MEDIA reports state that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has fined the National Transmission and Dispatch Company Rs10 million for non- completion or for the inordinate delayed completion of important high voltage transmission networks essential for the full utilisation of power from different generating plants.
The amount of fine seems a bad joke compared to the colossal losses incurred by the exchequer owing to underutilisation. It seems someone in Nepra did not do their homework and came up with a random figure arbitrarily.
To be honest, the power sector is badly mismanaged and needs a drastic and complete overhaul. What is needed is a fair and impartial enquiry into the power ministry and subordinate bodies’ affairs.
Engr Riaz Bhutta
Lahore
Published in Dawn, February 23rd, 2018
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