Spokesperson of the Energy Commission: Deposits into the Energy Efficiency Fund have not been made so far

According to Energy Press, Seyed Ismail Hosseini, in a conversation with ISNA, stated that many economic issues stem from energy imbalances. He said, “To address energy imbalances, we must focus on increasing production and optimizing consumption.”

He added that energy experts believe that investing in consumption optimization roughly one-fifth to one-t of production increases, which is why overall policies of the system, as in the Supreme Leader’s overall policies in Article 46 of the Seventh Development Plan, emphasize consumption optimization and energy reduction. This includes the establishment of Strategic Energy Optimization and Management Organization and creation of an energy consumption optimization fund

The spokesperson for the Energy of the Islamic Council of Iran, that the fund’s resources have been, stated that one source is an equivalent of one percent of all resources crude oil exports, natural gas condens, and net natural gas exports. Representing Shiraz and Zarqan in the Islamic Council of Iran,ini continued: “Since the fund was established in the 1404, which is effective from mid-1403 as per the Seventh Plan, no funds have been allocated this source. The government’s performance this regard has been zero in the 1402, 103, and 1404.”

He reminded that the allocated credits for this fund in these years, as per the annual budget, amounted to approximately 160 trillion tomans, with only 18% of it actually deposited, indicating than 12% performance.

Read more: Ministry of Energy: Most Successful Ministry in the Government Hosseini further stated: “In addition, the government has interpreted ” in this clause as bonds, is mentioned in both the 144 and 1405 budget bills in the table of financial assets acquisition. However, the legislature’s intention to refer to the real-time equivalent of export revenues, i.e., one percent of the government’s of crude oil, natural gas condens, and net natural gas exports in, which should be deposited in the in real currency, but unfortunately, government has considered it as bonds, this has not been implemented either.”