Sr. No.

Name of Grid Station Issue / Constraint in HR, Proposed Solution

Admin , Accounts
 Constraint Related to Protection & Instrumentation

Sr. No. Name of Grid Name of Equipment Constraint Description

Station
& Instrumentation

Current Status Proposed Solution

 Constraint Related to Civil Assets / Civil Infrastructure / Colony

Sr. No. Name of Grid Name of Equipment Constraint Description

Station
il Infrastructure / Colony

Current Status Proposed Solution

Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of ATBs installed Constraints Description

500KV New Gakkhar Overloading of ATBs

1 2X 600MVA 500/220KV ATBs
(Nokhar) above 90% in summer

2 500kV Yousafwala
Overloading of ATBs:
both ATBs are loaded at
2X 600MVA 500/220KV ATBs
FULL LOAD throughout
year

3 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL

Note: In constraint column, the constraint due to damged tranformer or underrated transformer should also be mentioned
 Current Status Proposed Solution

Extension project of addition of 1

nos. 600MVA 500/220kV ATB unit
is underway

Extension project of addition of 1

nos. 600MVA 500/220kV ATB unit
is underway

NIL

rated transformer should also be mentioned.

 Name of Grid
Sr. No. No. of ATRs installed Constraints Current Status
Station

500KV New Gakkhar Overloading of ATRs above 3 x 160MVA ATRs should be replaced
1 3X 160MVA 220/132KV ATRs with 3 x 250MVA ATRs
(Nokhar) 90% in summer.
Addition of 1No. 250MVA ATR.
Over loading and under
220KV New Kot
2 3x250MVA 220/132kv ATRs voltage during summer season
Lakhpat, Lahore. due to Industrial load

Overloading of ATRs above 4 x 160MVA ATRs should be replaced

3 500kV Yousafwala 4 X 160MVA 220/132KV ATRs
Full load in summer with 4 x 250MVA ATRs

220KV Wapda Town, 3 X 160MVA 220/132KV ATRs Overloading of ATRs above 3 x 160MVA ATRs should be replaced
4 Lahore Full load in summer with 3 x 250MVA ATRs

1.Over loading and under

voltage during summer
season due to Industrial 2 x 160MVA ATRs should be replaced
5 220kv Sarfraz Nagar 4x160MVA 220/132kv ATRs
load with 2 x 250MVA ATRs
2.Major oil leakage from
T-1 & T-2 volves
Overloading above 85% in Addition of 1 x 220/132 KV 160 MVA
6 220KV Kassowal 2 X 220/132 KV 160 MVA
summer. Auto T/F
7 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
8 NIL NIL NIL
Lahore.
9 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL NIL
220kV Bund Road,
10 NIL NIL NIL
Lahore
11 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL NIL
12 220kv Okara New Nil Nil Nil
13 220kv NEW Nil Nil Nil
SHALAMAR LAHORE
14 220KV Gakkhar NIL NIL NIL

15 220KV Kala Shah Kaku NIL NIL NIL

16 220kV Ravi Lahore NIL NIL NIL

Proposed Solution
 Voltage Level &
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station Designation(BB-1,BB-2 or Constraints Current Status
Both)
The said bus bars are 4-inch hollow pipe
rigid bus bar with a capcity of 2400A.
During summer season, in case of
emergency a single bus bar is unable to Conversion of AIS to GIS grid
220kV Bund Road, handle total load therefore the other bus
1 220kV BB-1 and BB-2 station is under process and it will
Lahore bar can not be spared in summer causing resolve this issue.
load shedding in severe emergencies.

220kV Bus Bars are rated at current of

3150A. Extension project of 1 Nos.
Bus Bar may be under-rated after
220kV BB-I & BB-II 600MVA ATB is underway and 220kV
addition of new ATB unit
BusBars would require higher current
rating after addition of new ATB unit

Both ATB-1 & ATB-2 are connected at

2 500kV Yousafwala LV side in same 220kV DIA-6, this
220kV BB-I & BB-II creates operational difficulties in arranging Operational Constraint
shutdowns on either of ATB or on 220kV
Bus Bar

132kV Bus Bar is under-rated with no

contingency due to increased load demand
132kV BB-I & II 132kV Bus Bar is under-rated
and full loading of 4 Nos. 160 MVA
Tranformers

This office staff along with TSG

representatives has carried out all necessary
testing of GIS, C.E (TSG) Lahore has
220KV Bus Bar No 1 & 2 Overhauling of GIS is required recommended overhauling of GIS. Case is
forwarded to higher up for necessary action
3 220kV Ravi Lahore please.

