Feasibility Study - KARACHI INTEGRATED SMART GRID SYSTEM, through Government Of Pakistan

USTDA support of $510,475 funds a feasibility study to determine the viability of an integrated Smart Grid system in greater Karachi for substantially reducing electricity losses and improving the efficiency of utility operations.

An objective of the feasibility study is to define the scope for a major capital investment in a large Smart Grid pilot project. Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited (KESC), the only private distribution utility in Pakistan, is the Grantee.

KESC's distribution system has very high losses: as much as 40 percent or roughly 1,000 MW is lost through technical line losses and administrative losses.

This USTDA-funded Study has the potential to have a significant developmental impact in Pakistan through much needed energy infrastructure improvements that currently constrain economic performance, the technology transfer associated with Smart Grid technology, and supporting market-oriented reforms to relieve the problem of "free riders".