Fahad Bin Abdullah , Muhammad Arsalan Aqeeq , Rizwan Iqbal , Maria Abdullah , Falak Shad Memon
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Abstract
Pakistan's power distribution utilities (DISCOs) face significant challenges, including outdated infrastructure, theft, and financial constraints, leading to inefficiencies and higher costs. A new framework proposes a strategy for operational enhancement and sector reforms, focusing on modernizing management, increasing capacity, improving network reliability, and implementing advanced metering and automated solutions. It aims to bolster transactional accuracy, safety, and inventory management, recalibrate subsidies, and ensure rigorous IT oversight for loss reduction and maintenance optimization. The framework promotes sustained investment and professional development, striving for financial stability and accountability while empowering DISCOs with the autonomy to maintain efficiency and engage consumers more effectively.
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Utilities Policy is deliberately international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral. Articles address utility trends and issues in both developed and developing economies. Authors and reviewers come from various disciplines, including economics, political science, sociology, law, finance, accounting, management, and engineering. Areas of focus include the utility and network industries providing essential electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater, solid waste, communications, broadband, postal, and public transportation services.
Utilities Policy invites submissions that apply various quantitative and qualitative methods. Contributions are welcome from both established and emerging scholars as well as accomplished practitioners. Interdisciplinary, comparative, and applied works are encouraged. Submissions to the journal should have a clear focus on governance, performance, and/or analysis of public utilities with an aim toward informing the policymaking process and providing recommendations as appropriate. Relevant topics and issues include but are not limited to industry structures and ownership, market design and dynamics, economic development, resource planning, system modeling, accounting and finance, infrastructure investment, supply and demand efficiency, strategic management and productivity, network operations and integration, supply chains, adaptation and flexibility, service-quality standards, benchmarking and metrics, benefit-cost analysis, behavior and incentives, pricing and demand response, economic and environmental regulation, regulatory performance and impact, restructuring and deregulation, and policy institutions.
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