The Senate’s Standing Committee on Energy has been briefed by the Secretary of Power Division that 190,000 employees are being given free electricity worth 15 billion rupees annually.
He said, “Our electricity demand for industry is about 25 percent, decreasing over time.”
The Secretary explained that 25 million employees of 400 units received a 592 billion subsidy, which has now increased by Rs 692 billion. “244 billion was taken from industry and given to domestic consumers,” he told the Committee.
Senator Mohsin Aziz remarked, “IPP has become a dragon, and people are on the streets.”
The federal minister for power and energy said, “Even if we get five rupees from IPP payments, we will help poor people.”
The minister opined that electricity theft can be reduced with privatisation and digitisation.
