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| 'Six to 10 hour outages' as power shortfall swells |
| 2014-06-17 |
| [DAWN] LAHORE: As electricity shortfall surges to 3,400MW on Sunday, the distribution companies (DISCOs) have resorted to implement a six-to-ten-hour loadshedding schedule across the country. According to a report of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), the total power generation and demand on Sunday (at 12:30pm) was 14,000MW and 17,400MW, respectively, that forced the DISCOs to carry out 6 to 10 hours loadshedding. "The generation includes 5,240MW, 2,070MW and 6,690MW received by the national grid through hydel, thermal and IPPs (Independent Power Producers), respectively," the report added. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... people in major cities of the country, mainly Lahore, continued facing massive loadshedding, besides problems like tripping and low voltage with fluctuation. To save their appliances from the impact of low voltage and power fluctuations, many in Lahore have no other option but to buy stabilizers. "Since our air-conditioner was not working under these conditions, we recently purchased a power stabiliser," says Imran, a resident of Johar Town. According to the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Chief Executive Officer Rao Zameerud Din, the loadshedding in the city has been reduced to six hours due to effective monitoring of the grid stations' operations. "We have devised an effective monitoring mechanism under which everything, right from the quota of megawatts received from the national grid through NTDC to their distribution through grid stations is being watched. This has caused reduction in loadshedding," he claimed while talking to Dawn. |
| Posted by:Fred |