Energy sector assessment for USAID/Pakistan

During the course of this assessment two critical needs have been identified: (1) providing more energy supplies through both expansion and conservation; and (2) increasing access to modern energy services to un-served regions and population groups. The two major challenges that must be overcome to satisfy these needs are: (a) aligning economic incentives through policies, regulations, subsidies, tariffs, prices, collections, and taxes to improve fiscal discipline and transparency, attract investment, and encourage energy conservation and efficiency improvements; and (b) creating sufficient capacity to empower stakeholders such as the Government of Pakistan, the private sector, NGOs, and energy consumers to both implement and respond to the incentives framework. (Author abstract)