Power breakdown occurred due to human error
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January 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A report outlining the reasons for the recent electricity blackout in the country has been submitted to the Power Division.
According to Geo News, the report was submitted by the National Power Control Centre, stating that on January 09 at 11:41pm, the 500KV Guddu-Shikarpur transmission line’s circuits 1 and 2 tripped. As a result, the 500KV Guddu-Muzaffargarh and Guddu-Dera Ghazi Khan transmission lines also tripped, causing the entire power system to shut down. As per the report, before the blackout, the frequency of the system was 49.85 and it was generating a total of 10,311MW electricity, of which 1,257MW was being generated from water, 983MW was generated through the government’s thermal power plants, while 8,070MW electricity was coming from independent power producers (IPPs).