Electricity shortage soars to 7,075MW

Almost all the public power generation companies (GENCOs), which already were running under capacity stayed helpless in taking forced shutdown for want of fuel, the sources said. They said the total generation capacity of Genco-III power plants which is 1530 MW at present consists of TPS Muzafargarh, SPS Faisalabad, GTPS Faisalabad, NGPS Multan and GTPS Shahdara. They stopped contributing their share in generation system with fuel as main problems besides GENCO-I, Jamshoro Power Company Limited, with the maximum load of 671 MW. Similarly, GENCO-II, with maximum load of 1222 MW has also stopped contributing.

Most of the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) who are producing 5654.44 MW of electricity, have taken the forced shutdown following the prolonged default of their dues owed by the WAPDA.

These IPPs including country’s largest IPP with a capacity of 1600 MW, Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO), 362 MW AES Lalpir, 365 MW AES Pak-Gen. limited and fifty percent shutdown of 117 MW Southern Electric Power Company (Sepcol), 120MW Japan, 586 Uch Power Limited.

Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO), country’s largest IPP with a capacity of 1600 MW, comprising 10 multi fuel fired gas turbines and 5 steam turbines

The Power Plant’s combined cycle technology enables KAPCO to use the waste heat from the gas turbine exhaust to produce steam in the Heat Recovery Steam Generator, which in turn is used to run the steam turbines thereby resulting in fuel cost efficiency and minimum wastage.