The electricity shortage surged all over again to concerning 6,000 megawatts on Monday as temperatures rose to 46-47 degrees Anders Celsius in most of the southern region, leading to extra load shedding of 12-16 hours.
Reports from numerous elements of the country recommended 7-9 hours of load shedding in major urban centres and 10-18 hours in rural areas.
Officials within the Ministry of Water and Power aforementioned electricity demand reached near 19,000MW on Monday whereas overall power provide was around 13,500MW, going away a five,500 MW gap that was stuffed through systematic nearer of feeders to shield the system stability.
Sources operative areas recommended the general power generation was around twelve,700MW, with associate degree calculable shortage of six,300MW.
Around 10,000MW of electricity was really reached the shoppers, when accounting for 6-7 per cent transformational and transmission losses and 17-18pc of distribution losses, sources more.
The sources aforementioned it had become a Herculean job to stabilise grid with such a giant gap. the sphere employees is left with no choice however to exercise discretion betting on the bottom state of affairs at a given time, they added.
These closures become inevitable to avoid a whole breakdown within the system owing to frequency match, the sources explained.
They aforementioned it’s uncommon to envision forty seven degrees Anders Celsius in Sibbi, Bhakkar, Rahimyar Khan and Khanpur whereas Dadu, Bahawalpur, Bhawalnagar, Larkana, Sukkur and Shorkot old forty six degree Centigrade in Apr.
Comparatively, larger load centers like Multan, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan and Joccobabad witnessed 45 degree temperatures.
The sources said hydropower projects contributed a maximum of 2,000MW while public sector generation companies produced 2,700MW and independent power producers generated almost 8,000MW.
In September and October, 760MW from Balloki and 1,460MW form Port Qasim, Bhikki would be more whereas a fourth unit on Haveli Bahadur would begin flowing in Gregorian calendar month.
Credit: Dawn
