The Power Division has apologised to consumers for temporary night-time loadshedding, attributing the disruption to a shortage of 3,600 megawatts caused by the delayed arrival of an RLNG cargo.
In a statement, the Power Division spokesperson said load management of 1.5 to three hours was carried out during peak hours the previous night due to the RLNG shortfall. The situation was further aggravated by a 195MW decline in generation from Mangla Dam.
The government also brought furnace oil-based power plants online during peak hours to help meet electricity demand at night.
The Power Division said the temporary load management would be reduced once the delayed RLNG cargoes arrived.
It urged consumers to reduce electricity consumption during peak night hours to minimise load management.
The division clarified that no loadshedding was being carried out during the day, while areas facing outages due to high power losses were being supplied electricity according to their scheduled timings.
The statement concluded with an apology for the temporary night-time outages caused by the unavailability of RLNG.
The government had previously apologised to consumers in April over loadshedding exceeding the promised 2.25 hours, citing reduced water availability for power generation.
The disruption in RLNG supplies has been linked to the US-Iran conflict, which began on February 28 and affected the movement of RLNG cargoes from Qatar through the Strait of Hormuz.
In response, the government purchased five costly RLNG cargoes from the spot market in July, while the sale price of RLNG recorded its largest-ever increase in the commodity’s decade-long history.
