Financial Tribune - The private sector will file a complaint against the government for the repeated power outages of recent weeks, the deputy head of Industries, Mines and Trade House of Iran said.

�The manufacturing plants should be compensated for losses and problems caused by lack of electricity,� ISNA also quoted Bijan Panahizadeh as saying.

Noting that the most important problem is the rise in production costs, Panahizadeh said producers cannot stop tax payments, insurance costs and workers� salaries when the electrical power goes out. The Energy Ministry has announced the daily timetable of blackouts in the metropolis since past two weeks, as the province suffers a water shortage unprecedented in the past few decades, which has significantly reduced hydropower generation.