Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO). (Urdu: مشارکتِ فراہمِ برقی پشاور ), is a state-owned public utility under the administrative control of the Government of Pakistan. Formerly part of the Power Wing of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), it is headquartered in Peshawar. PESCO is responsible for the distribution of electricity to more than 4.4 million consumers across the civil districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, excluding the Hazara Division, and formerly the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

History Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was created in 1958 through WAPDA Act, 1958. Prior to this, the electricity supply service in Pakistan was undertaken by different agencies, both in public and private sectors, in different areas. The local areas electricity distribution service was being performed by various Regions of WAPDA. Then the Area Electricity Board (AEB) Peshawar, as a part of the eight AEBs in Pakistan, was established under the scheme of Area Electricity Boards in 1982, in order to provide more autonomy and representation to provincial government, elected representatives, industrialists, agriculturalists, and other interest groups in functions of the AEBs. Peshawar Area Electricity Board was reorganized into one such corporatized entity under the name of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) in 1998, after the disbundling of the Water And Power Development Authority.

Directorates Each directorate is headed by an officer of the BPS-20 cadre, usually a Chief Engineer or Director General, and is organized into the following directorates and divisions:

Admin & Services Audit Division Commercial Department Finance Department Grid Station Operations Human Resources Information Technology (IT) Directorate Legal & Labour MIS Directorate Material Management Operations Division Planning & Engineering Division Project Management Unit Project Construction Public Relations Directorate Technical Directorate

Jurisdictions The jurisdiction of PESCO extends to the whole of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, except for the Tribal Areas and Hazara Division, and is divided into seven circles, namely:

Bannu circle. DI Khan circle. Khyber circle. Mardan circle. Peshawar circle. Swabi circle. Swat circle.

See also

List of electric supply companies in Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority Ministry of Energy (Power Division) Government of Pakistan

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