{"id":63956,"date":"2020-04-12T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63956"},"modified":"2020-04-10T18:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:05:26","slug":"cabinet-committee-ogra-handle-pricing-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cabinet-committee-ogra-handle-pricing-coal.html","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet committee for OGRA to handle pricing of coal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government is looking to expand the scope of Oil and Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to allow to set the price for coal in the country, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government also plans to revisit the imported coal supply agreement in an effort to lower the prices. Currently, OGRA only prices petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-track-planned-coal-transportation-port-qasim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Railway track planned for coal transportation at Port Qasim (opens in a new tab)\">Railway track planned for coal transportation at Port Qasim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presently, coal related agreements and pricing is handled by\nthe National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). Reportedly, it had also\nbeen proposed in a recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) that\nthe government should revisit coal supply agreements to lower the costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, all coal-fired projects are under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework and considering the delicate nature of the government-to-government arrangements, it was decided that the matter will be handled after following proper procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dedicated-railway-line-to-transport-thar-coal-to-port-qasim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dedicated railway line to transport Thar coal to Port Qasim (opens in a new tab)\">Dedicated railway line to transport Thar coal to Port Qasim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three companies running coal-based power plants include\nHuaneng Shandong Ruyi Pakistan Energy, Qasim Electric Power Company and China\nPower Hub Generation Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCoE issued instructions that OGRA should handle the price\nof imported coal, at least. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government is looking to expand the scope of Oil and Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to allow to set the price for coal in the country, a news source reported. The government also plans to revisit the imported coal supply agreement in an effort to lower the prices. Currently, OGRA only prices petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Read: Railway track planned for coal transportation at Port Qasim Presently, coal related agreements and pricing is handled by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). Reportedly, it had also been proposed in a recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) that the government should revisit coal supply agreements to lower the costs. Currently, all coal-fired projects are under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework and considering the delicate nature of the government-to-government arrangements, it was decided that the matter will be handled after following proper procedures. Read: Dedicated railway line to transport Thar coal to Port Qasim The three companies running coal-based power plants include Huaneng Shandong Ruyi Pakistan Energy, Qasim Electric Power Company and China Power Hub Generation Company. The CCoE issued instructions that OGRA should handle the price of imported coal,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[26034],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-cabinet-committee-for-ogra-to-handle-pricing-of-coal","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cabinet committee for OGRA to handle pricing of coal - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government is looking to expand the scope of Oil and Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to allow to set the price for coal in the country,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cabinet-committee-ogra-handle-pricing-coal.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cabinet committee for OGRA to handle pricing of coal - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government is looking to expand the scope of Oil and Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to allow to set the price for coal in the country,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cabinet-committee-ogra-handle-pricing-coal.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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