PAEC starts re-linking its 4 power plants at Chashma that tripped due to surge in national grid

PAEC starts re-linking its 4 power plants at Chashma that tripped due to surge in national grid

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has started re-linking its four power plants at Chashma that tripped due to surge in national grid.     

The load-shedding will reduce with the completion of the restoration work.

According to PAEC spokesman, Chashma-III, with a capacity of 340MW, has already been linked to the national grid.

He said Chashma-I and II would also come on line by noon on Wednesday restoring 650MW of electricity to the national grid.

Restoration work is also in progress on the fourth unit. APP/AFP