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Punjab govt likely to set up 1320mw coal power plant

Officials say govt decides to establish plant in Rahimyar Khan just to facilitate a business tycoon. Despite warning of surplus power generation and capacity payments to power producers by the end of 2019, the Punjab government has decided to set up a 1,320 megawatts coal-fired power project at Rahimyar Khan, according to officials.On condition of anonymity, the
Earlier, the project was dropped by the federal government as well as
The 1320mw power plant will cause extra burden of
Under the agreement, the Chinese company will extend cooperation to the provincial government for setting up 1320mw plant. It will also provide technical assistance for setting up the coal power plant.
Earlier, former secretary had imposed a ban on setting up those coal fired power plants in the country which will run on imported coal. Though this ban remained intact for a limited period, however, a
Similarly, Dr
Due to surplus generation of electricity, some of the power plants will be kept shut down for long hours while the general public and national exchequer will have to bear additional burden in the form of capacity payments to IPPs (independent power producers) only because of low demand in comparison to the power production during the said year.
Copies of official documents of NTDC available with this scribe has declared present demand of electricity at 25,000mw and warned the
And, power and planning ministries have initiated above
According to the power-sector expansion plan, there will be a surplus of electricity in the country by the end of 2019.
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