Estimates of outage costs of electricity in Pakistan

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Journal of Energy and Development

OSTI ID:93837

Ashraf, J; Sabih, F

This article estimates outage costs of electricity for each of the four provinces in Pakistan (Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, and Sind). The term {open_quotes}power outage{close_quotes} refers to all problems associated with electricity supply, such as voltage drops (brownouts), power failures (blackouts), and load shedding. The most significant of these in Pakistan is load shedding when power supply to different consumers is shut off during different times of the day, especially during peak hours when the pressure on the system is the highest. Power shortages mainly arise during the low-water months when the effective capacity of hydropower plants drops significantly. This decline in power supplied by hydro plants cannot be made up by operating thermal power plants because of the limited availability of gas and the high cost of alternative fuels required for the operation of gas turbines.

• OSTI ID: 93837
• Journal Information: Journal of Energy and Development, Journal Name: Journal of Energy and Development Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 18; ISSN 0361-4476; ISSN JENDD2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
OUTAGES
PAKISTAN
POWER GENERATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS