Industries Not Connected to Power Grid Will Continue Receiving Gas: Nadeem Babar
The Governor of Sindh, Imran Ismail, held a detailed session with a group of industrialists along with the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Petroleum, Nadeem Babar, and the SAPM on Power, Tabish Gohar, this afternoon at Petroleum Division, Ministry of Energy.
The provincial governor said that industrial development is one of the top priorities of Prime Minister Imran Khan, and that the federal government will extend all possible assistance for the country’s industrial growth and exports.
He also affirmed that no industry would be disconnected from the supply of gas unless it has an electricity connection to meet its requirements.
Audit of inefficient plants halted
Industries obtain stay from SHC on audit of plants’ energy efficiency
The government has also recently decided to disconnect gas supply to captive power plants and shift them on the national grid. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
After an exercise of around six months, an energy audit of inefficient power plants has come to a halt as textile and other industries have obtained a stay order from Sindh High Court.
In July last year, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) had authorised National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (NEECA) to conduct energy efficiency audit of captive power plants.
At a time when people across the nation are already struggling with inflation in the prices of all kinds of goods and commodities, Energy Minister Omar Ayub, flanked by Planning Minister Asad Umar.
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will increase the electricity tariff by Rs1.95 per unit, Minister for Energy Omar Ayub announced on Thursday, as he blamed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) regime for setting “land mines” for the ruling party.
Addressing a news conference accompanied by Minster for Planning and Development Asad Umar and Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Power Tabish Gohar, Ayub said the PTI government inherited capacity payments from the PML-N government.
The agreements, inked by the PML-N government with the power sector, were based on “bad intentions and corrupt practices”, he added. The minister said due to these deals, the increase in electricity tariff would have been Rs2.18 but the present government had decided to increase the rates by Rs1.95 in per unit.