You probably googled most of the wikipedia edited information
I hang around investors plus I have other tools available to do this research and yes google is one of them, I don't take stuff from wikipedia as that can be edited by anyone.
end-user doesn't care about generation more about the cost of unit consumed, that was what I was speaking about.
I couldn't agree more, but in Pakistan we don't have any leaders, we have opportunist thieves running the country, they will only make decisions that will benefit them not you and I.
Phillipines does give subsidy like other corrupt nations like Pakistan hogged by pseudo-intellectuals like you trying to divert and spin information.
Well lets see;
If it was people like me running the country, we would close down every crown corporation period, let the private sector fill in the gap and tax them.
I would subsidize power rates to the manufacturing sector like India and China to attract foreign Investors, but consumers will pay full cost.
Philippines Meralco charges 18 per KwH [US cents] flat whereas in Pakistan those consuming more than 700 units like in Karachi pay 18.22 cents per KwH which is Rs. 18-20 per KwH which is one of the most expensive in Asia.
It will cost billions to upgrade Karachi outdated power system, it will cost billions to build new power supply. Who is going to pay for that?
The reason we are in this situation is because previous governments only paid lip service to this and didn't bother building or upgrading, guess what now you have no choice but to privatize.
Even after subsidy K-Electric blackmails to keep the rates up as its protected by top politician in Sindh Govt. [everyone knows who, who has a hand in 1994 electricity policy] NEPRA knowing the exorbitant prices with crap supply by KESC reduced the tariff by Rs.3.5 per unit in 2017, K-Electric went to court and took the stay order and still robbing the consumers with over-inflated charges by making different excuses like peak units, getting cheap gas supply from SSGC and not operating its generation units which run on furnace oil.
Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) worth Rs 32 billion had played a key role in rendering the power utility incapacitated in making payments.
Leghari categorically declared that gas supply to K-Electric would not be restored until a payment agreement was signed.K-Electric had to pay Rs70-80 billion to SSGC and until the row was resolved or a formula was agreed, gas supply would remain an issue. “Gas cannot be provided without any agreement,”
Federal government halted the gas supply to k-electric and provincial government doesn't want to pay its bills, clearly K-electric at fault here.