Power Short Fall Triggers 11-hour Load Shedding

It was recently reported from Lahore that the load shedding hours and power outages have been stretched for as long as 11 hours in a single day. Sources claim that the shortfall has increased to 3600MW and in order to make up for the short fall, at least 11 hours of load shedding is needed.

The major cities such as Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi are still experiencing less than 11 hours of load shedding, but areas in Punjab, interior Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are currently facing load shedding hours of more than 12 hours (besides forced shutdowns).

A source claimed, “The Lahorites are also facing about nine to 10 hours loadshedding besides continuous tripping, low voltage and power fluctuation due to overloaded power distribution system.”

The total power generation is currently 13700MW while the demand has stretched up to 17300MW. This means that there is a shortfall of at least 3600MW and the power distribution companies have to carry out load shedding for up to 11 hours at least.

The situation, however, is better than last year where people were experiencing at least 15 hours of load shedding during this time of the month. This situation is expected to improve further in the month of July as Pakistan deploys different plans to make more electricity.  

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