PESCO is responsible for the distribution of electricity to over 4.4 million consumers of all civil districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Prior to this, the electricity supply service in Pakistan was undertaken by different agencies, both in public and private sectors, in different areas.

The local areas electricity distribution service was being performed by various Regions of WAPDA.

Peshawar Area Electricity Board was reorganized into one such corporatized entity under the name of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) with effect from 22 March 1998, after the disbundling of the Water And Power Development Authority.

Admin & Services Audit Division Commercial Department Finance Department Grid-station Operation Human Resources Information Technology (IT) Directorate Legal & Labour MIS Directorate Material Management Operations Division Planning & Engineering Division Project Management Unit Project Construction Directorate Of Public Relations Technical Directorate[9] The jurisdiction of PESCO extends to the whole of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province except for the tribal areas and is divided into (09) circles namely: