A Win for Private Power Producers

As per a government directive the Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company (Tavanir) will henceforth not be the sole buyer of electricity from private power companies, an Energy Ministry spokesman said.
“Based on the new decree, industrial units which need more than 5 million kilowatt hours of power per annum will be able to buy directly from private suppliers via the energy bourse,” Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi was quoted as saying by Barq news.
After a contract is signed between a private power producer and private manufacturing unit, Tavanir will play a regulatory role and help transfer electricity from the power station to end user(s), he noted.
The energy ministry will provide infrastructure (cables, distribution system, etc.) but delivery will be undertaken by retailers and consumers will not pay the bills to the state-owned company.