دولتGovernment Focus on Encouraging Consumers of Good Consumption of Electricity / “Blackout” Result of Wrong Tariff System ‌

Saeed Niki Sokhan in an interview with Fars News Agency economic reporter, while expressing the adverse effects of the electricity subsidy tariff system, said: The energy tariff system, especially in the electricity sector, has become a catastrophe in this area, the results of which can be clearly seen in the summer blackout.

Referring to the inequality of 14,000 MW of electricity production and consumption in the country, the university professor said: “The per capita household electricity consumption in our country is 6 times the global average and this is not the product of all people’s behavior, but the consumption behavior of less than 25% of subscribers.” The difference between electricity consumption in Iran and other parts of the world.

* Loss of 50,000 billion tomans of high-consumption subscribers to the country

He further while emphasizing that less than 25% of home subscribers consume electricity beyond the pattern, said: the impact that consumption outside the pattern of these 25% of home subscribers inflicts on the electricity industry is estimated at more than 50,000 billion tomans.

Noting that energy can be a source of power for a country, Nikki Sokhan said: “The tariff system in the electricity sector has caused the infrastructure in this area in our country, instead of creating a power component, to always strive to cover household consumption.”

* Government focus on encouraging consumer consumers

Referring to the decision of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Cabinet to review electricity tariffs, the energy expert said: “I believe that changing the tariff system is the most important step to reduce the effects of hidden electricity subsidy payments.”

“Fortunately, the Cabinet has focused on the rewards of well-to-do subscribers before focusing on tariff increases, and unlike previous years, these rewards seem to be very attractive to reduce consumption,” he said. Enjoys.

* The subscriber who wants to use the electricity template more must pay the price

He pointed out that the new government decree considers the use of subsidized electricity up to the consumption pattern to be the right of every subscriber, he said: The amount consumed, must pay the real price.

Nikki Sokhan concluded: “If the government’s electricity bill can reduce the peak load of the coming summer to 3,000 MW, it can be claimed that it has been a great success for the electricity industry.”

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