National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC) is a

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company sponsored and managed by the

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of Pakistan.

History

National Transmission & Despatch Company was separated from

Water & Power Development Authority The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA; ur, ) is a government-owned public utility maintaining power and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources. ...

(WAPDA) in 1998 and owns all 220 KV and 500KV grid stations and

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s in Pakistan. Its present headquarters are located at

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'' Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...

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. The company operates fourteen 500 KV and forty-three 220 KV grid stations, 5893 km of 500 KV transmission lines, and 10963 km of 220 KV transmission lines in Pakistan. In 1985, National Power Control Center (NPCC) was established in 1985 in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capita ...

to control 500kV and 220kV transmission system throughout the country which includes eight Regional Control Centers (RCC).

References

Electric power transmission system operators in Pakistan Companies based in Lahore Government-owned companies of Pakistan Energy companies established in 1998 Pakistani companies established in 1998 {{Pakistan-company-stub