“We witnessed forced outages at least 5 to 6 times on Friday,” said one resident. ─ Dawn/File
LAHORE: The intensity of unannounced loadshedding for hours in addition to time-to-time tripping and fluctuation or the power failures due to other technical faults continued on Friday as the people in Lahore and other parts of the country passed another day in tough situation.
“We witnessed forced outages at least 5 to 6 times on Friday. In addition to this, we are also witnessing tripping, power fluctuation etc,” Nazir, a resident of Ravi Road, said.
“These are perhaps the worst days we ever witnessed,” he continued, requesting the government to take immediate remedial measures.
Daily Times
June 30, 2021
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday observed that in-efficient power plants were run as compared to efficient power plants during May.
Nepra Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi said this while concluding a public hearing into monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for May. The chairman also expressed dismay over National Transmission & Despatch Company’s (NTDC) in-efficiency in the transmission system.
Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Masood Anwar Khan, Member Sindh Rafique Ahmed Sheikh and Member Balochistan Rehmatullah were also present at the hearing. The Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA-G) on behalf of X-WAPDA DISCOs in a petition sought a reduction of 12 paisas per unit for May under monthly fuel adjustment mechanism.
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