KARACHI: The KESC will increase generation capacity by 220MW in June, and a
further 80MW in September this year, the utility’s CEO has told top government
officials.
Briefing Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad and various MQM leaders at the Governor’s
House on Saturday, KESC CEO Naveed Ismail also claimed that the utility’s
‘dependable capacity’ had increased by 131MW, and that a 50MW rental power
project had been commissioned in March 2009.
He said that adding all of the increases together, a total of 481MW of
additional power would be available soon.
In addition, he claimed that the 560MW planned power plant at Bin Qasim would
also considerably increase generation capacity. He said that in this respect a
$56 million down payment had been made to a Chinese company, and the project was
being ‘fast-tracked.’
The project was originally announced by the Al-Jomaih group when they owned the
utility, but work could not begin because of ‘differences with contractors.’ |
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