Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday expressed displeasure over excessive power outages and stated that it is the responsibility of the government to provide relief to the masses.
“Anticipated planning has not been exercised by the relevant ministries and their organisations for which responsibility must be fixed,” he said while chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy.
Officials concerned briefed the meeting on availability and utilisation of idle Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and captive power plants. They also briefed on issues pertaining to upfront tariff by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and load management plan for the summer.
The water and power secretary informed the meeting that power generation amounting to 866mw has been restored to the system in the month of April and further 400mw would be added by mid of May 2017.
The prime minister directed Secretary Water and Power to constitute a dedicated team for hourly monitoring of the power supply situation. He further directed that the team must report on monitoring of power transmission and distribution system as well on weekly basis.
The Prime Minister directed officials concerned to present a line of action for resolution of issues related to in-operational IPPs and present a report in two days.
He also directed the ministries concerned to work out a balanced conversion plan of power generation plants from furnace oil to re-gasified liquid natural gas and coal as source and present the plan in next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy.