The Sindh Regulation of Electric Power Services Act, 2023
The parent statute. Establishes the Authority, confers the licensing, tariff, market and enforcement powers, and fixes the boundary with the federal framework.
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Legal framework
The Sindh Regulation of Electric Power Services Act, 2023 and the instruments being made under it. The instruments below are in draft and will be published for consultation.
Sindh Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Microgrid) Regulations, 2026
Regulations for the grant, amendment, renewal, suspension and cancellation of a microgrid licence under section 18 of the Act. A single unified licence authorises generation, distribution and supply within an unserved or underserved territory, within the notified voltage and capacity limits.
Licensing and Registration Regulations, 2026
All five licence types, captive registration and concurrence. Jurisdictional screening, application procedure, criteria, modification, renewal, suspension and cancellation.
Bilateral Electric Power Market and Open Access Regulations, 2026
Who may contract, price freedom with filing, confidentiality of commercial terms, open access, use of system charges and the grounds on which a contract may be reopened.
Fees and Charges Regulations, 2026
Every fee separately defined and levied by its own regulation. One table of fees in seven parts, due dates, indexation and the matters on which no fee is payable.
Rulemaking and Public Consultation Regulations, 2026
How the Authority makes rules: the consultation period, the treatment of submissions, and the statement of reasons published with every instrument.
Tariff Standards and Procedure Regulations, 2026
When a tariff falls to be determined, the petition, notice, public hearing and the reasoned determination. Does not apply to a price agreed in a bilateral contract.
Conduct of Hearings Regulations, 2026
When a hearing is required, notice, intervention, evidence, confidentiality, interim orders and reasoned decisions.
Complaints, Inquiry and Investigation Regulations, 2026
How a consumer complaint is received and decided, free of charge, and how the Authority inquires into a contravention of its own motion.
Fines and Penalties Regulations, 2026
The scale of fines, the matters in aggravation and mitigation, and the procedure before a fine is imposed.
Alternate Dispute Resolution Regulations, 2026
Mediation, expert determination for technical questions, and arbitration. Awards enforceable as decrees. Seat at Karachi.
Review Regulations, 2026
The right to seek a review of a decision of the Authority, the period within which it must be sought, and how a review is decided.
Conduct of Business and Meetings Regulations, 2026
Regulations governing the meetings, conduct of business, decision-making, minutes and records of the Authority, including committees, wings, associations and related procedures.
Use of System Charges Methodology Regulations, 2026
The basis on which wheeling charges are computed and filed, with the impact statement and the comment form.
Threshold for a Bulk Power Consumer
The sanctioned load at a single premises at or above which a consumer may buy under a bilateral contract at a price the parties agree.
Microgrid Voltage and Capacity Limits
The limits within which a unified microgrid licence may be granted, and the position above them.
Service Territory Descriptors
The vocabulary in which a geographic, spatial or virtual service territory is to be described in an application and in a licence.
Forms, Undertakings and Instruments
Forms A-1 to A-12, undertakings U-1 to U-8, instruments C-1 to C-5, the standard licence L-1, the annual return R-1 and the fee forms F-1 to F-3.
Periods for Screening, Scrutiny and Decision
The published period for each step from receipt to issuance. Nothing is granted by lapse of time.
Sindh Distribution Code, 2026
Planning, connection, operation and maintenance of a distribution system within the Authority's domain.
Sindh Metering Code, 2026
Meter classes, accuracy, sealing, testing intervals and the resolution of a metering dispute.
Supply Code and Consumer Service Manual, 2026
Connection, billing, disconnection and reconnection, and the standards a consumer may expect.
Performance and Safety Standards, 2026
Standards of supply quality and reliability, protection and earthing, safety clearances and reporting.
Guidelines on Licensing and Registration
Do you need a licence; eligibility and minimum solvency; term of a licence; section 13 and captive use; how an application is processed; fees at a glance.
Jurisdictional Demarcation Policy, 2026
How the Authority identifies a matter falling within federal competence, and what happens to an application which touches it.
Determinations of the Authority
Every determination is published in full within seven days of the decision, alongside the instrument to which it relates.
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These are drafts
Everything above except the Act is in draft and coming soon. Each will be published for comment before it is made. If you are planning a project and want to know where matters stand, the facilitation desk will tell you, free of charge.
The boundary of the Authority’s competence
The Authority regulates electric power services within the Province for which a licence or registration is required under the Act.
Every application is screened before it is registered. Where any part of the proposed activity falls, or may fall, within the regulatory competence of the Federation or of an authority established under Federal law, the Authority does not proceed upon it.
The application is returned with written reasons and the fee is refunded. It is not severed, and no part of it is processed.
One test to apply first
Is any part of the plant connected, directly or indirectly, to the national grid, including a standby connection? If it is, the project falls outside the provincial framework and the federal framework governs. Declare it early and nobody wastes time.