ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari issued directions to assess the performance of DISCOs and its CEO on the basis of their success to bridge the gap in their sold and billed units and adopting strategy to eliminate the mismatch in tariffs. The directions were issued today in the wake of a performance review meeting.
The federal minister further directed the CEOs of all DISCOs to file quarterly tariff adjustment petitions within one month (during March) with NEPRA and pursue the same for better financial management of distribution companies as corporate entities in a bid to help reduce the gap in billed and recovered amounts by the DISCOs.
The CEOs were told to ensure replacements of defective meters within seven days after being declared defective besides clearing the backlog of defective meters in their respective DISCOs by March 31, 2018.
The Minister, while taking strong exception to the continuous delays and frequent stock depletion of essential materials, directed all the chairmen of the BODs to make proper procurement plans for the next financial year and get it approved by 15 April 2018. A list of problematic items of procurement was asked to be prepared, and PEPCO to notify a working group to design central procurement system to avoid quality and delay issues.
Leghari directed that 1,53,914 No. ripe connections cases should be cleared by the end of this month, and a new online application system would be implemented within by the 15th of this month, after which, no application would be entertained on the previous manual system.
He instructed CEO SEPCO to install AMR meters on all government connections by the end of March 2108. The estimate for installing AMR on all connections of Govt. of Sindh by all DISCOs to be submitted for taking further action.
DISCOs already have billions stuck in their inventory/stores and he is talking about procurement plans…. commission agent.
About 25 bns of inventory is stuck in stores….. he shd hv told them to work on some Just in Time material support.
Next all pay and benefit expenses of employees are paid by consumers, clearly reflected as 85% of Distribution Margin given DISCOs, a CEO is getting 1 lac per month, being grade 20 officer, and 20 lac also, for near and dear of Awais.
Whereas, results are opposite.
Someone must tell these Nawab sahibs that it is culture of company and environment that matters more.
Must send him to jail this time for KElec games.
If a grade 20 officer is running a DISCO efficiently and least losses, and is costing consumer just 1.5 lacs, while market based jins costing millions, still high losses is no fair policy.
Extra cost differential must be paid from profit of company or some other incomes by company.
Charging high salary individuals bills directly to consumers is illogical and immoral. KESC is charging highest, but performing much lower than GEPCO,FESCO….
Highest Salaries shd be made subject to profits earned by companies, and not just for sake of having Angrezi Mahool.. ata qasmi sb is one good example.
Similarly, benefits such as free electricity for 000s of employees shdn’t be charged as expense paid by consumers, do it from profits earned by companies or keep that just to distribution margin, excluding generation and transmission cost.
Pays of CEOs and others must be revised under a reform program, doesn’t look good that a person is looking after 00s of bn turnover company, but remains grade 20….. ironically reporting bugs and viruses bcs of that structure.
Then is issue of pensioners,
1. Numbers are more than serving with free electricity-charged to consumers and
2. everyone who retires, gets bounty in shape of paid holidays. 8 billion is charged to consumers under this category.
What these idiots do in ministry whole day??? Can’t they solve such issues to reduce cost or improve situation.