Power Division’s Integrated System Plan 2025-35 rejected by APTMA – SUCH TV

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has rejected the Integrated System Plan 2025-35 prepared by the Power Division.

In a letter addressed to the National Regulatory Power Authority (NEPRA), the APTMA pointed out the wrong expenditure of additional electricity.

APTMA urged the power division not to approve the IGS plan for five years. APTMA said that the wrong expenditure of extra electricity was shown in the Plan.

The expenditure is too high in the IGS plan, and its estimated cost is too high. APTMA said that heavy capacity charges are imposed by showing additional grid demand.

APTMA said that capacity charges are increased from Rs2 to Rs17 per unit, and the government is paying Rs6 trillion under the head of capacity payments.

APTMA demanded that the limit of capacity charges be fixed at Rs 2 per unit. APTMA suggested that the correct expenditure on electricity production should be obtained.

Power consumption in industrial units has already decreased by 4 percent. APTMA said that one-third of farmers use solar systems on their tube-wells, and demand for electricity in the country is not increasing.

APTMA pointed out that basic mistakes in the IGS plan, and the increase in grid demand, are shown artificially.