LAHORE – The regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power plants HaveliBahadur Shah and Baloki are in danger of being shut-down, due tonon-payment of dues amounting to Rs30 billion.
The indifferent attitude of the interim energy ministry in the last fewweeks has contributed to a minimum or no payments to power producers,greatly impacting power generation and resulted in increasing daily outagesacross Pakistan, reports *The News.*
As the incoming PTI government takes hold of reins, the incompetence of theoutgoing caretaker energy ministry in handling the affairs of the energysector will take some working.
Presently, consumers are suffering four to ten hours of power outages inurban and rural areas.
There are concerns two major power plants producing 10 percent of overallpeak summer generation would shut down in a week’s time if theiroutstanding dues of Rs30 billion aren’t cleared.
It has come to the fore, the management of National Power Parks Managementhas apprised the appropriate quarters about their failure to operate twore-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) based power plants, having ageneration capacity of 2,453 megawatts due to cash flow issues.