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00:00Imagine footing the bill for a massive buffet and only eating a single plate.

00:04Sounds wasteful, right?

00:06That's the reality of our electricity charges.

00:09Here's the deal.

00:11Pakistan's power plants can crank out over 46,000 megawatts, a record high.

00:15Ah, but here's the twist.

00:17We're using less electricity than last year, so a lot of these plants just sit there, unused.

00:22Enter capacity payments.

00:24Think of them as a standby fee, even if the plant's off.

00:27You're paying for its availability.

00:30And it's not pocket change.

00:31We're talking up to ours 2.8 trillion a year.

00:34That's like paying for empty seats at a concert you never attend.

00:38In winter, it gets worse, more plants idle, but we still pay up.

00:42These costs get baked right into your electricity rate,

00:45making everyone, households, businesses, farmers, shell out more.

00:50So, what's the fix?

00:51The government started axing contracts with idle plants and pumping the brakes on new ones.

00:56But unless we match capacity to actual demand, we'll keep paying for power we never use.

01:02Are you ready for real reform, or are we just stuck footing the bill?

01:05We're ready for real reform.

01:05So, we'll keep going.

01:06We're ready for real reform.

01:07We'll keep doing that.

01:08Let's go.

01:08At least we're ready for real reform.

01:09Let's go.

01:11So, let's look.

01:11Let's go.

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