Director General PEPCO Engineer Muhammad Khalid said on Friday that 2000 MW electricity would be added to national grid within two months that will help overcome loadshedding in extremely hot weather.
Talking to a private news channel, he hoped that loadshedding would be less this year as compared to past as power generation at Thermal and Hydel has been improved.
To a question, he said on that electricity prices are not being increased and the tariff increase that was earlier scheduled to be applied on April 1 has also been suspended.
He said the duration of loadshedding in major cities is between five to eight hours while in rural areas the duration is 10 to 12 hours.
All out efforts were being made to minimize power loadshedding and the situation will improve soon, he added.
He said water level in the dam starts rising by May end and hopefully then the power generation at the dam will improve. The water inflow of the dam is satisfactory and its water level is also high as compared to the dead level and to the previous year as well, he said.
Khalid said efforts are underway to keep the shortfall at its minimum and top most priority is to provide power supply to the industry and agriculture sector.
DG PEPCO said no time-frame could be given for elimination of loadshedding.
He said that the energey conservation plan is bearing fruit and all IPPs are producing electricity at full capacity.
He also said that three power plants will be set up in Sindh in the next three years.
The electricity shortfall has dropped 3000MW on Friday and the situation is now under control, he added.
The DG, said “We are hopeful that the shortfall will not exceed to 4000MW in next days even if the demand remains high.”
