'Efficient distribution of power is FESCO's top priority'

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Tariq Mehmood Chattha has said economization coupled with efficient distribution and transmission system of electricity with minimum line loses is top priority of FESCO and for this purpose aluminium wire could also be used to replace costly copper wires.
He was addressing a seminar organised by New Age Cables to introduce high efficiency and cost effective aluminium wires. The seminar was attended by a large number of electronic engineers, industrialists and distributors of electric wires.
Chattha underlined the importance of profitable policies for any commercial and business entity and said that the price difference between copper and aluminium wires is visible but we have to consider other techno economization aspect too. He said that the use of aluminium has already been started as we were forced to abandon the use of costly copper wire in open places.
He said that the price difference has triggered the incidents of cable theft and FESCO has to suffer Rs 30 million loses per annum only due to the theft of copper wires and transformers. He said that no doubt aluminium wires are 3 times cheaper as compared to the copper wires but in the prevailing energy crisis we must keep in our minds that the measure to minimise technical line loses. He said that the increase in density of aluminium cables could minimize the line loses and we must consider the use of aluminium wires in our prevailing circumstances when we are facing financial crunch.
Mian Muhammad Idrees thanked the administration of New Age Cable for organising this seminar at Faisalabad while MPA Engr. Rana Muhammad Afzal stressed the need to overcome technical problems while replacing the copper with aluminium wires.
Managing Director New Age Cables, Amir Bakhat Azam said that his organisation was not only catering to the needs of the country but was also exporting its aluminium products to other countries. He said that cheaper aluminium wires should be promoted to minimise the over all development expenditures.
He said that WAPDA and other power distribution companies were already using aluminium wires but still there was room to replace the use of costly copper wire. Muhammad Amjad General Manager New Age Cables explained in detail the technical data of aluminium cables viz-viz copper wires. He also responded to the queries asked during question answer session of the seminar.