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05-17-2017, 07:12 AM
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/akhbar/2017-05-17/l_204928_044306_print.jpg KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution, moved by a PTI lawmaker, through a majority vote against unprecedented power loadshedding in the province as opposition legislators of the PML-F opposed it.
The resolution, while expressing serious concerns over the unprecedented loadshedding being carried out in the province of up to 20 hours a day, recommended to the Government of Sindh to consider providing relief to the general public who are facing loadshedding by bridging the tariff differential of the NCPPs.
It said: “The Govt of Sindh may also provide tariff differential support to NCPPs (New Captive Power Plants) that hold valid gas allocation and are willing to install new power plants before the summer of 2018 in order to reduce the looming menace of loadshedding further, and provide much-needed relief to the people of Sindh."
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that his provincial government had ** dues payable to HESCO (Hyderabad Electric Supply Company) and SEPCO (Sukkur Electric Power Company) as the province had been subjected to power loadshedding of maximum duration despite payment of Rs27 billion power dues.
The Sindh CM said that he had with him certificates for payment of all outstanding power dues to HESCO and SPECO and the same would be presented in the upcoming meeting of the Sindh Assembly. The Sindh CM stated this on Tuesday as he spoke in the Sindh Assembly on a resolution of opposition lawmaker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khurram Sher Zaman on the issue of prolonged power loadshedding in the province. He said the federal government had been committing grave excesses against Sindh as electric supply to all water supply schemes of the province were being disconnected and erroneous power bills were issued. He said the people of Sindh would **t be left at the mercy of Wapda in the midst of summer season and during the upcoming Ramzan and efforts would be made to provide electricity to residents of the province so as to lessen the duration of power loadshedding by six to seven hours.
The Sindh CM said that a false impression was created that Sindh had to pay dues to HESCO and SEPCO. He said that Sindh had been issued a bill of Rs77 billion amount as dues of electricity payable by it. “We reconciled the bill, got reduced its amount by Rs50 billion and paid Rs27 billion. The certificates would be presented in the next meeting of the Sindh Assembly,” he said.
He said the Sindh province had been subjected to extended hours of power loadshedding in the midst of summer season while the holy month of Ramazan was also approaching. He said in the past, different investors had come to set up their power plants but it turned out to be **n-feasible for them to privately generate electricity after reduction of power purchase tariff by Nepra (National Electric Power Company).
The Sindh CM said the four provinces did have reservations over change of electricity tariff by Nepra. He disclosed in the house that whatever electricity would be produced by Sindh on its own would be supplied to Dadu, Shikarpur, and other districts of the province instead of supplying it to the national grid. In this way, electricity requirements of different districts of the province would be met.
He said that Sindh would adopt its mechanism to distribute electricity on its own so that electricity loadshedding in the affected areas would be reduced by six to seven hours. He said that electricity generated by the private sector in the province could be purchased at the rate of around Rs11 per unit and the Sindh cabinet could accord approval to such a plan after conducting a study. He said that electricity so purchased would be consumed only in the province as it would **t be supplied to the national grid.
The Sindh CM said that he would give a detailed statement in this regard during the session of the Sindh Assembly on coming Thursday while he would also take the house into confidence regarding his recent visit of China.
Meanwhile, the opposition lawmakers of Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) in their speeches in the house asked the provincial govt about the miscellaneous charges it was going to pay under its plan to purchase electricity from the private sector.
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The resolution, while expressing serious concerns over the unprecedented loadshedding being carried out in the province of up to 20 hours a day, recommended to the Government of Sindh to consider providing relief to the general public who are facing loadshedding by bridging the tariff differential of the NCPPs.
It said: “The Govt of Sindh may also provide tariff differential support to NCPPs (New Captive Power Plants) that hold valid gas allocation and are willing to install new power plants before the summer of 2018 in order to reduce the looming menace of loadshedding further, and provide much-needed relief to the people of Sindh."
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that his provincial government had ** dues payable to HESCO (Hyderabad Electric Supply Company) and SEPCO (Sukkur Electric Power Company) as the province had been subjected to power loadshedding of maximum duration despite payment of Rs27 billion power dues.
The Sindh CM said that he had with him certificates for payment of all outstanding power dues to HESCO and SPECO and the same would be presented in the upcoming meeting of the Sindh Assembly. The Sindh CM stated this on Tuesday as he spoke in the Sindh Assembly on a resolution of opposition lawmaker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khurram Sher Zaman on the issue of prolonged power loadshedding in the province. He said the federal government had been committing grave excesses against Sindh as electric supply to all water supply schemes of the province were being disconnected and erroneous power bills were issued. He said the people of Sindh would **t be left at the mercy of Wapda in the midst of summer season and during the upcoming Ramzan and efforts would be made to provide electricity to residents of the province so as to lessen the duration of power loadshedding by six to seven hours.
The Sindh CM said that a false impression was created that Sindh had to pay dues to HESCO and SEPCO. He said that Sindh had been issued a bill of Rs77 billion amount as dues of electricity payable by it. “We reconciled the bill, got reduced its amount by Rs50 billion and paid Rs27 billion. The certificates would be presented in the next meeting of the Sindh Assembly,” he said.
He said the Sindh province had been subjected to extended hours of power loadshedding in the midst of summer season while the holy month of Ramazan was also approaching. He said in the past, different investors had come to set up their power plants but it turned out to be **n-feasible for them to privately generate electricity after reduction of power purchase tariff by Nepra (National Electric Power Company).
The Sindh CM said the four provinces did have reservations over change of electricity tariff by Nepra. He disclosed in the house that whatever electricity would be produced by Sindh on its own would be supplied to Dadu, Shikarpur, and other districts of the province instead of supplying it to the national grid. In this way, electricity requirements of different districts of the province would be met.
He said that Sindh would adopt its mechanism to distribute electricity on its own so that electricity loadshedding in the affected areas would be reduced by six to seven hours. He said that electricity generated by the private sector in the province could be purchased at the rate of around Rs11 per unit and the Sindh cabinet could accord approval to such a plan after conducting a study. He said that electricity so purchased would be consumed only in the province as it would **t be supplied to the national grid.
The Sindh CM said that he would give a detailed statement in this regard during the session of the Sindh Assembly on coming Thursday while he would also take the house into confidence regarding his recent visit of China.
Meanwhile, the opposition lawmakers of Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) in their speeches in the house asked the provincial govt about the miscellaneous charges it was going to pay under its plan to purchase electricity from the private sector.
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