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1 (49th Session) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT ————— “QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS AND THEIR REPLIES” to be asked at a sitting of the National Assembly to be held on Saturday, the 26th January, 2013 (Originally Starred Question Nos. 23,24,25, 28, 35, 42, 43, 44, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144 and 145 were set down for answer during the 48th Session) 23. *Ms. Tahira Aurangzeb: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that two Power Plants for the generation of electricity are being installed at Tharparkar; (b) if so, the annual quantum of electricity to be generated therefrom alongwith the time by which the generation of electricity will be started therefrom? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): (a) Two Power Plants of 50 MW each (IGCC 2009) were approved by the ECNEC on January 9, 2011 at a cost of Rs.8898.70 million for the generation of electricity at Tharparkar. Funds of Rs 900.00 million have so far been released by the Finance Division, GoP vide their letter No.F.4(1)PF.IV/ 2012-44 dated 27-08-2012. The spade work has been started at site. On receipt of remaining funds in accordance with the requirement and schedule, the project would be completed within two years. (b) Around 250 million of energy units will be generated annually after COD to be achieved after 2 years at 60% load factor. 2 24. *Ms. Tasneem Siddiqui: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is possible to end the load shedding of electricity In the country; if so, the steps taken in this regard so far? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): Yes it is possible (b) and the steps taken to overcome the gap between supply and demand are as under:— Supply side measures, Supply side measure consist of the following areas: 1. Addition of new power plants: (i) Addtion of Wapda Hydel Projects. (ii) Addition of IPPs.(Independent Power Plants). (iii) Addition of Public Sector Plants. 2. Rehabilitation of GENCOs Plants. (Public Sector Power Plants) 3. Supply of gas to thermal power plants and IPPs. 4. Supply of High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO) and Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (LSFO) to GENCOs and IPPs plants. Demand side measures • Disconnection of bill board and neon sign, encouragement to convert to solar power systems. • Switching off alternate street lights points and conversion of street lights to solar system / LEDs ( in the longer run). • Ornamental lights- complete elimination. 3 • Ceremonial lights- complete elimination. • Sports lighting / usage- ban till the crises remains • Liaison with provincial agriuculature departments for eduacation of Agri tube- well users for. i. Night time usage from 10:00 PM to 06:00 AM. ii. use of standard motor/pumps iii. Re-winding with standard wire etc. • Installation of LT (Low Tension) capaictors on consumer premises etc to enhance life of customer appliances etc liaison with local manufacturers/ farmer chambers. • Replacement of incandicent lamps with CFLs (energy savers). • Installation of Time of day(TOD) satic meters on 3 phase domestic and commercial consumers having load 5 KW and above. • Staggering of the holidays in industry and Govt. offices. • Closure of shopping malls and commercial centers/markets/plazas at 08:00pm through awareness program. • Marriage halls must be closed at 10:00pm • Usage of air conditoners in Govt. offices for grade 20 and above after 11:00AM. • Campaign to keep AC themostat at 26 C minimum. • Five days working in a week in Govt. departments and affiliated institutions. 25. *Ms. Khalida Mansoor: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that Norway has offered to generate electricity from the sea waves; if so, the details thereof; and 4 (b) the time by which the electricity will be generated therefrom? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): (a) No such proposal is under process in Ministry of Water and Power. (b) Not Applicable. 28. *Mrs. Nisar Tanveer: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the ratio of energy of all sources added in the national grid as on March 17th, 2008; (b) the ratio of energy of allsources added in the national grid as on September 15th, 2012; (c) the Programmes/projects of electricity/energy production which were in progress on March, 2008 alongwith the specification and present status thereof; (d) the Programmes/projects of electricity launched since March 17, 2008 till date alongwith the specification and present status thereof; and (e) the year and project-wise amount spent on the electricity projects since March, 2008 till date? