Faisalabad Electric Supply Company ((Fesco) is making efforts to meet the increasing electricity demand by expanding its distribution network in addition to purchasing surplus electricity from the private generation companies.
Presiding over a joint meeting of consumers and Fesco Officers, Ahmad Saeed Akhtar, Chief Executive, Fesco said that new grid station are being added besides upgrading existing ones.
He said that new grid station of 132 KV Thekeriwala and 132 KV Kamalpur are under construction, which would help in meeting the additional demand of electricity particularly in the semi urban areas of Faisalabad.
Similarly 66 KV Summundri grid station is also being upgraded into 132 KV and hopefully it would be completed by June this year. He said that 66 KV Satiana grid has already been upgraded into 132 KV.
He said that 40 MVA new power transformer in 132 KV Jhang Road grid station would be installed by April 25. It would help in providing additional power supply to the adjoining areas of this grid station. He said that a 10/13 MVA new power transformer is also being added to meet the additional requirement of the Industrial areas of Khurrianwala. He said that another power transformer of the same capacity is also being installed in Jaranwala grid station.
The Chief Executive Fesco said that Faisalabad Industrial Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) was also constructing a new 132-KV grid station to cater to the electricity needs of its Value Addition City (VAC). He said that Fesco is fully co-operating with FIEDMC and hopefully this grid station would be energised by June 30, 2007. He said that government was also planning to meet the energy needs of M-3 Industrial City. However initially Fesco is providing electricity to FIEDMC to continue its construction work in these mega industrial estates.
Ahmad Saeed Akhtar said that electricity load of Faisalabad was increasing at the rate of 8 percent per annum. He said that 930 capacitors have been installed in various feeders to improve the voltage and stabilise the electricity supply. He said that Fesco was currently purchasing 28-mega watt electricity from various private producers while negotiations were in final stage to purchase another 5-mega watt from another private provider.
He disclosed that Fesco was already supplying electricity to the agriculture tube wells during off peak hours at the rate of Rs 0.75 per unit. In this connection TDO meters have been installed at almost 90 percent tube wells and company was convincing remaining tube well owners to avail from this facility.
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