Pakistan continued to face an electricity shortfall during peak hours on April 23, despite an increase in hydropower generation, according to the Power Division.
Officials said electricity demand rose across the country, while hydropower output increased to 5,800 megawatts during peak hours due to higher water releases from Tarbela Dam.
The country’s total hydropower capacity stands at 11,500 megawatts, indicating that generation still remains significantly below potential levels.
Improved hydropower output also helped stabilize the national grid, allowing an additional 500 megawatts of electricity to be transmitted from the southern region to the central system. This was about 100 megawatts higher than the previous night.
Despite the improvement, power distribution companies carried out load management of up to two hours during peak nighttime demand. Officials clarified that economic load management on high-loss feeders continues under policy and is separate from peak hour load management.
The Power Division said that around 5,500 megawatts of generation capacity remains idle due to the unavailability of liquefied natural gas amid global supply constraints. Authorities said that improved LNG availability and further increases in water releases culd help eliminate the nighttime shortfall in the coming days.
All bcz the cowardly govt reduced the benefits of solar. This govt is truly incompetent