LAHORE : National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has successfully commissioned 600MVA Transformer at 500kV Yousafwala Grid Station at Sahiwal. The transformer has been successfully energized on full load today.
While addressing the inauguration ceremony, MDNTDCEngr Dr. Khawaja Riffat Hassan said that the installation work of 500 /220 kV 600 MVA Auto Transformer at 500 kV grid station Yousafwala has enhanced the capacity of the grid station to 1800 MVA at 500 kV level. This will improvepower supply to MEPCO areas of Sahiwal, Chichawatni, Pakpattan, Arifwala, Kassowal, Vehari, Chishtian, LESCO areas of Okara, Sarfaraz Nagar,Lahoreas well as some areas of FESCO. Resultantly overloading of the system will be reduced and avoid forced load shedding.
Managing Director NTDC further said that to enhance, the power system transmission capacity under its constraints management strategy, NTDC is vigorously pursuing the completion of installation work of auto transformers at220 kV grid station Gakkhar and 500 kV grid Station Rawat.
The NTDC will install 160 MVA Transformer at 220kV Grid Station Ghakkar grid station Gujranwala to complete installation on emergent basis during the ongoing summers.The 220 kV grid station Gakkhar is located near industrial hub of Gujranwala and adjoining districts. Due to ever rising industrial and commercial activities in the region, increasing demand of power is causing overloading of currently operational auto transformers at the grid station.
