The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has issued an advisory to people to not switch off all lights at 9 pm on Sunday, as appealed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has given a call for a nine-minute blackout across the country to dispel darkness spread by Covid.
Though Punjab will not be affected from the sudden drop and equally sudden rise in demand, the PSPCL recommends residents of the state to keep electrical appliances switched on.
The power utility claims that the load reduction will not be much.
The PSPCL’s advice is in line with a similar advisory issued by the Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), which claims that there would be a total domestic load reduction of 13,000 MW across the country.
