Tag: Shortfall

HESCO facing 450 MWs shortfall

Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) is facing an electricity shortfall of 450 megawatts against the total demand of around 1,000 MW of its system,...

Electricity shortfall reaches 6500 MGW

The electricity shortfall has reached 6500 megawatt due to shortage of oil and gas to power houses. According to the Ministry of Water and Power...

Power shortfall worsens

Power crisis in the country has reached a critical stage while shortfall has reached 7500 Mega Watts. According to sources, current production of electricity...

Power shortfall touches 5000 MW

The power crisis could not be overcome in the country despite all tall claims by the government, as the power shortage burgeoned to 5000...

Unannounced outages ended, claims govt

The Ministry of Water and Power on Friday announced that unannounced load shedding had been ended across the country and electricity shortfall had been...

People up in arms against load shedding; shortfall reaches 7000MW

People have risen up in arms against unscheduled and excessive duration of loadshedding as the electricity shortfall crossed 7000 MW on Wednesday. There...

Citizens witness worst loadshedding as shortfall reaches 7252MW

Prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding due to gap between generation and consumption has adversely affected the routine life, business activities and industrial sector. According to details,...

Power shortfall reaches 4200MW

Though rain and cloudy weather has kept the temperature at reasonable level in upper parts of the country including Northern Punjab, KPK and AJK,...

Protests gain momentum as shortfall hits 6,500MW

The Pakistan Electric Power Company has once again increased load shedding for domestic and commercial consumers in order to facilitate the textile sector, sources...

Power shortfall down to 2,800MW after protests

Electricity shortfall has reduced to 2,800MW amid demonstrations against power outages across Punjab. According to a PEPCO spokesman, the total power generation has reached...

Protests worsen as shortfall touches 6,000MW

Carrying placards, sticks and chanting slogans, dozens of people protested against long hours of power outages in Lahore on Tuesday. The protesters also...

Electricity shortfall rises to 5,800MW

The electricity shortfall in the country has risen to 5,800MWs. According to PEPCO sources, presently 7,500MWs of electricity were being generated while the demand...

PM directs special measures for lowering energy shortfall

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed the ministry of finance to immediately release the due amount of PEPCO for onward payment to...

Power outages remain constant despite reduced shortfall

Despite a sharp reduction in the electricity shortfall, the consumers are not relieved from the eight to 16-hour power outages, Pakistan Today has learned...

Power shortfall cripples routine life

The power shortfall continues to increase across the country and currently stands at 5,655 MW. According to the spokesperson for PEPCO, electricity generation is 13,110...

Load shedding continues despite decrease in shortfall

Despite an improvement in electricity production and a decrease in the power shortfall, load shedding continued to haunt citizens on Saturday and people had...

IPPs don’t get fuel from PSO, KESC doesn’t get 250MW 

Many localities in the city plunged into darkness late Sunday night after fuel supply was suspended to two Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that provide...