Saturday, October 23, 2010

Geo436.com blog: Power shortfall shrinks as winter begins to set in

Geo436 LAHORE: Total power shortfall experienced by the country has declined to 659 MW as winter season begins to set in, tilting the weather towards colder side and causing a drop in demand.

PEPCO officials have said that duration of load-shedding has also been reduced as a result of decrease in electricity shortfall.

The country's total power production stands at 11,913 MW whereas demand at 12,572 MW while Karachi received 720 MW electricity during the last 24 hours.

The share of hydel power generation in the total production is 5030 MW while that of thermal 1972 MW. IPPs are producing 4894 MW and Rental Power Plants 62 MW.


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