The country's power generation hit a new record on Monday night touching 4,936 megawatt, but came down to a projected 4,786 MW yesterday.
According to officials at the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB), the electricity generation saw the record on the night of a general holiday when all public and private industrial and commercial units were closed for the holy Shab-e-Barat.
"Because of the closure of industries and commercial ventures, the PDB and private power generation units received the highest gas supply in recent times that resulted in the highest ever generation so far," said a senior PDB official.
"We received about 765 million cubic feet (MMCF) of gas on Monday against an average supply of 700. But the power generation declined by 150 MW yesterday due to reduced gas supply," he added.
PDB officials, however, said the average power generation now stands between 4,500 and 4,700 MW for the last few weeks. The generation will increase by another 300-350 MW within the next few months as a number of under-construction power units will start operation soon.
Source : The Daily Star
