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    Perceived Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Evidence from Power Plant Projects
    (Library Information Services COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus, 2020-02-03) Maaz Ahmad; FA18-RPM-019; LHR TP 6391; Dr. Asma Imran
    Power sector in Pakistan lacks the generating capacity with respect to increase in demand of electricity due to which power sector is facing a lot of challenges and hard times. Rising geopolitical challenges, increase in population and growing companies form a stress on the power sector that lacks the ability to meet requirements of electricity in the country. This results in electricity cuts at certain times during the day. Due to these electricity cuts private industries/firms has suffered a lot in terms of their production, as a result different firms and households started self generation in order to cover supplied electricity deficiency. For continuous and economical supply of electricity private industries started installing their own thermal power plants. Gas, Diesel/H.F.O and coal fired are the types of power plants that were installed and still being installed by private industries of Pakistan. At beginning these power plants were installed without proper management and well defined performance indicators but with the increase in technology complexities, growth of industries to international level, international health and safety environment (HSE) rules and increase in power demand these power plants began to become a failure without proper management and well defined performance indicators. So, Industries had to shutdown large number of power plants as they were non profitable and not fulfilling the energy requirements as well. Thus, by observing this situation there is a certain need of defining specific set of Key Performance Indicators for these private industry power plants that could be followed during installation of power plant projects. As identifying key performance indicators is vital to prioritize low cost/no cost solutions and ensuring energy saving, ensure a safe working environment, ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations applied in a specific country and help in studies of technical and economic feasibility. Thus, this research aims to identify, recommend specific set of KPIs and reveal different levels of significance of KPIs for Gas, Diesel/H.F.O and coal power plants installation in private industries of Pakistan. After an extensive literature review, this research identifies 55 KPIs under 8 categories. A questionnaire survey was conducted in order to obtain the desired research objectives. Finally, survey results were analyzed to identify valid set of KPIs and comparison of significance of these KPIs for Gas, Diesel/H.F.O and coal power plants in Pakistan’s private industries. A valuable reference is provided in this study for all the related personnel involved in installation of power plant projects in private industries of Pakistan.