ISLAMABAD:
The nation’s energy regulator has slapped a high-quality of Rs10 million on Ok-Electrical (KE)the ability utility that provides electrical energy to Karachifor “lack of security measures/tradition” which resulted within the loss of life of an individual inside its service territory throughout FY 2022-23.
The Nationwide Electrical Energy Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) directed KE to pay the high-quality within the designated financial institution of the authority inside a interval of 15 days from the date of issuance of the order.
NEPRA additional directed KE to offer a compensation of Rs3.5 million to the household of the sufferer together with a job to the following of kin. “Additional, the Licensee (KE) shall submit documentary proof of its compliance on this regard to the satisfaction of the authority inside a interval of two months,” it added.
On August 30, 2023, NEPRA had served a present trigger discover to KE for violating efficiency requirements, distribution code, energy security code, and different relevant paperwork after reporting of 33 deadly incidents inside its service territory throughout FY 2022-23.
The corporate submitted its response on September 14, 2023. The authority thought of the response of the licensee and determined to offer a possibility for a listening to to KE that was held on Might 13, 2024, whereby, the KE CEO alongside together with his workforce made some submission to the authority.
In view of the submissions of the corporate, the proof obtainable on document, and provisions of related NEPRA legal guidelines and phrases and situations of distribution license issued to the licensee, the authority rejected the response of the KE.
After reviewing inquiry reviews submitted by the corporate, the regulator famous that out of 33 fatalities, the fatality of Muhammad Aslam occurred resulting from an absence of security measures/tradition within the KE’s service territory, as per the order issued by NEPRA on Wednesday.
After getting data pertaining to every case, NEPRA carried out an analysis of all related data together with the inner inquiry reviews submitted by the licensee itself on the 33 fatalities.
As per the choice, the basis reason for the accident was non-adherence to the protection SOPs, by KE. “The fatality of the sufferer may have been prevented if correct isolation of the HT/LT (excessive stress/low stress) system was ensured earlier than executing the work.
“Additional, the PQC (product high quality management) workers of the KE didn’t supervise the positioning which led to the demise of the sufferer. Furthermore, the execution of the work was carried out in an unplanned and haphazard method which can also be a cause for the prevalence of this deadly accident.”
Nepra spokesperson mentioned it discovered no negligence on KE’s half in 32 out of 33 electrocution-related incidents that occurred in Karachi between July 2022 and June 2023.
