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CEO PESCO apprises the business community about the new industrial tariff relief package
Demand for uninterrupted power supply, improvement in power infrastructure system.
Business community stresses implementation of new industrial tariff on whole consumption
Bureau Report
PESHAWAR, Nov6: Senior office bearers and members of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged Peshawar Electric Supply Company to take measures for bifurcation of industrial and commercial feeders from domestic/rural feeders, uninterrupted electricity supply, unannounced loadshedding and improvement and upgradation of power transmission and infrastructure system.
The demand was made by SCCI’ Senior Vice President Muhammad Nadeem and former presidents and senior members during a meeting with Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Chief Executive Muhammad Zubair Khan here at the chamber house on Thursday.
Meeting attended by Chairman of Anjuman e Tajran Peshawar Shuakat Ali Khan, former presidents Malik Niaz Ahmad, Engr Maqsood Anwar Pervez, Riaz Arshad, Haji Muhammad Afzal, Fazal Moqeem Khan, former vice president and SVP IAP Haris Mufti, member of the chamber’s executive committee Adnan Nasir, Abdul Majid and Syed Ejaz Ali Shah, Hamoodur Rehman and others.
PESCO Chief Engineer (Planning) Kashif Karim, Additional Manager Commercial Said Ghulam Khan, S.O to CEO PESCO Zeeshan Farid, XEN PDC Kashif Ali Awan, and PRO Usman Saleem were also present in the meeting.
Meeting thoroughly deliberated on matters pertaining to excessive electricity loadshedding without issuance of proper permit, tripping, low voltage, disconnection, outdated power infrastructure system, frequent blast incident of power transformers, overload and others.
SCCI office bearers and senior members said NEPRA rules have barred from carrying out disconnection on delay in payment of first power bill but PESCO is violating these rules, and asked to immediately stop the practice.
The PESCO CEO Zubair Khan on the occasion apprised special incentive package for industrial consumers, stating that government has introduced plan for three years under which power tariff would be curtailed from Rs35.9 to Rs22.9 per unit on over and above consumption, offering an relief of Rs12 per unit.
Senior officer urged the industrialists to take full benefit from the government initiative for industrial growth.
“7000 megawatts surplus electricity were available,”
SCCI office bearers and senior members welcomed the new industrial tariff and emphasized the new industrial incentive should be implemented on overall electricity consumption of the industries instead of surplus, with further reduction in ratio of tariff.
CEO PESCO assured the SCCI to resolve all issues on priority basis and stressed frequent/regular engagements and coordination with the business community to sort out a workable and durable solution of problems.
