Power regulatory measures may continue for another 3 days, says PSPCL CMD

With Punjab’s gap in demand and supply of electricity persisting, power regulatory measures on large industries are set to continue at least for three more days, officials said.

Large scale industries with load above 100 KW in category 1, 2 and 3 located in Central Zone, North Zone and West Zone of Punjab will continue facing compulsory weekly offs from 8am of July 7 to 8am of July 10. In addition to this, continuous supply units located in these zones will be able to use only 50% of the sanctioned load from 8am of July 8 to 8am of July 18. Steel rolling mills and furnaces will also observe compulsory weekly offs from July 7 to July 10.

This will be the second time that compulsory weekly offs are enforced on several large industries. Earlier, all heavy industries in Central (including those in Ludhiana district,