NEPRA releases a report on blackouts
Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has released an inquiry report on the country’s main power outages, ARI News reported on Tuesday.
On January 9th, several parts of the country, including Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, suffered a massive electrical breakdown.
According to the report, Guddu Power Station stopped at 11.41 PM due to human error. “Although development work is underway at the plant, the SOP has been completely neglected, leading to a massive breakdown.”
Those responsible for failing to take steps to improve the National Transmission and Transmission Company (NTDC) system have also been named. The report stated that the measures that were supposed to be taken were ignored.
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In its recommendations to avoid such accidents in the future, NEPRA has urged a broad study of energy savings. The authority urged that precautionary measures be taken to avoid future power outages.
NTDC, K-Electric, and other power plants have been instructed to put precautionary measures in place. The provision of electricity must be ensured in the event of any emergency situation occurring.
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