| KESC striving to stop load-shedding in coming years |
| Monday, 16 June 2008 | |
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Lt Gen (retd) Syed Mohammad Amjad said that the KESC was trying its level best to serve its customers and planned to stop load-shedding in the coming years. He said this during a meeting with the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI). He said that the KESC is facing a shortage of around 500 Megawatt (MW) for which long-term as well as short-term plans had been developed. At present, the KESC is getting some 1995 MW as compared to the present demand of 2430 MW, which would be increased to 4000, 4500 and 6000 MW in the years 2011, 2013 and 2017 respectively. He said that to address these the KESC is planning to use wind and coal power and gradually would be able to overcome the load-shedding. He further said that one 560 MW plant would be installed soon which would take 2 years for completion. He said that the KESC is also planning to upgrade the distribution system and 300 kilometres of cable had been replaced to cover the various areas of Karachi. At present, to give relief to the residental consumers, the KESC is shedding the electricity from midnight to 4 a.m. in the Korangi Industrial Area (KIA). He said that a nerve centre was being set up at each region and at the Head Office of the KESC to monitor the complaints of the consumers. He said that the main cause of load-shedding was the uncontrolled enhancement of load by commercial and residential consumers. Chairman KATI, Shaikh Fazl-e-Jalil, said that due to acute shortage of electricity and unplanned load shedding, it is impossible for the industries to work smoothly and using other sources for producing electricity were not feasible as this could affect production cost, making products uncompetitive. He said that the KESC should ensure uninterrupted power supply. He said that at least 30 per cent of production losses were due to non-supply of electricity. |
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