Despite low demand during the current season, major cities across the country are experiencing up to four hours of load-shedding.
According to a local media outlet, electricity shortfall has reached 5000 MW, resulting in hours-long power outages.
In contrast to the big cities such as Lahore, which is facing up to four hours of load shedding, people in the rural areas are without electricity for up to eight hours daily.
According to sources, the country’s total power generation reportedly stands at 14,500 MW, with a shortfall of 5,000 MW.
On the other hand, the Power Division and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) have been in disagreement over the ongoing problem of over-billing.
In a recently released preliminary report, the Power Division raised concerns about the legitimacy of NEPRA’s inquiry into consumer over-billing.
It has raised questions over NEPRA’s investigation methodology, citing issues such as biased sampling, errors in quality control, inconsistencies in data processing, and a failure to consider operational challenges faced by electricity companies.
However, NEPRA has rejected the objections raised by the power division over its overbilling investigation report.
incompetency from top to bottom in all sectors from top to bottom
Its weird. We were told that they have surplus energy in winters and there was even consideration to give incentive to consumers for excess consumption. All of a sudden, its now a 5000 mw shortfall.
The thing is they are artificially controlling dollar price. So to reduce demand of dollar they are doing loadshedding
They got no dollars to buy fuel for electricity
All I will say that they are bunch of liers. They just make public fool. Feel shame to be a Pakistani to be honest but these liers don’t feel anything
This is peak winter. Imagine the upcoming summer. Allah save us all. Aameen.
Its a management issue. Incompetent people in high positions. NEPRA caught them overbilling and cheating the public, they will try now to silence NEPRA. lineman and meter readers of IESCO are entitled medical treatment in expensive Shifa International hospital, Islamabad. So in the end we have to pay for all such expenses, over billing becomes a compulsions.