Power shortfall crossed 4,000MW during last 24 hours with rise in mercury on the one hand and short gas supply to power producing units on the other hand. A Pepco spokesman said here on Friday that the gap between electricity generation and demand increased by 4387MW, as total generation was recorded at 11240MW against a demand of 15627MW.
Pepco hydel powerhouses produced 4,687MW, thermal powerhouses generated 1744MW whereas IPPs contributed 4747MW and RPP 62 MW electricity. Pepco supplied 670MW electricity to KESC. Meanwhile, a technical fault at the 220KV Kot Lakhpat grid station resulted into power disruption for eight hours in the city a night earlier. However, the LESCO spokesman said the fault was detected and corrected accordingly.