The federal government has a monopoly on power transmission and distribution, denying the hapless consumers the basic right of choice. The Competition Commission of Pakistan is responsible to protect the consumers’ interest against monopoly. Why does it not take any action against those government organisations that have a monopoly over power transmission and distribution? Why does the government not allow the private sector, which is producing electricity as well, to also distribute electricity to the consumers like KESC?
As the government has a monopoly over the supply of fuel used by power generation plants, it is not allowing the Independent Power Plants to import natural gas and petroleum products directly from other countries and manage their own production of electricity and its sales to the consumers. Why the government is following such policies which are making people’s lives miserable day by day?
Why do we have the National Electric Power Regularity Authority (NEPRA), when it has failed to protect the rights of the consumers? NEPRA since its creation is working as a division of Ministry of Water and Power, managed by bureaucrats, without any representative of consumer rights. As long as we have the present management structure of government owned organisations, the power crisis cannot be solved on long term basis.
It is not the government’s responsibility solely to control and run the business of providing utilities to the citizens, the major responsibility should be shared with the private sector. There should be a fair competition allowing private sectors to generate electricity and sell directly to consumers. The powerful unions and over-staffed government organisations will never be free from corruption.
S T HUSSAIN
Lahore
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