The PESCO spokesperson said some feeders were closed for the repair work and reopening the feeders forcefully can result in loss to the company’s staff working on the sites.
The duration of load-shedding is long on the high-loss making feeders, the spokesperson said.
The company further said they are taking steps for legal action against the protestors who stormed the grid station.
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur threatened to take control of the office of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) if ‘load-shedding isn’t reduced.
The KP chief minister, in a statement, demanded that the federal government provide relief to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who according to him are facing 22 hours of load shedding, by reducing it to 18 hours.
Earlier, CM Gandapur castigated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government over expensive electricity and “worst load-shedding”, asking the Centre to pay its KP dues.