K-Electric may have to carry out load management as 'extreme' measure during peak hours at night

K-Electric may have to carry out load management as 'extreme' measure during peak hours at night.

Key points

• News Desk Published October 10, 2026 Updated October 10, 2026 12: 27am.
• Daytime supply will remain largely stable, KE spokesperson Imran Rana posted on X.
• The administration had additionally apologised to power consumers in April for loadshedding exceeding the promised 2.25 hours, arising out of lower water availability for power generation.
• Pakistan has been grappling with a fuel shortage due to hostilities in the Middle East.
• He remarked KE was in "close coordination" with Pakistan LNG Limited and other authorities to ensure an "early normalisation" and apologised for the inconvenience.

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Power utility for Karachi, K-Electric, remarked on Friday that it may need to undertake load management as an "extreme, last-resort measure" during evening and night peak hours due to a shortage of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG), caused by disruptions to global supply and delayed cargoes.

"Due to a nationwide RLNG constraint stemming from international supply disruptions and delayed cargoes – affecting generation nationwide including KE's territory – KE may need to undertake load management as an extreme, last-resort measure during evening/ night peak hours, if necessitated. Daytime supply will remain largely stable, " KE spokesperson Imran Rana posted on X.

For context, a similar situation occurred earlier this year, with consumers nationwide facing electricity load management attributed to the unavailability of RLNG. Apologising in August, the administration assured them that load management would be reduced "as soon as" the delayed RLNG cargoes arrived.

Notably, the administration had additionally apologised to power consumers in April for loadshedding exceeding the promised 2.25 hours, arising out of lower water availability for power generation.

Pakistan has been grappling with a fuel shortage due to hostilities in the Middle East. It have resulted in disruption of major oil and gas supply routes – the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab – and caused fuel rates to rise.

Authorities are struggling to finalise the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import plan for the upcoming three winter months – December to February – against the backdrop of a challenging supply situation stemming from the US-Iran conflict.

Gas firms and the Petroleum Division had sought at least 22 import cargoes for the three-month period, but the task force on energy, led by Lt Gen Zafar Iqbal, has promised no more than 10-12 cargoes of around 100 million cubic feet each on a best-effort basis, using all diplomatic and logistical channels.

Notably, the plan will be presented to the prime minister for approval, given the involvement of around $100m per spot cargo and the requirement for consent from the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Pakistan.

Sources, meanwhile, indicate that actual LNG imports may not exceed seven to eight cargoes over the three winter months, given prevailing market conditions. It would bring the outcome closer to the Ministry of Finance's desired level.

In short, k-Electric may have to carry out load management as ' extreme' measure during is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.