PROVINCE REPORT
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Under the directives of the Federal Ministry of Energy and the supervision of Superintending Engineer PESCO Dera Circle, Engineer Hizbullah Mehsud, the installation of APMS smart meters on distribution transformers of the 11KV Muslim Bazaar Feeder is progressing rapidly.
The installation work is being carried out under the leadership of XEN City Division Engineer Imran Khan Gandapur, with the Muslim Bazaar Feeder technical team actively deploying the new smart metering system.
According to PESCO officials, the APMS smart meters will enable separate monitoring of each distribution transformer. Under the new system, load management will be applied only to areas with poor bill recovery, high line losses, or electricity theft, instead of imposing outages across the entire feeder.
Engineer Hizbullah Mehsud said the initiative would help protect consumers who pay their electricity bills on time from unnecessary load shedding while improving transparency, efficiency, and the overall performance of the power distribution system.
