Government to install 660 megawatts RLNG-based power plant in KP

The Federal government has agreed to install 660 megawatts RLNG based Power plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to statement issued by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) here on Wednesday, a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reform was held at Parliament House regarding 1200MW RLNG based Power Plants in Baloki and Haveli Bahadurshah.
The meeting was chaired by the Chairman Abdul Majeed Khan (PML-N). The meeting was attended by MNA Sher Akbar Khan, MNA Shams un Nisa, MNA Dr. Asma Mamdot, MNA Syed M Akhtar Hussain Shah Gillani, MNA Sheikh Salah uddin, MNA Shaheen Shafiq, MNA Junaid Akbar, MNA Shahid Sohail, MNA Asia Nasir, MNA Dr. Nafisa Shah, MNA Iftikhar uddin, representatives from Planning Commission, PEDO and Government of KP.
The Planning Commission team briefed the Committee about the present progress of the plants. The representatives of KP stressed upon the discrimination done by Federal Government on installation of the two RLNG based power plants in one province.
He further highlighted that despite producing more than 53% of national crude oil and about 13% of natural gas, KP does not have any single Thermal Power Plant. He further elaborated that Thermal Power Plant is necessary in the Province for voltage regulation and reducing the line losses. The representative of KP proposed that at least one 660 MW RLNG based Combined Cycle Power Plant shall be installed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Federal PSDP along with RLNG transmission pipeline and power evacuation systems.