Electricity short fall comes down to 1,940MW

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Electricity short fall comes down to 1,940MW

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Load shedding continues despite shortfall of electricity has come down to 1,940MW.

14 May,2011 02:32 pm

Owing to improvement in oil and gas supply, the power generation by the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) has crossed 7,000MW, bringing down the short fall to only 1,940MW.The total electricity generation capacity of the country is 13,703MW while demand is 15,713MW. The shortfall is now only 1,940MW.At least 5,073MW is being produced through water resources while 1,352MW is being obtained through thermal units.At least 168MW is being produced by rental power producers. According to Pepco, KESC is being supplied 600MW. However, undeclared load shedding continues from 5 to 6 hours in cities and 6 to 8 hours in ruler areas.