Reducing power tariffs top priority of govt: Minister

MG News | September 24, 2024 at 09:57 AM GMT+05:00

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September 24, 2024 (MLN): The government is implementing all possible strategies to reduce power tariffs and protect consumer rights, Federal Minister for Energy Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari said on Monday.

He said that the government has taken concrete measures in the power sector to boost investment and business activity in the country, APP reported the minister as saying.

The discussion was being made with power plant companies for providing relief to consumers.

In reply to a question about power theft cases, he said that all public sector transformers would be controlled through remote devices and we hope, all such issues would be resolved with the passage of time.

Regarding profits from power plants, he said all the power plants would have to revise their profit plan to benefit the consumers. Providing cheap electricity to the industrial sector was also the focus of the government.

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