Tribal Electric Supply Company, Peshawar Information

TESCO has been created on 5th August 2004 as a corporatized entity under PEPCO as one of the steps taken towards vertical disintegration of the power sector of Pakistan. Power sector is in Pakistan is gradually moving from monopoly to privatization and from integration to disintegration. To keep pace with this change, the Government of Pakistan approved a strategic plan in 1994 as a consequence of which the power wing of WAPDA has been unbundled into 15 companies for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. TESCO tribal Electric Supply company is one of the biggest Distribution company of WADPA. Its area of operation is the Seven Agencies and related FR. It covers the entire tribal area of he country and it is the only company providing electricity facility to the customers of this area. All the construction work of 11 KV transmission line and 132 /66 KV line are being carried out by the staff of TESCO. More over its maintenance is also carried out by separate GSO and SS&TL Division. The area of jurisdiction of TESCO reaches about 1200 KM. It consists of seven agencies and FRs that are situated along Afghanistan boundary. The seven agencies are ,Kurram Agency ,Orakzai Agency,Khyber Agency ,North Waziristan Agency ,South Waziristan Agency,Bajur Agency,Mohmand Agency And FRs are FR Peshawar,FR Kohat,FR Bannu,FR Lakki,FR Dera Ismail Khan,FR Tank