The government on Friday diverted more than 105 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of natural gas from fertiliser plants and compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in an effort to help power plants increase power generation.
But CNG station owners were swift to condemn the move, saying their supply had been halved and limited to just two days a week and vowing to announce a protest plan by Monday.
The overall shortage stood at 5,128MW on May 7. A marginal decline to 4,983MW occurred the next day. This was despite an addition of about 385 megawatts of capacity coming from hydroelectric generation, which went up from 2,668MW to 3,053MW.
