Pakistan planning two power plants

By an OGJ correspondent

KARACHI, Mar. 28 -- Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has granted a license to TNB Power Dharki Ltd. unit TNB Liberty Power Ltd. for a 235 Mw, combined-cycle electric power plant at Ghotki in Sindh Province. The natural gas-fired plant also will be fitted to use diesel as an alternate fuel.

TNB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenego National Berhand, Malaysia's government-owned utility.

At the same time, NEPRA granted a license for electric power generation to El Paso Corp. affiliate Habibullah Coastal Power (Pvt.) Ltd. (HSPC) for a 140 Mw, gas-fired, thermal power plant at Quetta in Balochistan Province.