Higher office approached in this

132kV Bus Bar No. 1 & 2 old & deteriorated conductor regard, for arrangement of
conductor & Hardware meterial.
4 220 KV Ghazi Road, 220KV Bus Bar No 1 & 2
Lahore.
Grid station has two 220kV sources, which Two 220kV sources from sarafraz
include 220kV circuit Kala Shah Kaku and Nagar Grid station and New Lahore
220kV circuit Shalamar but in summer grid station under process and hope
season due to overloading of 220kV Grid fully comleted in feburary 2020.
station Ravi, NPCC open 220kV Shalamar
circuit from shalamar grid station end and
grid station feeding from single 220kV
source KSK. Due to single source in
summer season 220kV system voltage
level also drop below the permissible limit
provided by NEPRA.

5 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL NIL

500KV New Gakkhar
6 NIL NIL NIL
Nokhar
7 220kv Okara New Nil Nil Nil
8 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil Nil
9 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL NIL
10 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL NIL
11 220kV Kala Shah Kaku NIL NIL NIL
12 220KV Gakkhar NIL NIL NIL
220KV New Kot
13 Lakhpat
NIL NIL NIL

220KV Wapda Town,

14 Lahore NIL NIL NIL

15 220kv G/S SNR NIL NIL NIL

16 220KV NEW Nil Nil Nil

SHALAMAR LAHORE
Proposed Solution
 Voltage level (500KV, 220KV,
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of CB
132KV)

220kV 01 No.

220KV Bund Road,

1
Lahore.

132kV 05 Nos.

05 Nos. 220kV Circuit

2 220KV Gakkhar 220KV
Breakers Make MG

220KV New Kot 220KV 9

3
Lakhpat

132KV 18

4 500kV Yousafwala 220kV 14Nos

5 220kV Ravi Lahore Nil Nil

6 220kv Okara New Nil Nil
7 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil
8 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL
9 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
10 NIL NIL
Lahore.
11 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL
500KV New Gakkhar
12 NIL NIL
(Nokhar)
13 220kV Kala Shah Kaku NIL NIL
14 220KV Wapda Town,
Lahore NIL NIL

15 220kv Sarfraz Nagar NIL NIL

16 220KV New Shalamar, Nil Nil
Lahore.
 Constraints Current Status Proposed Solution

The circuit breakers was installed in 1988.

The problem is related to mechanism is
oftenly faced and to over-loading 01 No.
constraints and polluted environment it has
completed its useful life.

The circuit breakers were installed in

1988. The problem is related to
mechanism are oftenly faced and to over-
05 Nos.
loading constraints and polluted
environment they have completed their
useful life.

Oldage, hydraulic oil and SF6 Gas

02 Nos.
leakage

Non availability of spare parts of

Spreacher Energe circuit breakers and 09 Nos.
non availabilityof Bus Coupler & its allied
equipments
non availability of spare parts 18 Nos.

1- CBs are rated at 2000A and therefore

UNDER-RATED.
2-3 Nos. AEG Made Pneumatic Type CBs
were installed in 1980s and had frequent
air leakage, mechanism issues 14 Nos.
3- 8 Nos. NMG Made Pneumatic Type
CBs were installed in 1980s and have
frequent oil/air leakage, mechanism issues
may cause CB lockout, misoperation

Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL
Nil Nil
 Voltage level (500KV, 220KV,
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of Isolators
132KV)

220KV Bund Road,

1 132kV 30Nos.
Lahore.

220kV 44 Nos.
2 220kV Kala Shah Kaku

132kV 18 No.

3 220KV Gakkhar 132kV 12 No.

220KV 26
220KV New Kot
4
Lakhpat 132KV 38

5 500kV Yousafwala 220kV 6 Nos.

