Factors such as natural resources, government policies and economic stability can affect the price and availability of electricity. But electricity is significantly cheaper in some countries than in others.
An international group has compiled a list of countries with cheapest electricity prices based on the latest petrol price data which is listed below.
Iran
The cheapest electricity worldwide is available in Iran, at $0.002 per kilowatt, energy in Iran is largely state-controlled, with the government providing heavy subsidies on electricity prices. Recently, the Iranian government invested 19 percent of its total GDP on the energy sector alone.
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Syria has the second cheapest electricity price in the world, at $0.003 per kilowatt hour. Here too the energy sector is largely controlled by the government.
He said that 3 thousand 831 megawatts are kept in the system so that you can avoid 874 hours of load shedding, there are 8 thousand 760 hours in a year, if you tolerate 10% of the electricity, then it is worth 100 billion. Capacity payment will not have to be paid, capacity payment is the cost of avoiding loadshedding.
Owais Laghari said that why we are paying more capacity because our electricity is expensive, we are providing the most expensive electricity in the region, no doubt, unless we admit it, solve it. Can’t, can reduce the cost of 100 billion by shedding 874 hours.
The Federal Minister of Energy said that there is a huge difference in our system, we use 7000 megawatts of electricity in winter and 24000 megawatts in summer for only 80 hours, the rest of the capacity is the same. 9,000 megawatts of electricity used by your fans alone, 120 megawatts per fan on average, which is now a 30.30 watt fan. The step will be to reduce the electricity demand in summer and increase it in winter.
He further said that in order to have uniform use of electricity in the country, minimum electricity remains unused, for this it is very important to set up industries in the country. Done, the more industrial usage increases, the better the load utilization and the lower your costs.
Owais Leghari said that in 5 companies of Islamabad and Punjab, there is a billing of 3 thousand 107 billion, in which there is only a loss of 100 billion, in Peshawar, FATA, tribal districts, Sukkur, Hydabad, Quetta, a total of 1100 billion. Billing happens and there is a loss of 400 billion, these are the loss areas that we have to hit and cover the losses by improving the governance of distribution companies.
The Federal Minister of Energy said that when our government came in 2013, we installed new plants to end electricity load shedding, at that time the price of the US dollar was 100 rupees, at that time the burden of capacity charges on the consumer was 10 rupees per unit. When the US dollar reached 200 rupees, the interest rate increased to 14 rupees per unit, when the dollar went to 300 rupees, it went to 18 rupees per unit. A reduction of Rs. per unit would have saved Rs. 900 billion per year.
He further said that at present the average unit is 44 rupees, 2.5 million meters are selling units of 10 rupees, 15 rupees and 18 rupees to about 90% of the consumers, giving cheap electricity. Who is paying for it, it is paid by the finance ministry, it is paid by your taxes and those who we are giving electricity at a cost of Rs 44 per unit, they also bear the burden of these poor consumers. .
The energy minister said that today the commercial consumer is using 75, 77 rupees per unit, he is paying 30 rupees extra, the industry of Pakistan was carrying a burden of 244 billion rupees, the competitiveness of the industries was disappearing. , reducing this burden to 70 billion, this burden has been borne by the government, it is called cross-subsidy reduction for which steps have been taken in the budget.
Federal Minister Owais Leghari said that we have increased the fixed charges, reduced the price per unit, this will improve.
He said that when the ministry was handed over, they started working on IPPs, when people came to know about it, they started raising their voice about it, they put pressure on IPPs, which the ministry could not do openly. , they did, I am grateful to them, some of our agreements are guaranteed globally, we have to convince them to improve while staying within the agreements, we have done more in this regard than ever in history. Well, in the next one to two months, the government will give such good news regarding IPPs where there will be a one-one situation for all.
Owais Leghari further said that in the next 10 years, 18 thousand megawatts of electricity is coming into the system, which should be the electricity generated by water at 30 or 20 rupees per unit or the electricity generated by solar energy at 11 rupees per unit. The electricity which has been opened by yesterday’s electric.
The federal minister also said that during Nawaz Sharif’s era, load shedding had to be stopped, at that time no one was ready to help, China helped, those power plants were cheap at that time, the same way the previous plant needs to be looked at. Similarly, future plants also need to be looked at, we are looking at it, we have no problem with it.
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2024-08-23 09:48:11
