Staff Reporter
Islamabad
In partnership with the United States Government, the Managing Director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) inaugurated the Patrind Power Transmission Project here on Thursday. This mutual investment from the United States and Pakistan will add 147 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric capacity to Pakistan’s National Energy Grid.
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supported the effort by constructing transmission lines and upgrading grid stations in the Azad Kashmir/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) region.
This effort will ultimately strengthen private sector investments in clean-energy projects. With this NTDC and USAID investment, Patrind is now selling electricity to the national grid and repaying its debt and equity obligations.
This achievement demonstrates that with strategic government support, the energy sector can be a driver of local and national economic growth.
“The US Government is partnering with the Government of Pakistan to strengthen Pakistan’s energy sector and make it more competitive through the use of sustainable energy sources like hydroelectricity,” said USAID Mission Director Julie Koenen.
