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title: "Nepra chief questions power demand projections from energy agencies"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Nepra chairman highlighted discrepancies in power demand forecasts from ISMO, DISCOs, and CPPA-G, and called for reconciliation. Business Recorder emphasized the need for transparent power generation projections, while Profit noted the warning against adding surplus capacity and mentioned the recent drop in daytime grid demand to around 12,000MW."
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# Nepra chief questions power demand projections from energy agencies

business · updated 13 Sep 2026, 8:31 PM PKT · 13 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Nepra chairman highlighted discrepancies in power demand forecasts from ISMO, DISCOs, and CPPA-G, and called for reconciliation. Business Recorder emphasized the need for transparent power generation projections, while Profit noted the warning against adding surplus capacity and mentioned the recent drop in daytime grid demand to around 12,000MW.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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- **Profit** — [NEPRA chief questions power demand forecasts, warns against adding surplus capacity](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/13/nepra-chief-questions-power-demand-forecasts-warns-against-adding-surplus-capacity) · 13 Sep 2026, 8:31 PM PKT
  > Waseem Mukhtar seeks reconciliation of projections by ISMO, DISCOs and CPPA-G as daytime grid demand falls to around 12,000MW
- **Business Recorder** — [Gaps in demand estimates: Nepra chief calls for transparent power generation projections](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439232/gaps-in-demand-estimates-nepra-chief-calls-for-transparent-power-generation-projections) · 13 Sep 2026, 2:59 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Waseem Mukhtar has questioned ISMO, DISCOs and CPPA-G over significant variations in their demand projections, calling for a rational and transparent mechanism to align future generation capacity with prevailing and projected electricity demand while protecting consumers from unnecessary capacity costs. In his additional n...

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