Facing the brunt : Areas with ‘medium’ to ‘very high’ losses cannot be exempted from load-shedding: K-Electric
It will take a collective effort to fight this natural calamity
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KARACHI:
K-electric cannot exempt the ‘very high loss’, ‘high loss’ and ‘medium loss’ areas, which lie mostly in Korangi, Landhi, Orangi, Baldia, Lyari, Federal B Area, Malir and a few other scattered pockets from load-shedding during the summer.
This was stated by KE’s chief marketing and communication officer, Fakhar Ahmed, while talking to The Express Tribune recently.
However, he assured that the power utility would certainly avoid long power cuts during the heatwave. Last year’s severe heatwave that resulted in over 1,300 deaths was an environmental disaster linked to climate change. The casualties were not caused from ‘load-shedding’ but were the result of an environmental disaster, claimed Ahmed.
He explained that KE is trying to improve its services, not particularly for summers or the forecasted heatwave this year, but being a ‘responsible corporate organisation’.
Detailing their short-term plans, Ahmed said “An energy conservation campaign would be launched in the end of April to educate people to save electricity during the peak summer time. This activity will improve power load management during the expected heatwave.”
Highlighting the power utility’s work, Ahmed said “We have improved the transmission and distribution network irrespective of the upcoming disaster and added 58 new feeders, 2,293 PMTs (transformers) and 119 sub-stations into the system in a year.”
Talking about demand and supply of electricity for the metropolis, he said the peak demand recorded last summer was 3,100 megawatts, against a supply of 2,700 megawatts.
“We are a responsible organisation and work to provide comfort to our customers and strategic partners,” he said. Ahmed reiterated that the heatwave is a natural disaster for which all stakeholders have to share responsibility. It will take a collective effort to fight this natural calamity, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2016.
K-electric cannot exempt the ‘very high loss’, ‘high loss’ and ‘medium loss’ areas, which lie mostly in Korangi, Landhi, Orangi, Baldia, Lyari, Federal B Area, Malir and a few other scattered pockets from load-shedding during the summer.
This was stated by KE’s chief marketing and communication officer, Fakhar Ahmed, while talking to The Express Tribune recently.
However, he assured that the power utility would certainly avoid long power cuts during the heatwave. Last year’s severe heatwave that resulted in over 1,300 deaths was an environmental disaster linked to climate change. The casualties were not caused from ‘load-shedding’ but were the result of an environmental disaster, claimed Ahmed.
He explained that KE is trying to improve its services, not particularly for summers or the forecasted heatwave this year, but being a ‘responsible corporate organisation’.
Detailing their short-term plans, Ahmed said “An energy conservation campaign would be launched in the end of April to educate people to save electricity during the peak summer time. This activity will improve power load management during the expected heatwave.”
Highlighting the power utility’s work, Ahmed said “We have improved the transmission and distribution network irrespective of the upcoming disaster and added 58 new feeders, 2,293 PMTs (transformers) and 119 sub-stations into the system in a year.”
Talking about demand and supply of electricity for the metropolis, he said the peak demand recorded last summer was 3,100 megawatts, against a supply of 2,700 megawatts.
“We are a responsible organisation and work to provide comfort to our customers and strategic partners,” he said. Ahmed reiterated that the heatwave is a natural disaster for which all stakeholders have to share responsibility. It will take a collective effort to fight this natural calamity, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2016.