| PESCO | |
| Predecessor: | AEB Peshawar, WAPDA |
| Type: | Public utility |
| Headquarters: | WAPDA House Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Leader Title: | CEO |
| Leader Name: | Engr. Akhtar Hamid Khan [1] |
| Leader Title2: | Federal Secretary |
| Leader Name2: | Mr. Rashid Mahmood Langrial Power Secretary of Pakistan[2] |
| Leader Title3: | Jurisdiction |
| Leader Name3: | Government of Pakistan |
| Parent Organization: | Ministry of Energy (Power Division)[3] |
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO). (Urdu: مشارکتِ فراہمِ برقی پشاور), is a state-owned public utility under the administrative control of the Government of Pakistan, formerly a part of the Water & Power Development Authority’s Power Wing and headquartered in Peshawar. PESCO is responsible for the distribution of electricity to over 4.4 million consumers of all civil districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was created in 1958 through WAPDA Act, 1958. Prior to this, the electricity supply service in Pakistan was undertaken by different agencies, both in public and private sectors, in different areas. The local areas electricity distribution service was being performed by various Regions of WAPDA. Then the Area Electricity Board (AEB) Peshawar, on the eight AEBs in Pakistan, was established under the scheme of Area Electricity Boards in 1982, in order to provide more autonomy and representation to provincial government, elected representatives, industrialists, agriculturalists, and other interest groups in functions of the AEBs. Peshawar Area Electricity Board was reorganized into one such corporatized entity under the name of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) with effect from 22 March 1998, after the disbundling of the Water And Power Development Authority.[8] [9] [1]
Each Directorate is headed by an officer of BPS 20 cadre usually a Chief Engineer or Director General.
Admin & Services
Audit Division
Commercial Department
Finance Department
Grid-station Operation
Human Resources
Information Technology (IT) Directorate
Legal & Labour
MIS Directorate
Material Management
Operations Division
Planning & Engineering Division
Project Management Unit
Project Construction
Directorate Of Public Relations
Technical Directorate[10]
The jurisdiction of PESCO extends to the whole of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province except for the tribal areas and is divided into (09) circles namely: