Power-sector

At home or outside, in offices or factories, people are struggling for energy such as electricity and gas. Yet the country does not lack electricity generation capacity. There are large power plants. But the lights are not on. The reason is the collapse of management. The entire energy sector has been operating on wrong decisions for years. The current crisis is the result of wrong policies and mismanagement. The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission has prepared the...

The country is struggling with a severe energy crisis. There is an acute shortage of gas everywhere, from households to industries. The power situation is also fragile. Even at such a critical time, nine key institutions in the power and energy sector are operating without permanent leadership. Instead of having permanent and visionary leadership, these institutions are being run by officials on temporary assignment. Bureaucrats have been placed in the top positions. Some have been given a...