Islamabad: The National Assembly was informed today that no load shedding is being carried out in the country on account of generation shortfall.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Nazeer Tarar told the house during question hour that the DISCOs are carrying out load management in their areas based on the losses of feeders. He said that feeders with losses of up to twenty percent are exempt from outages. He said smart meters will be installed on transformers in the first phase to check power pilferage.
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs told the house that the Private Power and Infrastructure Board is actively pursuing promotion and development of Alternative and Renewable Energy technologies for power generation in line with the government’s vision to diversify the energy mix. He said a total of fifty eight Alternative and Renewable Energy based projects of 3837 megawatt cumulative capacity are operational. These include 1845 megawatt of wind power projects.
Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik pointed out that the indigenous gas reserves are depleting. He said the government is taking measures to improve supplies which include awarding new blocks for oil and gas exploration and import of LNG. He said a package has been prepared to encourage domestic and international companies for offshore exploration of oil and gas. He said the oil and gas exploration companies have also been directed to optimize the existing resources.
