ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Power to take steps for curtailment of power sector losses so as to improve overall system efficiency and sustainability of the power sector.
Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk gave the direction during a briefing on power sector in Islamabad.
The briefing was attended by the Secretary Power division, the Managing Director Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), the Managing Director National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) and other senior officials.
The Secretary Power division briefed the Caretaker Prime Minister about overall outlook of the power sector including generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Country.
The Caretaker Prime Minister was also briefed about the current as well as anticipated power demand and supply situation.
Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk was informed that as compared to 18753MW in 2013, the current available generation capacity stands at 28704MW. It was informed that due to weather conditions and the resultant reduced water supply, the hydel generation last month remained at 3090 MW as compared to 6333 MW in 2015.
It was informed that every effort is being made to ensure strict implementation of the load management plan which was approved by the Cabinet for the month of Ramzan.
The Caretaker Prime Minister expressed concern over the huge losses in various DISCOs and directed the Power Ministry to immediately start taking steps for the curtailment of these losses.
Nasir-ul-Mulk said that every effort would be made by the federal government to get the required administrative support from the provincial government towards addressing enforcement issues in the power sector.
The Caretaker Prime Minister further observed that a comprehensive plan should be prepared which would help the next elected government in further improving efficiency and sustainability of the sector.
