Pakistan has inked a deal with Iran to import an additional 100MW of electricity from Iran, reported 214NewsHD TV channel. 

An official delegation led by Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan 

finalized the deal with Iranian authorities in Tehran on Saturday to additional 100 MW of electricity for Makran Division. 

The minister will also address the ceremony in connection with Pakistan Day in Tehran in the evening. Apart from Iranian civil and military officials, diplomats from other countries will also participate in the Pakistan Day event.

To meet the increasing energy requirements of Makran Division, Pakistan and Iran have agreed for a new 30 km long Polan-Gwadar interconnection for import of 100 MW electricity. 

National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has completed the construction of the transmission line from Polan to Gwadar.

It is pertinent to note, the evacuation of additional 100MW power through new transmission line will be started through this transmission line in the next few days. 

The transmission line project has been completed at the cost of 10 million Euro. 

In June 2022, Pakistan and Iran had signed an agreement for the import of 100MW additional electricity from Tehran.

The infrastructure for the supply of additional electricity on the Iranian side has already been completed; however, related infrastructure on the Pakistan’s side was missing which has now been completed.

Polan is in Iran and it is 51-km from Pakistan’s border. 

Initially, to meet the demand of the border areas of Balochistan, the agreement between Pakistan and Iran was signed in 2002, for the import of 34MW electricity in 2002, which was increased to 73MW and finally it has been enhanced to more than 100MW. The total demand of Makran division is around 150MW and Pakistan is already importing 100MW electricity from Iran and Quetta Electricity Supply Company is supplying it to Makran division through 132kV transmission line. With the evacuation of additional 100MW, the total electricity import from Iran will reach to 200MW.