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): (a) The ratio of energy of all sources added in the national grid as on March 17, 2008 is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Source Capacity (MW) Ratio (%) —————————————————————————————— 1. Hydel Generation 6,376 41.31 2. Thermal Gencos 3,580 23.20 3. Thermal (IPPs excluding Nuclear 5,178 33.55 4. Thermal (Nuclear) 300 1.94 —————————————————————————————— Total Energy Generation 15,434 100.00 —————————————————————————————— 5 (b) The ratio of energy of all sources added in the National Grid as on September 15, 2012 is as under:— —————————————————————————————— Sr. No. Source Capacity (MW) Ratio (%) —————————————————————————————— 1. Hydel Generation 6,448 41.31 2. Thermal Gencos 3,580 23.20 3. Thermal (IPPs excluding Nuclear 7,668 33.55 4. Thermal (Nuclear) 615 1.94 —————————————————————————————— Total Energy Generation 18,331 100.00 —————————————————————————————— (c) Two Power Projects of net installed capacity of 950 MW through public sector were underway by PEPCO. Around 1500 MW hydel projects were at different level of completion since March 2008. The details can be seen at Annex-I. (d) The attached list indicates the projects underway since 17th March 2008. Details can be seen at Annex-II. (e) Year and Project wise amount spent on the projects since March 2008 can be seen at Annex-III. (Annexures have been placed in the National Assembly Library) 35. *Mrs. Munira Shakir: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state whether it is a fact that new water reservoirs have been constructed to store the rain and flood water in the country during the last four years till date; if so, the details thereof? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: It is correct that new reservoirs are constructed to store the rain flood water in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 6 In the Directorate General, Small dams, Irrigation Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the following 02 No. PSDP Schemes have been approved during 2006-07 & 2007-08 respectively. The details of completed/under construction small dams are as under:— I. Construction of 20 No, Small Dams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PSDP 2012-13 No. 29. —————————————————————————————— S. No. Name of Sub-Project Status ———————————————————————————————————————— i. Construction of Karak Dam Distt. Karak Physically Completed ii. Construction of Loughar Dam Distt Karak Physically Completed iii. Construction of Khair Bara Dam Distt. Haripur Physically Completed iv.. Construction of Jabba Khattak Dam Distt. Nowshera Physically Completed v. Construction of Darmalak Dam Distt. Kohat Under Constn. vi Construction of Ghole Banda Dam Distt. Karak Under Constn. vii Construction of Mardan Khel dam District Karak Under Constn. viii Construction of Zamir Gul Dam Distt Kohat Recently approved ———————————————————————————————————————— II. Construction of Sanam, Palai & Kundal Dams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PSDP 2012-13 No. 37 —————————————————————————————— S. No. Name of Sub-Project Status ———————————————————————————————————————— i Construction of Palai Dam Distt. Charsadda Under Constn. ii Construction of Kundal Dam Distt. Swabi Recently approved iii Construction of Sanam Dam Distt. Dir Lower Under process for approval. ———————————————————————————————————————— WAPDA: To “store rain and flood water” following dams have been constructed during the last four years:— 7 ———————————————————————————————————————— Storage Generation Sr. Name of Location Live/Gross Capacity Completion No. Project (MAF) (MW} date ———————————————————————————————————————— 1. Mangle Dam Mirpur AJ&K 4.405 / **120 *December, Raising 4.50 2009 2. Satpara Dam Skardu, Gilgit- 0.053 / 17.3 June, Baltistan 0.093 2012 3. Sabakzai Dam Zhob Town, 0.014/ — June, Balochistan 0.032 2009 —————————————————————————————— * Resettlement work are in progress ** Additional 42. *Rana Mahmood -ul- Hassan: Will the Minister for Water and Power be pleased to state: (a) the average transmission and distribution losses of each DISCO as on March, 2008 and at present respectively; (b) whether it is a fact that the maintenance of transmission and distribution lines have not been made during the last four years till date; if so, the reasons thereof; (c) the impact of such losses to the respective consumers of the said DISCOs; and (d) the steps being taken to control the said losses? Minister for Water and Power (Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar): (a) Transmission and Distribution losses vary from month to month depending on weather conditions and industrial / agriculture demand. Therefore accumulative average losses of a year show the clear picture instead of comparing it on month basis Losses for the year 2008-2009 & 2011-2012 are given hereunder:— 8 —————————————————————————————— Name of DISCOs Average transmission and distributation losses (%age) ———————————— 2008-2009 2011-2012 —————————————————————————————— LESCO 13.3 13.5 GEPCO 11.0 11.2 FESCO 10.7 10.9 IESCO 10.8 9.5 MEPCO 18.4 17.9 PESCO+TESCO 35.3 35.1 HESCO+SEPCO 35.1 38.8 QUESCO 20.1 20.9 DISCOs TOTAL 19.4 19.4 —————————————————————————————— GRANT TOTAL with (KESC & IPPs) 18.2 18.2 —————————————————————————————— However, losses of DISCOs as on March 2008 and September 2012 are given for information at Annex-I. (b) Maintenance of lines is a continuous process and is being carried out regularly for continuity of healthy power supply to the customers.