Govt mulls incentives to boost industrial power demand

ISLAMABAD: Amid the request for a 25 per cent increase in annual tariff rebasing, the government on Thursday hinted at offering an incentive package to the industrial sector as part of other power sector reform interventions to revive electricity demand and support economic growth.

This emerged at a public hearing, presided over by National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chairman Waseem Mukhtar, when representatives from various industrial and consumer groups, mostly from Karachi...