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December 20, 2005
Vishy's Indian English Dictionary: load shedding
load shedding. /lOHd·shed·ding/. Load shedding refers to the stoppage of the power supply to places where demand for electrical power exceeds supply. Load shedding is not just a power outage at an arbitrary time, like the North American Blackout of August 2003. It takes the form of systematic cuts in the power supply so that demand and supply can be reconciled a little and so the affected areas can work around it. Sometimes, especially in heavily populated areas, load shedding is instituted during heat waves or cold waves as a temporary matter (sign up or use BugMeNot) to overcome excess demand for power. In other areas, where it's a fact of life, locals get around it by equipping themselves with fossil-fuel powered generators that add to the South Asian Brown Cloud. Hopefully soon, the power and infrastructure situation will iron itself out enough to attract more foreign investors, who, in turn, will only accelerate any improvement in the long term.
Posted by Vishy at December 20, 2005 01:16 AM