AGL 40.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
AIRLINK 131.00 Increased By ▲ 1.47 (1.13%)
BOP 6.92 Increased By ▲ 0.24 (3.59%)
CNERGY 4.62 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.22%)
DCL 8.92 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.22%)
DFML 42.91 Increased By ▲ 1.22 (2.93%)
DGKC 84.25 Increased By ▲ 0.48 (0.57%)
FCCL 32.80 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.09%)
FFBL 78.00 Increased By ▲ 2.53 (3.35%)
FFL 12.20 Increased By ▲ 0.73 (6.36%)
HUBC 110.19 Decreased By ▼ -0.36 (-0.33%)
HUMNL 14.42 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-0.96%)
KEL 5.66 Increased By ▲ 0.27 (5.01%)
KOSM 8.39 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.12%)
MLCF 39.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-0.73%)
NBP 63.85 Increased By ▲ 3.56 (5.9%)
OGDC 201.50 Increased By ▲ 1.84 (0.92%)
PAEL 26.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-0.64%)
PIBTL 7.77 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (1.44%)
PPL 161.05 Increased By ▲ 3.13 (1.98%)
PRL 26.61 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-0.45%)
PTC 18.59 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (0.7%)
SEARL 82.80 Increased By ▲ 0.36 (0.44%)
TELE 8.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1.32%)
TOMCL 34.37 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-0.41%)
TPLP 9.01 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.55%)
TREET 16.98 Decreased By ▼ -0.49 (-2.8%)
TRG 60.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.88 (-1.44%)
UNITY 27.61 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (0.66%)
WTL 1.41 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (2.17%)
BR100 10,722 Increased By 314.8 (3.03%)
BR30 32,041 Increased By 327.6 (1.03%)
KSE100 99,453 Increased By 2124.6 (2.18%)
KSE30 31,036 Increased By 843.8 (2.79%)
Business & Finance

Electricity supply to grid stations suspended after Guddu station catches fire

  • Many areas of the country are expected to face power cuts in addition to scheduled load shedding
Published April 29, 2022

The supply of electricity to several grid stations of Pakistan was halted on Friday after a 220 kV high-frequency transmission line tripped at the Guddu Thermal Power Station following a fire, reported Aaj News. Many areas of the country are expected to face power cuts in addition to scheduled load shedding.

Fire brigades had arrived at the 600 MW power station in Kashmore to get the fire under control.

Last year, Pakistan suffered a massive power blackout after the Guddu power plant developed a fault after officials failed to follow the standard operating procedures during maintenance work. At the time of the blackout, power consumption in the country stood at 10,000MW.

Power load-shedding situation to improve from May onwards: Dastgir

The tripping of high transmission line brought down the system frequency from 50 to zero in less than one second, which caused the tripping of power stations nationwide.

After the incident, the National Transmission and Dispatch Company created a committee to probe into the reasons and facts leading to the collapse of the power system and determine the responsibility.

15,473MW electricity still not available to system

Pakistan remains engulfed in a countrywide power outage issue. Sources told Business Recorder as much as 15,473MW electricity remains unavailable to the system due to scheduled outages, forced outages, system congestion, fuel shortage and fewer water releases from reservoirs, which could be the main reason for the massive unscheduled load-shedding across the country.

Comments

Comments are closed.

Syed Arif Hussain Zahidi Apr 29, 2022 02:23pm
You can now feel the three and a half year of incompetence of PTI Government.
thumb_up Recommended (0)