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Electricity Supply Stable But Theft And Dead Power Plants Keep Grid on Ventilator

The Power Division spokesperson has stated that electricity supply in the country has improved significantly since April 17 but power plants with 5,500 MW capacity sit completely dead.

The spokesperson revealed that power plants based on LNG, with a total capacity of around 5,500 megawatts, are currently not generating electricity due to the unavailability of fuel.

Once LNG supply is restored, all these plants will resume electricity generation, the spokesperson added.

The spokesperson said that due to increased water releases from dams at the demand of provinces, hydropower generation has reached around 5,000 megawatts during peak night hours. In addition, an extra 400 megawatts of electricity from the southern region has helped stabilize the national grid and supported improved supply to central areas.

No load management was carried out during peak night hours on April 17, 18, and 19.

On April 20, most electricity distribution companies implemented only one hour of load management during nighttime peak demand. However, GENCO and SEPCO carried out up to two hours of load management during peak hours.

The Power Division also clarified that load management linked to electricity theft and system losses will continue across distribution companies. It emphasized that this policy is separate from peak-hour load management and will remain in place even after LNG supply resumes.


  • Fake fake fake

    Biggest theft is imposing high prices on solar users and fixed charges to subsidise businesses.

    Don’t care what you people say. You hate renewable bcz they make us non reliant on govt

  • May I know who is responsible to weed out theft, run the plant at full capacity, It is a layman approach to say theft and low capacity are the problems.
    If WAPDA is failed to address the said issues then this department must go home

  • Kiya Bakwas System Ye Management linked to electricity theft and system losses Us K Baad Ati Feeder Category 1,2,3,4 Yani Jitni Zayed Otni Loadshhind Zayed Aur Jo Bill is Bar Summer Any Hain in Ne Humri Bend Baj Dyni Hy Fixed Charges Ye Tex Woh Tex Tex Nhi T Rex Hy Pakistan Ka Bijli K Bill Ka Nazam

  • fuzool k tax hatao, bijli sasti kro phr bijli choro k khilaf crackdown kro. simple formula hai ek layman bhi samajhta hai pr hmry parhy likhy jahil logo ko smjh nahi ata

  • It’s obvious the ruling junta via in collusion with robbers of electricity theft and distribution losses. For the same reason they want to restrict the expansion of solar energy

  • If they stop Theft, they will lose thier vote bank and subsequently their chairs of power.
    Theft will never be curbed with such bureaucracy and same old politicians


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