Egypt’s Prime Minister announces measures to address power cuts

Egypt’s Prime Minister announces measures to address power cuts

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced Thursday that the government will work from home on Sundays to conserve energy and that additional shipments of diesel fuel will be imported to meet demand, in a bid to address the current power cuts issues.

Madbouly also said that public lighting will be rationalized to reduce consumption.

This came during a press conference at the Cabinet’s headquarters in New Alamein City, in the presence of Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and Tarek El-Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

The measures come as Egypt faces a severe power cuts and electricity shortage due to high temperatures and increased demand.

In a televised address, Madbouly said that the government is working to address the problem and that he expects the situation to improve in the coming days.

He urged Egyptians to conserve energy and cooperate with the government to overcome the crisis.

Egypt’s Prime Minister said that the government has been using all available natural gas and diesel reserves to operate power plants at maximum capacity to meet high consumption rates during a heat wave.

Madbouly said that the actual gas and diesel consumption for the past 10 days has reached around 144 to 146 million cubic meters