220KV 32
6 220kv Sarfraz Nagar
132KV 40

7 220kV Ravi Lahore 132kV 50 No

8 220kv Okara New Nil Nil

9 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil
10 500KV Lahore South Nil Nil
11 220KV Sialkot Nil Nil
 220 KV Ghazi Road,
12
Lahore.
Nil Nil
13 220KV Gujrat Nil Nil
500KV New Gakkhar
14
(Nokhar)
Nil Nil
15 220KV Wapda Town,
Lahore Nil Nil

16 220KV New Shalamar, Nil Nil

Lahore.
Constraints Current Status Proposed Solution

The isolators was installed in 1988. The

problems related to mechanism are oftenly
faced. The contacts are rusty due to
corrosion, the foundations have synched
out due to soil strata problem. Due to over-
19 Nos.
loaded system and polluted harsh
enviroment deteroriration of finger
contacts, clamps and mechanism is
oberserved. These isolators are old and
have completed their useful life.

The isolators were installed from 1970 to

1978 with short time current of 30 kA. The 44 Nos.
problems related to mechanism are oftenly
faced.
The isolators are old age and under rated 18 Nos.
ie. 1600A.
08 Nos. 132kV isolator for Bus Bars I
& II and 04 Nos. 132kV isolators for
lines make China Oldage and 12 Nos.
Unbalanced

non availability of spares /old age 1 No.

non availability of spares of siemens make
old age isolators 29 Nos.

The isolators were rated at current

capacity of 2000A and under-rated. These
220kV Isolators were replaced by GSO by
6 Nos. isolators (Make: HAPAM) of rated 6 Nos.
current capacity of 3150A. However,
spares for these isolators should be
provided

1.non avialblty of spares.

32 Nos.

non avialblty of spares of make china old

40 Nos.
age isolators
08 Nos. Bus Bar Isolators are under rated
08 Nos.
and misaligned
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil
 Voltage level (500KV, 220KV,
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of CTs
132KV)
220KV Bund Road,
1 132kV 01 No.
Lahore.

2 220KV Gakkhar 132kV 04 Nos.

220KV New Kot
3 132KV 18 sets
Lakhpat
4 500kV Yousafwala 220kV DIA-6 3 Nos.
5 220kV Ravi Lahore Nil Nil
6 220kv Okara New Nil Nil
7 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil
8 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL
9 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
10 NIL NIL
Lahore.
11 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL
12 220KV Wapda Town,
Lahore NIL NIL

13 220kv G/S SNR NIL NIL

14 220KV NEW Nil Nil

SHALAMAR LAHORE
500KV Grid station
15
Nokhar
Nil Nil

16 220kV Kala Shah Kaku Nil Nil

 Constraints Current Status Proposed Solution

Old and seepage/leakage appears

01 No.
freqeunctly
Oil leakage and the value of
02 Nos.
Dissipation Factor is not satisfactory
under-rated 09 Nos.
CTs in 220kV DIA-6 are under-rated 3 Nos.
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
Nil Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil
 Voltage level (500KV, 220KV,
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of CVTs
132KV)

1 220KV Gakkhar 220kV 02 Nos.

220KV New Kot

2 220KV 10
Lakhpat
3 220kV Ravi Lahore NIL NIL

500KV New Gakkhar

4 NIL NIL
(Nokhar)

220KV Bund Road,

5 NIL NIL
Lahore.
6 220kV Kala Shah Kaku NIL NIL
7 500KV Yousafwala NIL NIL
220KV Wapda Town,
8 Lahore NIL NIL

9 220kv G/S SNR NIL NIL

10 220KV NEW Nil Nil

SHALAMAR LAHORE
11 220kv Okara New Nil Nil
12 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil
13 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL
14 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
15 NIL NIL
Lahore.
16 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL
 Constraints Current Status Proposed Solution

Under rated s/c current capacity and

02 Nos.
old age.

Under rated 08 Nos.

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL
NIL NIL

NIL NIL

NIL NIL

Nil Nil

Nil Nil
Nil Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL Nil
NIL NIL
 Voltage level (500KV, 220KV,
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station
132KV)
220kV Clamps
Breif Description oh hardware issue Current Status
Clamps, cleats and nut bolts often corrode due
to rust/flash-over/over-load/polluted
surroundings and require repair/replacement 400 Nos.
from time to time.

