Industrialists demand third-party audit for power sector data verification
ISLAMABAD: Protesting against the revised incremental consumption package (ICP) for industry and agriculture, industrial consumers have asked the government to order an independent third-party audit for verification of power sector data and suspend till then the two-part electricity tariff. In formal letters to the government, Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (Kati) has called for top…
ISLAMABAD - Industrial consumers have appealed to the government to request an independent third-party audit of power sector data and suspend the two-part electricity tariff until the audit is completed. The Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (Kati) has written to the government, urging top-level intervention to avoid an unfair burden on all other consumers caused by the revised incremental consumption package (ICP).
The Kati claims that the ICP, which was announced in December, is based on a commitment to ring-fence any additional costs, and the difference between the consumer-end tariff and ICP should not be shifted to other consumer categories. The association demands that a top accounting firm should audit the data, PLEXOS inputs and processes of the Power Division, Power Planning & Monitoring Company (PPMC), and Independent System & Market Operator (ISMO).
Kati also urges a Rs180bn shortfall between the average tariff and ICP to be addressed through a meaningful reduction in the industrial tariff, rather than through recovery from ordinary consumers.
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