New Energy Policy: Govt. to end black out in 3 years..

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Re: New Energy Policy: Govt. to end black out in 3 years..

@Silaaj

A very aggressive policy on paper. Switching to hydel is good, but that is a long term project, so on a national scale, I dont see that happening in 3 years or even 5 years. But nonetheless, it is a good step forward.

However, sadly enough, there is no change in the IPP agreements regarding tariff structures. The owners of the IPPs voted down any change in that, and the govt in the interim, will continue to pay exorbitant amounts based on generational capacity, rather than power produced. It is also being said that this amount will be forfeited from the NFC amount for each province. This smells very bad. Business lobbies have always had their way with things when PML-N is in power.

how is this bad? when provincial govts do not act seriously to collect bills, should Pakistan as a state keep on paying for provincial govts’ inefficiencies and corruption? KP and Sindh fro example are worst in recollection of bills for the electricity used. i think this will force them to act.

i speak from my personal experience, in the area where we live in Karachi (Landhi) KESC had to disconnect power of about 2-3 thousand homes, reason? they simply do not pay the bill. Those who pay the bill also suffer because of these people. It was not the case that they were not able to pay, no, not at all, every single person paid off their bill within 3 days of disconnection of power, and then KESC restored the supply.