Here’s my New Year’s present for fellow Karachiites: Charaagh Talaay Andhera, a map of power produced in & around Karachi. By the end of 2021, there will be more than 1GW of electricity produced in the region, almost the same as Dubai. Khi needs around 3,500 MWs. 
The bulk of this new capacity will come from new coal and RLNG based power plants that have already come online, or are on the way. They’re clustered on the west, around Hub, or on the east, around Port Qasim.
@KElectricPk, meanwhile depends on its existing 5 plants (on green squares), a bunch of existing & polluting IPPs (Gul Ahmed & Tapal), and some renewables that it gets itself (solar) or is provided by NEPRA (wind) along Gharo.
It also gets 650MWs from NEPRA from the National Grid & here’s the challenge: @KElectricPk does not have the capacity to take more than that. It’s transmission cannot handle more. So while there is surplus, cheap power in the country, we are stuck with expensive, polluting power.
If @KElectricPk were smart, it would prioritise transmission & distribution. Guess what it’s focusing on: adding more generation. It plans to add around 2000MWs to its capacity. So while there’s enough power around us, we will still be in the dark until 2022. Happy 2021! 🥂🕯
This map looks cute & simple but it took me 200 pages of NEPRA’s State of Industry 2020 report, downloading generation licences of every power company in Karachi & learning isometric illustrations so I could make original, cute replicas of our own plants. Will sell pins later.⚡️
Sorry for the typo in first tweet. There will be ~ 10,000 MW of installed capacity in and around Karachi, while the city will need about 3,500 - 4,000 MWs.
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