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The Auditor General of Pakistan’s audit report for 2025–26 has stated that failure to lay transmission lines despite available generation capacity is a major cause of rising capacity payments.
Consumer burden persists despite sufficient capacity
Pakistan’s electricity transmission system is facing serious defects, placing a continued burden on consumers, according to the annual audit findings. Audit officials have raised questions over the non-supply of cheaper electricity to consumers despite sufficient production capacity.
Underutilisation of transmission lines adds Rs86.45bn burden on consumers
The Matiari-Lahore transmission line has a transmission capacity of 4,000 megawatts, yet it has been operated at only 47 per cent of its capacity. This underutilisation of transmission lines has resulted in an additional burden of Rs86.45 billion on consumers.
The report said that most 500 kV and 220 kV transformers in distribution companies are under excessive load. To maintain system stability, electricity distribution companies have resorted to load shedding.
Due to faults in the transmission system, annual capacity payments have reached Rs 1,900 billion.
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