CASA 1000 finally got 100% funding

[Silaaj]

Re: CASA 1000 finally got 100% funding

@Zafra

Power project: IDB agrees to fill financing gap in CASA-1000 project – The Express Tribune

This should benefit the country immensely. It is cheaper than then the two current power plants. Nehlum and Nandipur or something.

1.25 cents for a unit as a transit fee is good. That is what 12.5 rupees per unit. Now hopefully the cost of electricity won’t be like 50 rupees a unit and we should have a good steady stable source of power soon. Inshallah.

Just trying to do simple math before rejoicing on this.

Pakistan already has excess power generation capacity…and IPPs are currently paid a little more than Rs.15 per unit. IPPs currently produce about 30% of Pakistan’s total production…after operating at less than 50% of their capacity.

For CASA 1000, we will pay 12 cents per unit to Afghanistan (an unreliable partner) as transit fees, and based on what was determined, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan will charge around 2 cents per unit. This results in a total cost of around 32 cents(or more)for Pakistan…or 32 rupees a unit.

Now why cant the govt actually supply full fuel to IPPs so that they operate at peak capacity, and at a much lesser price than CASA? Perhaps the opportunity for commissions has dried out in IPPs, which is why they had to play the cruel Nandipur game.