Islamabad: Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari has said that government is taking all possible measures to provide maximum relief to people in electricity bills.
Talking to private television channel, he said discussions with Independent Power Producers are underway and good news will be announced soon.
He said after fruitful discussion, the government will be able to save two hundred fifty to three hundred billion rupees every year.
Leghari said that a detailed review of matters related to IPPs had also been completed, and the nation would soon hear ‘good news’ in this regard.
Responding to a question regarding renegotiations with IPPs in 2019, Leghari claimed that the Imran Khan-led cabinet had provided relief to them under an arbitration process, adding that the PTI government deliberately missed an opportunity by ‘not convincing them.’
Providing details on the ongoing investigation involving the IPPs issue, the power czar said the incumbent government had taken the probe report —chalked out by former minister Muhammad Ali— to the next stage.
The power minister also pointed out that several measures were being considered to ‘bring down’ the electricity tariff, adding that negotiations were underway with all the power plants established in the country.
