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Reevaluating the 2013 Power Policy: Integrated Recommendations for Future Energy Strategy

The 34th Annual Convention outlines critical recommendations for reforming the 2013 Power Policy. Emphasizing the need for an integrated approach, all policies such as S&T, agriculture, and industrialization should support national energy goals cohesively. Key considerations include establishing whether the nation will be a net importer or exporter, ensuring an affordable tariff regime, and prioritizing renewable energy and local resources. Furthermore, enhanced monitoring, stakeholder consultation, and dynamic policy frameworks are necessary to adapt to future demands and technological advancements.

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Reevaluating the 2013 Power Policy: Integrated Recommendations for Future Energy Strategy

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  1. SEMINAR Recommendations on Power Policy 2013 34th Annual Convention/ 34th AGM

  2. Pre-Requisites For Policy Formulation • All policies to be part of the wholesome national policy. • Cannot be enacted as a stand alone proposition/in isolation • Policies on S&T, Production, Industrialization, Agriculture, Education, Energy – all to be dealt with separately as distinct subjects, but as a part of the whole

  3. Imperative Decisions • Decision whether the country is to be a net importer or even an exporter • Its relevance to balance of payments • Whether national autarchy is a goal or not? • Indigenization – a part of scheme or not?

  4. Continued • NEPRA’s mission statement of Safe, Reliable, Efficient and Affordable Power – does it need to be kept in view? • Does some other national goal needs to be considered?

  5. PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED FOR POLICY FORMULATION • Data crunching after setting of national goals • In case of power, present gap/suppressed demand/current yearly growth/national goals viz.aviz. the per capita usage & the expected usage – to be considered. • Sectoral precedence/priority to be fixed through POEs • Power allocation & management policy to be formulated

  6. Continued • All the above to be elastic & dynamic in nature, but clear in priorities • Pinpoint & focus on threats viz. non-availability of enabling legislation, failing writ of the governments, alluding consensus, fractured body politic etc.

  7. Continued • Fixation for the first right to cheap fuel – domestic, commercial, agriculture or industry? • Acquisition of power from all sources – including imports form the neighbourhood- should it be given precedence? • Obligation of GoP to arrange competitive tariff regime – to ensure exports/affordable living for the people

  8. Continued • Captive power- an integral part of a sustainable policy worldwide? • Eventual goal to wean-off the industry from the national grid? • Conservation against set targets under the SMART Principle? • Energy Efficiency – again as a national policy- set targets?

  9. IMMEDIATE COST CUTTING/REDUCTION IN COST OF SERVICE • Enabling legislation on the Immediate basis • Setup RGTFs – increase in the sale rate by plugging leakages • Full throttle – effort to ensure implementation of NEPRA targets – resulting in full recovery of revenue.

  10. Continued • Capacities of ministry and line depts to be up-graded • Arrangement of a Robust Monitoring System • Provision of cheaper fuels to power sector viz. diversion of Gas • Conversion of RFO fired plants to local/Afghan/Imported coal under a time bound plan

  11. Continued • Speed up of new Gas finds & use of capped fields through upgraded security etc. • Re negotiation of IPP PPAs • Renewable as set %age of system capacity/concept of micro grids/ feed in tariff/ net – off metering

  12. PRESENT POLICY • Stakeholders not consulted nor listed • National goals of growth not discussed, nor laid down • Cross border trade – not much of a preposition! • Just caters for the present deficits • Doesn’t talk of suppressed demand

  13. continued • Makes no reference to national planning & figures of demand till 2018 & onwards • Perfunctorily speaks of Conservation & EE • Omits captive power as an important pillar • Micro grids & distributed generation – not even discussed • Doesn’t talks about Capacities and monitoring mechanism – change from the existing set-ups, if any.

  14. continued • Static in nature – dynamism not possible • Power sector of the future not discussed • Role of public sector in the future power sector not discussed with time lines • Privatization & the role of private sector in the future power sector not discussed with time lines

  15. continued • Futures & pricing of coal, shale & tight gas, wind & solar power equipment , nuclear energy & fission not discussed • Communication strategy to explain the rationale and to disseminate the policy widely is missing

  16. Conclusion The existing Power Policy - 2013 should be revisited in full

  17. THANK YOU

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