2 units resume, power supply improves

Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood on Monday said the country’s power supply situation has improved after two generation units resumed operation, reducing the supply deficit and easing load-shedding.

Speaking in Parliament, the minister said two power generation units had gone offline on Sunday, forcing the government to impose load-shedding in parts of the country.

“Two of our power generation units had shut down, which is why we had to resort to load-shedding yesterday,” he said.

Mahmood said the situation had improved significantly since then.

“By the grace of Allah, I am pleased to inform the House and the people that our current power generation stands at 14,500 megawatts, while demand is now 14,839 megawatts,” he told Parliament.
According to the minister, the current shortfall has come down to 339MW, resulting in limited load-shedding in some areas. “The load-shedding will now be 339 megawatts. We are trying to reduce even this 300MW-plus deficit. There will still be load-shedding in some places, but we are making every effort to eliminate it,” he said.

Referring to Sunday’s situation, Mahmood said the power supply had been under considerable pressure but had since improved.

“Yesterday’s situation was difficult, but by the grace of Allah, we have managed to overcome it today,” he said.