Power sector employees govt officials using free electricity worth Rsbn yearly Need stressed to review IPPs agreements as liabilities surge to Rstr LAHORE . Cost of free electricity units being used by the stateowned entities in the countrys power sector alone ranges between Rs billion and Rsbn per annum .
The allowances being given to other government departments employees from grade to are also worth billions leaving the government with no option but to pass on such a huge financial impact to consumers . However highlyplaced sources dont see this impact as a big one compared to huge capacity payments which have now reached Rs trillion and are liable to be paid to the independent power producers IPPs by the end of this year .
Due to taxes and line losses amounting to billions of rupees the cumulative financial impact is also being passed on to endpower consumers gradually in the form of inflated bills . The impact of these financial impact also is also to be passed on by the government .
The only way to provide electricity to the people especially the poor ones is to renegotiate agreements and convince IPPs to bring down the percentage of the capacity charges to eliminate power theft commercial losses and to reduce power theft by the IPPs in the public interest .
I would also recommend to revisit the freeunit policy to the consumers as this would give a big relief to the Consumers as this is also also enhancing the bills, he suggested . Lesco spokesman said. The impact will also be discussed. The number of hydel power generation will start to be discussed in this regard.
I would recommend to revisiting the decision to reduce the decision. The decision to review the free units would also be reviewed. It would significantly reduce the number of free units.
