Some respite: KESC says there will be no ‘extra’ power cuts
Power utility assured Governor Sindh that there would be no additional load-shedding in Karachi after midnight.
KESC announces there will be no additional load shedding after midnight. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
After a meeting between Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and Sui Southern Gas Company, the power utility has assured Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan that there would be no additional load-shedding in Karachi after midnight and industrial areas would get an uninterrupted supply of power.
The spokesperson for Governor House said the issue regarding payment between power utility and gas company has been resolved. The power utility owed SSGC money over which the gas utility had cut supply to it. “Now, the electricity will be supplied without any extra stoppage and only normal load-shedding would continue as scheduled,” he said, adding that SSGC has assured to bump up gas supply to the power utility to 200 MMFC per day.
This decision was made during a meeting held at the Governor House on Monday.
Sources privy to the development told The Express Tribune that KESC and SSGC officials exchanged hot words over the issue of payment, but the governor intervened. “KESC officials have assured that industrial areas would be exempted from load-shedding. This means power supply will be back to normal.”
Earlier on in the day, KESC approached the Sindh High Court with a request to restrain SSGC from disconnecting its gas supply. The officials informed that the power utility had been served with a notice on May 24, saying its dues had gone up to Rs47 billion.
In their plea, the KESC officials contended that currently the utility was receiving 170 MMCFD gas against 276 MMCFD promised to it. “The high court has already passed an order directing the SSGC not to supply gas less than 270 MMCFD to the petitioner. So, disconnecting supply wound amount to committing contempt,” they contended in the plea, which is likely to come up for hearing today (Tuesday).
Published in The Express Tribune, May 28th, 2013
After a meeting between Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) and Sui Southern Gas Company, the power utility has assured Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan that there would be no additional load-shedding in Karachi after midnight and industrial areas would get an uninterrupted supply of power.
The spokesperson for Governor House said the issue regarding payment between power utility and gas company has been resolved. The power utility owed SSGC money over which the gas utility had cut supply to it. “Now, the electricity will be supplied without any extra stoppage and only normal load-shedding would continue as scheduled,” he said, adding that SSGC has assured to bump up gas supply to the power utility to 200 MMFC per day.
This decision was made during a meeting held at the Governor House on Monday.
Sources privy to the development told The Express Tribune that KESC and SSGC officials exchanged hot words over the issue of payment, but the governor intervened. “KESC officials have assured that industrial areas would be exempted from load-shedding. This means power supply will be back to normal.”
Earlier on in the day, KESC approached the Sindh High Court with a request to restrain SSGC from disconnecting its gas supply. The officials informed that the power utility had been served with a notice on May 24, saying its dues had gone up to Rs47 billion.
In their plea, the KESC officials contended that currently the utility was receiving 170 MMCFD gas against 276 MMCFD promised to it. “The high court has already passed an order directing the SSGC not to supply gas less than 270 MMCFD to the petitioner. So, disconnecting supply wound amount to committing contempt,” they contended in the plea, which is likely to come up for hearing today (Tuesday).
Published in The Express Tribune, May 28th, 2013