Load management rolls out across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: minister
Federal and provincial leaders agreed to cut load shedding and extend supply hours in high-loss areas, conditional on public payment of dues.
Load shedding will be reduced in high-loss areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a federal and provincial meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, the state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
Power Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari co-chaired the consultative meeting with Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi.
The participants aimed to find sustainable solutions to the power and energy challenges in the province, the report said.
Leghari said the Transformer-Based Load Management System is being actively implemented across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Under the system, the practice of shutting down entire feeders will be phased out, and load will instead be managed directly at individual transformers.
Kundi highlighted the overall energy situation in the province and urged a meaningful reduction in the duration of load shedding, particularly in high-loss and hard-hit areas.
Leghari agreed to reduce load shedding and extend electricity supply hours to high-loss areas that had faced prolonged outages, as a goodwill gesture.
The federal leadership expressed confidence that residents would respond by clearing outstanding electricity dues and supporting efforts against power theft.
The federal government and the provincial leadership agreed to maintain close coordination to carry out the agreed roadmap on schedule, the report said.
Load shedding, or scheduled power cuts, has long been a concern for consumers in parts of Pakistan, and unpaid bills and electricity theft are among the issues power distribution companies have cited.
