Gujranwala Electric Power Company Limited (GEPCO) has been set up over the area of jurisdiction and electrification network of the former Area Electricity Board, which was created in the early eighties. It encompassed the areas of the existing districts of Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin.
GEPCO was incorporated on 25th April 1998 and obtained a certificate for commencement of business on 5th June 1998. Management and Administration is entrusted to a Board of Directors (BOD).
Earlier in the 1960s, the Govt. of Pakistan (GoP) decided to set up an independent and autonomous Authority to deal with all available water resources and power system networks including power generation, transmission and distribution. The department was formed and named as Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA), the 2nd biggest department in Pakistan after Pak Army. In the 1980s, the power distribution network of WAPDA was sub-divided into eight Area Electricity Boards (AEB), Gujranwala was one of the AEBs among different Electricity Boards dealing with the power distribution system
