Description

The project aims to support the Government of Pakistan's agenda to ensure national grid stability; energy security; climate resilience; increased transmission capacity to deploy sufficient, reliable, clean, and cost-effective energy for sustainable economic growth; and enhanced management of the national transmission system of Pakistan by (i) expanding the high-voltage transmission network in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces to close 500 kilovolt (kV) and 220 kV transmission lines loops; (ii) reducing transmission losses in the city of Lahore in the Punjab Province by replacing the old transmission lines; (iii) supporting the prioritized government reform of state-owned enterprises by enhancing the institutional, financial management, climate-resilient system planning and operation, and project management capacity of the National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC); (iv) mainstreaming gender at NTDC's corporate and project levels and increasing income-earning opportunities and skills for local.