{
  "id": "net-lesco-electricity-distribution",
  "recordType": "serviceNetwork",
  "name": "LESCO electricity distribution network",
  "serviceCategory": "electricity",
  "functionIds": [
    "fun-lahore-electricity-distribution"
  ],
  "operatorInstitutionIds": [
    "ins-lahore-electric-supply-company"
  ],
  "territoryPlaceIds": [
    "plc-pk-punjab-lesco-service-area"
  ],
  "systemForm": "132 kV grid stations feed an 11 kV distribution system through feeders, transformers, low-voltage lines, meters and consumer connections. The public directory names field units but does not publish their boundaries.",
  "reportedSnapshots": [
    {
      "label": "Current public directory entries",
      "snapshotType": "current-reported",
      "sourceDateLabel": "Retrieved 2 August 2026",
      "metrics": [
        {
          "name": "Circle entries",
          "value": 16,
          "unit": "directory entries",
          "scope": "8 geographic and 8 functional entries across LESCO"
        },
        {
          "name": "Division entries",
          "value": 67,
          "unit": "directory entries",
          "scope": "42 numerically coded and 25 other entries across LESCO"
        },
        {
          "name": "Subdivision entries",
          "value": 242,
          "unit": "directory entries",
          "scope": "201 numerically coded and 41 other entries across LESCO"
        }
      ],
      "citationId": "cit-lesco-electronic-directory-hierarchy-2026",
      "qualification": "The numeric-label split is our reconstruction. The directory does not say that every entry is a geographic retail field unit."
    },
    {
      "label": "LESCO field structure",
      "snapshotType": "legacy-reported",
      "sourceDateLabel": "As at 30 June 2024",
      "metrics": [
        {
          "name": "Geographic circles",
          "value": 8,
          "unit": "circles",
          "scope": "LESCO five-district service territory"
        },
        {
          "name": "Divisions",
          "value": 41,
          "unit": "divisions",
          "scope": "LESCO five-district service territory"
        },
        {
          "name": "Subdivisions",
          "value": 201,
          "unit": "subdivisions",
          "scope": "LESCO five-district service territory"
        },
        {
          "name": "11 kV feeders",
          "value": 2200,
          "unit": "feeders",
          "scope": "LESCO five-district service territory"
        }
      ],
      "citationId": "cit-lesco-soi-field-structure-2024",
      "qualification": "These are company-wide figures. They are not Lahore-district counts. The live 2026 directory contains more entries because it also lists functional units and one extra numerically coded division."
    }
  ],
  "evidenceState": "verified",
  "evidenceGap": "No checked public record maps subdivision, feeder or transformer territories for arbitrary Lahore addresses.",
  "citations": [
    "cit-nepra-lesco-distribution-licence-2023-territory",
    "cit-lesco-electronic-directory-hierarchy-2026",
    "cit-lesco-soi-field-structure-2024"
  ],
  "lastCheckedDate": "2026-08-03",
  "reviewState": "reviewed",
  "notes": "The 2024 SOI reports 8 circles and 41 divisions. The live 2026 directory contains 16 circle entries and 67 division entries because it includes functional units. Its 42 numerically coded division entries create an unresolved one-division difference from the SOI."
}