Electricity shortfall in Pakistan has reached 5,233 MW as summers intensify, Power Division sources told ProPakistani.
Today’s power generation stands at 20,767 MW, while the demand has surged to 26,000 MW.
| Hydropower Plants | 7,600 MW |
| Thermal Power Plants | 760MW |
| Private Power Plants | 8,000 MW |
| Wind Power Plants | 990 MW |
| Solar Power Plants | 132 MW |
| Bagasse | 185 MW |
| Nuclear | 3,100 MW |
| Total | 20,767 MW |
Sources said due to the current shortfall, load shedding is becoming more frequent across the country. Rural areas experience 8 to 10 hours of load shedding, urban areas face around 6 hours, and high-line loss areas endure 12 to 14 hours.
The Power Division is working to address the issue, but the gap between demand and supply is too wide to get under control any time soon.
Meanwhile, the cost of fuel for power generation decreased by 10.1 percent YoY to an average of Rs. 9.21/unit in April 2024. During April 2024, the actual power generation was 20.4 percent lower than the reference generation.
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How does all this work?
Most of the time I hear there is a lot of electricity and we are giving capacity payments for not utilizing it, and then comes the peak summer days, in which there is a shortfall…
Can someone please explain this?
Yet they think net metering isn’t doing anything good for the DESCOS. Because people are not buying as much electricity they are producing,
Pakistan capacityover 460000 mw . We are paying IPPs billions for nothing because no transmission lines to transport electricity