The electricity shortfall reached 4,760 megawatt while the country is generating 13,240 megawatt of electricity and the current demand is 18,000 megawatt.According to Pakistan Electric Power Company, the reason behind the current shortfall is the reduction in the production of electricity the Independent Power Producers due to the shortage of oil and gas supply,private news channel reported.As the electricity demand goes up in Lahore, an increase has also occurred in the unscheduled load shedding.
Electricity shortfall reaches 4,760 megawatt