KSEB wants load shedding to be extended to six months

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will demand the Electricity Regulatory Commission to extend the 30-minute cyclical load-shedding, both during the morning hours and evening hours, to six months.

According to the order of the Commission, term of load shedding ends on Friday. The load shedding during the evening hours, presently, is between 6.30 pm and 10.30 pm. This will be changed to 6 pm and 10 pm.

The report was handed to the Commission by a technical member at the Board, Sulaiman Rawuthat. He has also demanded that the duration of each load shedding should be made 45 minutes. But the board was reluctant to alter the duration.

The report also recommends that those domestic consumers who use more than 200 units power have to pay the money equal to the amount which KSEB spends to buy from  outside.