Buried the IPPs, People who are going to make electricity so cheap will be able to store it in the battery and use it at night, said Energy Minister Owais Leghari

Lahore (94 news) Federal Energy Minister Owais Leghari says that we have buried IPPs for the future, going to make electricity so cheap that people will store it in batteries and use it at night.

In a video address at a power conference in a private university, Owais Leghari said that energy sector reforms are very important for the country, nowadays there is talk of subsidy, we are giving an opportunity, private companies come and bring smart meters themselves. The problem is more when the bill is charged on a defective bill, a defective meter should not run for more than three months so that the billing burden does not come, we have buried the IPPs for the future, Govt. has exited the IPPs business, we further 10 IPPs of thousand megawatts were going to be installed, they have been stopped.

The federal minister said that electricity rates for industry and agriculture will be different, during the day 3 And B for four 6 7 will give cheaper electricity, we are going to make the electricity so cheap that people will save it in battery and use it at night. Savings have been made in purchase of meters, companies will be privatized in next one or two years.