The residents and business houses in the city of Lae have been living in constant load shedding of electricity since Monday after a fault occurred along the main transmission line resulting in a major power outage for the second largest city in the country. According to PNG Power Limited (PPL), the fault is along the transmission from Ramu Hydro power station to the city of Lae and since it was identified this week, work has been progressing in having it fixed. PNG Power engineers have been working on getting the necessary materials together before heading out on the road to get to the site of the fault and then work on fixing it today. Currently, the city is being powered by the three generators owned by an Independent Power Producer (IPP). The power supply during the day, especially during peak time, is on high demand resulting in the load shedding, but not so much during the evenings. Meanwhile, PNG Power is hoping that the restoration of the power supply is completed by today so that the residents and business houses in Lae can have access again to uninterrupted electricity supply. The residents are also hoping for the same because it’s almost a week now and power disruption is just getting too much for people to handle, and with the 48th Independence coming up in a few days’ time, it would better to have normal power supply in order for the people to enjoy and celebrate independence.