Northern Region Grid

Electricity regulator CERC has directed Power Grid to probe incidences of collapse of transmission towers in the Northern region last month that happened in the wake of inclement weather.

The northern electricity grid suffered a load loss of 8,000 MW, including 3,500 Mega Watts (MW) in the national capital, during a fierce storm in the region yesterday and power supplies are gradually being restored.

Power outages are a common phenomenon in countries where energy consumption is very high. They are often sourced to a power ‘grid failure’. This occurs when some areas draw excessive power. This leads to automatic tripping of power and it has a cascading impact on the entire grid that supplies power to the region. Here are pointers that explain...

Electricity regulator CERC has directed Power Grid to probe incidences of collapse of transmission towers in the Northern region last month that happened in the wake of inclement weather.

The northern electricity grid suffered a load loss of 8,000 MW, including 3,500 Mega Watts (MW) in the national capital, during a fierce storm in the region yesterday and power supplies are gradually being restored.

Power outages are a common phenomenon in countries where energy consumption is very high. They are often sourced to a power ‘grid failure’. This occurs when some areas draw excessive power. This leads to automatic tripping of power and it has a cascading impact on the entire grid that supplies power to the region. Here are pointers that explain...