KESC announces 8-hour/day loadshedding for industries

KARACHI: Owing to a reduced supply of gas to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) industries would have to face power outages for at least eight hours a day henceforth, Geo News reported.

In an official statement issued, the power utility claimed facing a major decrease in the supply of gas, which it used as a justification to starve the industry of electricity, however, when contacted, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) denied throttling the flow.

According to a KESC spokesman, the utility was forced to take a decision to this effect in the wake of an irrational interest, which the SSGC slapped on the company without any reason.

He said that the gas company had brought the supply down to 120 MMCFD compromising KESC's generation capacity, thus we could not meet the demand.