The Power Development Department (PDD) is raising the tariff bills in the absence of a nod from State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) as it remains headless. The SERC remains completely defunct and some of the civil society members are arguing that the bills are being raised by the PDD “illegally.” They contend that the PDD has no “legal authority” to raise bills or receive payments. The SERC is defunct since December 2016 after its chairman Basharat Dar demitted office. The SERC website notes that all its members posts and that…
