{"id":39908,"date":"2023-12-26T02:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T02:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/load-shedding-intensifies-as-power-shortfall-hits-5000mw\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T02:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T02:01:03","slug":"load-shedding-intensifies-as-power-shortfall-hits-5000mw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/load-shedding-intensifies-as-power-shortfall-hits-5000mw\/","title":{"rendered":"Load-shedding intensifies as power shortfall hits 5000MW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAHORE: The electricity load shedding has intensified across major cities of Pakistan as the shortfall reached 5000MW, ARY News reported citing sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to sources, the major cities including Lahore are facing up to 3 to 4 hours of unscheduled load shedding and up to 8 hours in rural areas despite low power demand in winters.<\/p>\n

Sources said that the total power generated in country is 14500 whereas the shortfall reached 5000MW.<\/p>\n

Sources revealed that the shortfall will further drop tomorrow as the demand was less today because of the holiday.<\/p>\n

Despite the unscheduled loadsheding earlier the power division confessed<\/a> to overbilling consumers, changing their slabs and damaged meters.<\/p>\n

The initial report on the NEPRA investigation report revealed concerning findings, indicating that over 4.5 million consumers received bills exceeding 31 days. Additionally, a staggering 381,510 damaged meters have resulted in excessive bills.<\/p>\n

In July, 846,468 consumers were affected as their slabs were changed with nearly, 2 lac protected consumers moved to the non-protected category.<\/p>\n

The situation worsened in August, with over 5.574 million consumers receiving bills exceeding 31 days. A significant 825,562 power consumers were affected by changes in billing slabs during this period.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Power division has criticized the NEPRA team\u2019s process, deeming it ineffective and flawed. The report has loopholes related to quality control and data processing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n