Multan Electric Power Company

Multan Electric Power Company
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Agency overview
Formed 14 May 1998
Type Power and Hydrology
Jurisdiction Federal Government of Pakistan
Headquarters Multan Electric Power Company, Multan, Pakistan
Parent agency Ministry of Water and Power
Website www.mepco.com.pk

MEPCO (Multan Electric Power Company) is an electric distribution company which supplies electricity to 13 districts pf South Punjab, Pakistan. This company generates electric power from water (hydro-electric power) and distributes it to approximately 34 million people of the area. [Multan Electric Power Company] was founded in 1998. MEPCO is licensee who has been granted license by the NEPRA for distribution of electricity exclusively to service territory spread over 13 administrative districts of Southern Punjab.

History

On May 14, 1998, Govt. of [Pakistan] decided corporatization of energy sector in Pakistan. MEPCO was established to acquire all properties, rights, assets, obligations and liabilities of defunct Multan Area Electricity Board, Grid Stations and transmission lines of the supply system. After 20 years of service, MEPCO has been directly and exclusively supplying electricity to 34 Million people of 13 districts of South Punjab.

MEPCO Operations

MEPCO is the largest power distribution company in the country operating exclusively in 13 administrative districts of southern Punjab i.e. Multan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, D.G.Khan, Rajanpur, Lodhran, Bahawalpur, R.Y.Khan, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Vehari and Bahawalnagar. In other words, it covers 50 constituencies of National Assembly of Pakistan & 104 constituencies of Punjab Assembly. The service territory of the company is mostly rural, so its customers profile is heavily dominated by domestic category and that too by life line customers.

Objectives

MEPCO objectives include:

  1. To play an active role to make "Sar Sabaz and Roshan Pakistan
  2. To facilitate agriculture and industrial sector
  3. To ensure un-interrupted & stable power supply to all our customers
  4. State-of-art customer care for entire satisfaction of customers
  5. To provide electricity to every village in jurisdiction of company
  6. To establish, construct and operate reliable electricity distribution network

Strategic Plans for Integrating Technology

Advances in technology drive a great amount of the change that occurs in organizations. MEPCO is striving to integrate latest technology into the company to provide cope with the competition & to make its services user-friendly. As a start company has started service of Online MEPCO Bills where uses can check their MEPCO Bills online.[1] The company also offers tracking of the units consumed.

References

  1. ↑ "Check MEPCO Bill Online | Check MEPCO Consumer Bill Online". Mepco Bill Online. Retrieved 2018-06-28.

See also

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