About 487 megawatts were being generated from wind power plants while electricity production from solar plants was zero. Bogas-powered plants were generating 170 megawatts while power generation from nuclear fuel was 2,283 megawatts. Pakistan’s total power generation capacity was 36,039MW while the shortfall had led to frequent load-shedding. It is pertinent to mention that on Thursday, as the shortfall continued to increase, Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir said that Pakistan was experiencing more load-shedding than expected. He mentioned that some power plants had to be shut down due to a 300 per cent increase in the price of coal.

Source: The Express Tribune May 22, 2022 08:10 UTC