Lahore and other regions of Punjab are still experiencing unexpected load shedding.

Unplanned power outages persisted for residents of Lahore and numerous other districts of Punjab, with frequent disruptions recorded throughout the Lesco service area.

Customers in a number of locations reported frequent nighttime outages, which were made worse by technical issues with the distribution network.

According to sources, the situation got worse after dark, with power outages lasting anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes at a time in several Lahore neighbourhoods. According to reports, electricity was turned off for around an hour after each hour of supply in rural and border areas.

On high-loss feeders, the situation was worse, with load-shedding allegedly lasting two to six hours.

Consumers have not always benefited from supply restoration since additional disruptions have been created by transformer malfunctions, jumper failures, and other technical issues, according to sources.

They blamed the outages on a combination of vulnerabilities in Lesco’s distribution system and decreased generation as a result of limited LNG availability.

With the aid of solar power, the Lesco region’s daytime electricity demand is anticipated to be between 3,500 and 3,700 megawatts. However, once solar systems cease to generate electricity at nite, demand increases to roughly 5,200MW.

According to sources, the ensuing disparity between supply and demand as well as technical flaws in the distribution network have led to ongoing power outages.