Sindh protests against electricity policy
Says final draft of National Electricity Policy 2021 ignores its recommendations
Load-shedding policy is causing a decrease in the sale of electricity from the available take-or-pay power plants and thus resulting in higher per unit cost of electricity. PHOTO: FILE
Sindh has lodged a soft protest against the federal government over largely omitting its recommendations in the final draft of National Electricity Policy 2021, arguing that it should not be called a national policy document unless suggestions of the province holding potential to ensure energy security are incorporated.
“Federal government (should) … recognise Thar coal as a primary fuel for base load power generation for meeting electricity demand of the country,” Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said in a letter dated February 1 to Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) Omar Ayub Khan.