar provides service of power distribution to over 3.74 million consumers of civil districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At PESCO, we own and maintain Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s electricity distribution system via 132 & 66KV sub-transmission lines, sub-stations, and 11KV & 440V low tension lines with distribution transformers that deliver electricity to your home or business.
PESCO is divided into seven (07) Circles covernig about 51,800 Sq. kms; PESCO covered area has been distributed as follows: