New Record for Load Shedding Across the Country Within 10 Hours: 41 Power Plants Shut Down

Special Correspondent

A new record of maximum load shedding has been set across the country in a span of 10 hours. It was reported that there was 3,757 megawatts of load shedding at 1 am on Monday and the highest load shedding was 3,801 megawatts at 3 pm on Sunday.

Recently, many areas have been without electricity for a total of 10 to 12 hours a day and night. Villagers have suffered the most.

It is learned that load shedding has been increasing since the failure of Accelerate Energy’s floating LNG terminal in Maheshkhali on July 21. Although the terminal was partially reopened recently, gas supply has not returned to its previous state.

Due to the energy crisis, gas-based power generation has dropped from 5,000 MW to 3,500 MW. In addition, power supply from the Adani plant in Jharkhand, India, has also decreased by up to 400 MW. Power has also decreased from the plants based on Furnaswell.

According to information provided by PowerGrid, electricity supply was 3,000 to 3,750 MW less than demand from 12 noon to 4 pm and from 12 midnight to 5 am yesterday.

According to the relevant information, before this record on Monday night, the highest load shedding was 3,512 MW at 1 am on August 3. The previous record of such high load shedding was during the Awami League government. During the post-Russia-Ukraine war period, the highest load shedding during the Awami League government on June 27, 2023 was 3,419 MW, which was a big record so far. That is, this continuous record of load shedding in the current August month has surpassed that record of 2023.

On the other hand, in terms of electricity production, it has been seen that the highest electricity production record in the country’s history was recorded this year. The highest electricity production was 17,201 MW, on May 20, 2026. The previous highest production record was 16,794 MW, which was on July 23, 2025. In other words, in terms of capacity, the country has also produced records in recent times, but due to the energy crisis, various reports have revealed that the actual production has fallen far below that capacity in recent days.

According to experts, the country’s current electricity generation capacity is more than 27,000 MW, but the demand is less than 16,000 MW. As a result, despite the capacity, electricity cannot be produced according to demand due to a shortage of fuel supply. According to this information, analysts believe that the current crisis is not mainly caused by a lack of production capacity, but rather by a shortage of fuel (gas, LNG, furnace oil) supply and import dependence.