Power Distribution Program (PDP) is part of the assistance and support which the United States Government provides through USAID to the Government of Pakistan in its efforts to reform the power sector to overcome the current energy crisis. The Program aims at working with Pakistan’s nine government¬-owned power distribution companies (DISCOs) to improve their operational and financial performance in terms of reducing losses, increasing revenues, and improving customer services, so that the companies can achieve a level of performance commensurate with that of well-¬run utilities around the world. The Program also works with Ministry of Water and Power (MWP), and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to improve governance, regulatory framework and management of the power sector. The Program ultimately works to eliminate the need for subsidies and for delivery of more and reliable power to the customers. This five-year Program started off in September, 2010 and was designed to be implemented under two components but later it was extended and a third component has been added.