June 28, 2021
LAHORE: The opposition members in the National Assembly visited National Power Control Centre (NPCC) on Sunday.
According to a spokesman for the National Transmission and Dispatch Company, a group of Members of National Assembly comprising former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Rana Sanaullah visited the NTDC National Power Control Centre in Islamabad.
Joint Secretary Transmission, Power Division Ahmed Taimoor Nasir, Managing Director NTDC Engr Muhammad Ayub and officers from NPCC briefed the MNAs about current power situation, system operations of NPCC and responded to questions asked by the MNAs.
The NTDC MD apprised the delegation that the current nameplate capacity was 37,261-MW, dependable capacity was 33,565-MW, while current available capacity was lower due to outage of about 3,000-MW from Tarbela power station as a result of lower inflows due to Skardu temperature, forced and scheduled outages and transmission constraints.