Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Power crisis worsened

Power crisis worsened LAHORE: Owing to low power generation in the country unannounced loadshedding has been increased up to 15 hours, Geo News reported Tuesday.

According to Pepco spokesman, power generation in the country was at 12768MW while the demand has soared to 14479MW, leaving a gap of 1711MW.

He expressed hope that situation would improve with starting of shut plants. Power generation through hydel remained 5,976MW, followed by 1,932MW through thermal and 4,798MW through IPPs while, electricity supply to KESC remained 700MW, he added.