Inflated electricity bills
For a good 68 percent of the population that has access to electricity in Pakistan, the monthly electricity bill has been full of surprises. They find it difficult to comprehend…
The quest for cheap electricity
Rising in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region of China near Lake Mapam, Indus River or Sindhu Darya is world’s one of the longest rivers (nearly 2,000 miles). It unites with the salty waters of the Arabian Sea,…
Consumer end tariff design and National Electricity Plan 2023
Utilities consider investments in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure as fixed costs because these investments are not influenced by individual customer energy consumption. Traditionally, these costs are covered by variable…
Restructuring electricity tariffs
The power value chain is a labyrinth, where an intervention at one end can result in a mix of intended and unintended consequences at the other. Electricity tariffs at the…
Electricity tariffs
In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost is ever inflating, but it is not the…
Renewable electricity revolution
Pakistan has the potential to double its electrical power generation per capita within three to five years and simultaneously achieve stable and reduced electricity prices. The country’s entire national electricity…
Power bills and public anger
The usual jargon was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on 27, Sunday, after an inconclusive emergent meeting was called in the aftermath of violent street protests in several cities…
Bills: repenting for the sins of others
Jolted by the severe backlash against highly inflated power bills resulting in protests across the country joined by political parties and businesses, the government scrambled to address the situation. One…
Price of electricity is price of misgovernance
In July this year, the outgoing federal cabinet approved a 25.5 per cent increase in the base electricity tariff. The decision’s impact resulted in a hike in the August bills…
Doing away with GST on electricity?
It is already happening what was expected. People have come out against rising electricity bills. Protests may convert into anarchy. Does government have some immediate remedy? Although, problems are of…
