ISLAMABAD: Government will continue to supply gas to industries which aren’t currently connected to the power grid, a Prime Minister’s aide said on Friday.“Industrial units, which.
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.
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.