Male & female finger contacts and nut bolts of

isolators often corrode due to rust/flash-
over/over-load/polluted surroundings and
220kV Isolator Finger Contacts 60 Nos.
require repair/replacement from time to time.

220KV Bund Road,

1
Lahore. Clamps, cleats and nut bolts often corrode due
to rust/flash-over/over-load/polluted
132kV Clamps surroundings and require repair/replacement 400 Nos.
from time to time.

Male & female finger contacts and nut bolts of

isolators often corrode due to rust/flash-
over/over-load/polluted surroundings and
132kV Isolator Finger Contacts 50 Nos.
require repair/replacement from time to time.

Most of the clamps in 220kV switch yard are

220kV corrosive due to which the clamps are often 600 Nos.
become red hot.
2 220kV Kala Shah Kaku
Most of the clamps in 132kV switch yard are
132kV corrosive due to which the clamps are often 400 Nos.
become red hot.

Arrangements of shut Downs , Conductor 500 Meters Hawthorn Conductor & 20Nos.
220 KV
220KV New Kot Hawthorn for replacement of old age insttaled Dead end body
3 pipe connectors in between isolators,breakers
Lakhpat
in old 220 kv yard with all hardware
 220KV New Kot
3
Lakhpat

132 KV Clamps Hard ware of newly installed pipe (Rigid) Bus 100Nos.
Bar dia 6" in 132 kv yard
Battery Banks I & II for 500kV System have
been dismantled after TSG Recommendation
220V DC for 500kV system and 600AH battery cells must be installed for 02 No Set.
500kV DC system.

Battery Banks I for 220kV system is in very

220V DC for 220kV system 02 No Set.
poor condition and needs replacement
4 500kV Yousafwala
Battery Banks I & II for 132kV system is in
110VDC for 132kV system 02 No Set.
very poor condition and needs replacement

Electromechanical relays are installed which

cause untoward trippings. TSG has
220kV T/L Gatti-I & II 02 Nos.
recommended to replace these relays with
Numerical Relays

5 220kv Okara New Battery Bank 220v 300AH = 26 cells and 110v 150AH = 20 01 No.
cells required
6 220KV Wapda Town,
Lahore NIL NIL NIL

7 220kv G/S SNR NIL NIL NIL

8 220KV NEW Nil Nil Nil

SHALAMAR LAHORE

9 Nil Nil Nil

220KV Ravi, LAHORE
10 220KV Kassowal Nil Nil Nil
11 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL NIL
12 220KV Sialkot NIL NIL NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
13 NIL NIL NIL
Lahore.
14 220KV Gujrat NIL NIL NIL
 500KV New Gakkhar
15 NIL NIL NIL
(Nokhar)
16 220KV Gakkhar NIL NIL NIL
Proposed Solution
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station No. of Shunt Reactor installed Constraints

Non-availabilty of Shunt
500KV Grid station Reactor at 500KV
1 3X 37MVAR 500KV SR-01
Nokhar Nokhar-Neelum Jhelum
T/L.

2 500KV Yousafwala NIL NIL

3 500KV Lahore South NIL NIL

Note: In constraint column, the constraint due to damged tranformer or underrated transformer should also be mentioned
 Current Status Proposed Solution
Nevertheless One of Shunt Reactors
(3×37MVAR) for Two Neelum
Jhelum Circuits (under
construction) has been connected to
Existing 500kV Neelum Jhelum
circuit through Transfer bus aided
by temporary arrangement.

NIL
NIL

rated transformer should also be mentioned.

Sr. No. Name of Grid Station Name of Equipment Quantiy Constraints
Frequent damage of current transformers on 02 Nos.
11kV VCB Hanjarwall and Amna Park.
Less load capacity of cable and CT of 02 Nos. 11kV
VCB Hanjarwal and Amna Park.
Incoming panel is installed at outgoing 11kV panel
Rana Town.
11KV VCB 10 Nos.
Non-availability of Auxiliary contact on incoming
trolley of 40MVA T/F T-5 due to which auxiliary
220KV Bund Road, system cannot be shifted to T-5 and therefore T-6
1
Lahore. cannot be switched off preventing the office to
avail/perform any type of maintenance and testing on
40MVA T/F T-6.

