In a post on X (previously Twitter) on Monday, Dr. Ejaz focused on that the public authority’s job ought to be restricted to policymaking and guidelines, as it misses the mark on the ability to oversee organizations successfully.
Dr. Ejaz contended that privatization and different changes are fundamental for bringing down power costs. “The public authority ought to go about as a policymaker and controller, not a business administrator. The power area is a great representation of legislative inadequacy, causing difficulty for Pakistani buyers by implementing arrangements that benefit a couple of organizations to the detriment of 240 million individuals,” he composed.
He called attention to that ongoing limit charges surpass Rs2 trillion, meaning Rs24 per unit rather than the more suitable Rs8 per unit because of government blunder and over-invoicing of force plants.
Dr. Ejaz called for privatizing the power area, proposing it be controlled by vendor plants and power trades that offer power at the most minimal rates to privatized circulation organizations. “This would reduce power expenses by the greater part, from Rs60 per unit to Rs30 per unit, helping all shoppers, including homegrown, business, and modern areas. We are experiencing this ineptitude,” he added.
He noticed that the genuine power tax ought to be under Rs8 per unit, yet imperfect agreements with Autonomous Power Makers (IPPs) have brought about buyers being charged Rs60 per unit. He scrutinized the Rs2 trillion limit installment made to drive establishes last year, which brought about buyers paying Rs24 per unit rather than the real expense of under Rs8 per unit. “Installments were made for inactive ability to IPPs; they ought to just be paid for power created and conveyed to the Public Lattice,” he expressed.
Dr. Ejaz required the crossing out of “Take or Pay” conditions in IPP contracts, which require limited installments regardless of whether no power is delivered. “These Rs60 per unit taxes, or 21 pennies, are unbelievable around the world,” he commented.
He recommended that obtaining power from the least expensive providers without limit installments and regarding them as dealer providers, would decrease costs to beneath Rs30 per unit rather than the ongoing Rs60 per unit.
In another post, Dr. Ejaz referred to a Public Electric Power Administrative Power (NEPRA) request from July 2023, which projected fixed limit installments adding up to Rs1.954 trillion for the 2023-24 time frame to all power generators.
