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There was a time when it was thought that load shedding was a decade-old tale in Pakistan, it was something that many thought wouldn’t happen after a few years. But here we are in 2024 with load shedding being the major cause of everyday hassle. Load shedding is such that it has become a part of everyday life.
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Load Shedding A Serious Issue
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Consider the gravity of the issue. In the four discos Quetta, Peshawar, Hyderabad, and Sukkur still go through load shedding. 72 per cent of the 3169 feeders still undergo load shedding. Half of the feeders under load shedding still undergo a daily load shedding of 72 hours.
As far as Karachi is concerned, the city goes through the most amount of Load shedding primarily because of the incompetency of K-electric. A quarter of K-electrics 1964 feeders also undergo power outage up to 7.5 hours a day.
Improved greatly by last year, this certainly doesn’t mean that things are under control especially if we look into the gravity of the situation where we see massive blackouts and load-shedding cases. All the discos and KE have maintained they are simply following the National Energy Policy of 2013 and its guidelines.
The regulator, on the other hand, does not consider the valid response and maintains that the rules of the game have no such allowance and power outage solely needs to be based on technical grounds. Nepra, while slapping fines of Rs 50 million each on the aforementioned discos and KE, also stated that the National Energy Policy of 2013 stands repealed and replaced by the 2021 version, which has no provisions for the commercial-based load.
Nepra furthermore adds that the disregard for the rules and procedures is akin to the discos trying to hide their inefficiencies instead of taking corrective measures and improving losses at the feeder level.
Similarly, other regions including some in south Punjab and Multan also experienced an unexpected turn of events and massive power outage. The National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) system is facing a challenging time due to these extreme conditions and low hydel energy. The current shortfall in the system is because of the mismanagement in load said the power division.
Effects Of Load Shedding
There are diverse effects and consequences of power outage where we have seen a lot happening in terms of work and commitment. We see that everyday work is brutally hampered because of that and as many netizens say during this weather, in heat and working in scorching summers is a task in itself.
If we notice in areas like Karachi then we can categorically see that their load shedding is something that has increased up to 10% annually. The conditions for normal people have become heard because of the long-scheduled load-shedding hours.
This also means that there is an acute disruption in the working of daily life and that machines and factories are brought to a halt.
Other than this, many people who are already on the verge of heat stroke and other conditions have also faced challenges because of the ongoing wave of load shedding.
How To Minimize Load Shedding?
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Here are a few
ways in which load shedding in many ways can be lessened or reduced.
1. Increase generation Capacity
This includes investing in renewable energy, upgrading existing power plants and building new power plants.
2. Enhancing Grinding Structure
This further includes modernising transmission and distribution networks and smart grid technologies which also reduce outages.
3. Energy Storage Solutions
This includes keeping long-term batteries and pumped hydro storage. This means that we can pump up water to higher elevations where it will be used to generate electricity at a huge capacity.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the recent load-shedding episodes across the country serve as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in the power sector. There needs to be a long-term solution to the ever-existing problems of load shedding which serve as a hassle for millions across the country.