40MVA 132/11kV T/F T-6 has three instead of five

Power Transformer 02 Nos. cables therefore, has a less load bearing capacity of
cable.
Approval of shutdown of 11kV VCB and transformers
Approval of shutdown - is a hectic process.

11KV VCB 31 Nos. Spare parts of the VCB's are not available by the
LESCO.
220kV Grid Station
2 40MVA, 132/ 11.5 kV Power Transformer T-6 was
KSK
Power transformer 3 No. commissioned at the grid station by LESCO on dated
18/09/17. 11kV capacitor bank of the transformer did
not commission up till now.

220KV New Kot Load sharing Paths of some 132 KV circuits are under
3 - - rated and incomplete. Distance protection at lesco end
Lakhpat
out of order.

500kV Grid Station 7 Nos. VCBs need replacement and same has been
4 11KV VCBs 7 Nos repeatedly communicated to Planning/ Design Dept &
Yousafwala
MEPCO

---- ---- Unavailability of distance rely at 132kV Circuits at

LESCO Grid Station.
5 220kv G/S SNR
5 220kv G/S SNR
1 x 20/26MVA:132/11.5KV Power Transformer T-5
Power Transformer 01 No should be replaced with 1 x31.5/40MVA
6 220KV Wapda Town, Incoming panel is require on 31.5/40MVA:
Lahore 11KV In-coming Panel 01 No
132/11.5KV T-4
220KV NEW
7 SHALAMAR NIL
LAHORE
8 220kV Ravi Lahore NIL
9 220kv Okara New NIL
10 220KV Kassowal NIL
11 500KV Lahore South NIL
12 220KV Sialkot NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
13 NIL
Lahore.
14 220KV Gujrat NIL

15 500KV New Gakkhar NIL

(Nokhar)
16 220KV Gakkhar NIL
Related to DISCO Current Status Proposed Solution
Sr. No. Name of Grid Station Name of Power House

1 220kv Sarfraz Nagar

220KV Bund Road,

2
Lahore.

3 220kV Kala Shah Kaku

4 220KV Gakkhar
220KV New Kot
5
Lakhpat
6 500KV Yousafwala
220KV Wapda Town,
7
Lahore

220KV NEW
8 SHALAMAR LAHORE

9 220kV Ravi Lahore

10 220kv Okara New
11 220KV Kassowal
12 500KV Lahore South
13 220KV Sialkot
220 KV Ghazi Road,
14
Lahore.
15 220KV Gujrat
500KV New Gakkhar
16
(Nokhar)
 Current Proposed
Contraints
Status Solution

due to unavailability of NISHAT & ORIENT Power

House supply the transformers got over loaded.

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

Nil

Nil
Nil
Nil
NIL
NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL
 Issues related to Environment / Disposal of waste etc

Sr. No. Name of Grid Station Type of Issue Contraints

Husk Of Rice Mills in the vicinity of Grid

500KV New Gakkhar station:Husk can damage the machinery of grid
1
(Nokhar) station as well as hazardous to health of employee
working inside the premises.

Grid Station is surrounded by drity drainage of

Lahore city on three sides. The sulphuric oxide
fumes and other dangerous chemicals, oxidize the
copper component of equipment installed at the
220KV Bund Road,
2 station. The effective life of these isolators,
Lahore.
fingers, clamps, air-conditioners, motors, paints
and metallic parts is reduced drastically. This harsh
environment is hurting the station's overall
performance.

Plution due to factories and cultivated

3 220kV Kala Shah Kaku land around the grid station.
220KV New Kot disposal water drian is passing by the wall of grid
4
Lakhpat station
Due to environmental issue most of the Isolators
5 220kv G/S SNR
got rusted .

6 220KV NEW Nil

SHALAMAR LAHORE
7 220kV Ravi Lahore Nil
8 220kv Okara New Nil
9 220KV Kassowal Nil
10 500KV Lahore South NIL
11 220KV Sialkot NIL
220 KV Ghazi Road,
12 NIL
Lahore.
13 220KV Gujrat NIL
14 220KV Gakkhar NIL
15 500KV Yousafwala NIL
220KV Wapda Town,
16 NIL
Lahore
etc

Current Status Proposed Status