Regulator approves $47bn power plan but rejects $900m battery
Nepra approved a $47.13 billion integrated electricity plan covering generation and transmission to 2035, projecting peak demand rising to 35,521MW and requiring 26,045MW of new capacity plus $10.65 billion in transmission upgrades. the regulator excluded a proposed $900 million battery energy storage system because it was never run through ISMO's optimisation model and asked for a full technical study. Nepra also declined to endorse the K-Electric NGC-KEL interconnection for 2028, cited unrealistic timing, and flagged that about 640MW of very low-cost renewables were omitted from plans, undermining confidence in ISMO's modelling.
Regulator approved the $47.13 billion plan but rejected the $900 million BESS.
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Nepra reviewed ISMO's integrated system plan for 2025 to 2035. Nepra approved the plan but asked ISMO to fix modelling errors and provide more studies. ISMO may rerun optimisation and address excluded projects before the next plan.
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