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Summary The USAID will provide technical and financial assistance to Faisalabad Electric Supply Company.
United States agency for International Development (USAID) has decided to provide technical and financial assistance to Faisalabad FESCO for its capacity building.A high profile delegation of the USAID team led by Ms. Melissa Knight, Director of Energy, visited Faisalabad Electric Supply Company to discuss with the senior management of FESCO the assistance provided by USAID under its Power Distribution Program.The discussion centered around a work plan for USAID’s assistance to FESCO in the fields of finance, engineering and operations, human resource capacity building and training, commercial management and customer services improvement under the USAID Power Distribution Program.The meeting was chaired by the CEO FESCO, Engr. Iftikhar Ahmed and was attended by senior officials of FESCO. From USAID, Melissa Knight was accompanied by senior USAID advisors and senior management of USAID Power Distribution Program were among the participants.The three-year USAID Power Distribution Program was announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009 as one of the U.S. efforts to support Government of Pakistan to reform the power sector to mitigate the current energy crisis.The program is helping government-owned electric power distribution companies (DISCOs) improve their commercial performance in reducing losses, increasing revenues, and improving customer services by introduction of new technology and improved work practices.
