Sepco directed to provide power connections to streetlights

Business Recorder reported that the National Assembly Standing Committee on Power asked Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) to connect newly installed streetlights in Sukkur without waiting for a formal application. Sepco’s chief executive objected, citing procedure and the municipal corporation’s unpaid bills for existing streetlights.

The committee also discussed theft of transformers and transmission wires in Sindh, recovery of electricity dues and the impact of detection bills on consumers. Sepco said detection bills were 20 percent lower in August 2026 than in August 2025 after an online system was introduced by the Power Information Technology Company.

Power Division officials said distribution companies must file detection-bill claims through that system, while theft-prone locations should be disconnected at transformer level rather than by cutting supply to whole feeders. The committee also urged action on reported infrastructure theft and proposed ending detection charges for consumers who were not responsible for the theft.