He said Dr. Mostafa MadboulyPrime Minister, said that a plan had been drawn up for Reducing the period of power outage The crisis was overcome in the summer at a cost estimated at one billion dollars.
The Prime Minister explained in a press conference that the month of June witnessed 3 Unprecedented heat wavesHe said: “Yesterday we were close to consuming 36 gigabytes of electricity due to the temperatures,” noting that Egypt stopped exporting 3 years ago due to the increasing volume of consumption.
He continued, saying: “One of the fields in neighboring countries went out of service and a malfunction occurred and stopped working for more than 12 hours, which led to an increase in the period of power outage yesterday.”
He reiterated the government’s apology to the people regarding the issue of cutting off electricity, saying: “I receive messages from… Complaints of electricity cuts And the extent of the suffering of Egyptian citizens and families,” adding: “It will be done Ending the electricity crisis Completely by the end of this year, as we said before, there is no energy generation or transportation crisis, but rather a fuel procurement crisis.”
Today, Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting; To discuss solutions Power outage problemAnd ways to reduce the load shedding period, and reach radical solutions to the crisis, in the presence of Dr. Mohamed Shaker Al-Marqabi, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Engineer Tarek El-Mulla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Engineer Gaber Desouki, President of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, and Engineer Yassin Mohamed, Chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, and a number of officials from the relevant authorities.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister confirmed that the government is well aware of the dimensions of the current crisis related to the power outage Reducing loadsThere have been efforts during the recent period, and the state, with its various relevant agencies, is working to end this crisis as soon as possible.
In this context, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly drew attention to directives President Abdel Fattah El-SisiThe President of the Republic quickly worked to end the power outage crisis, by taking decisions to reduce Periods of power outagesWith the need to put in place various possible mechanisms in order to end this crisis as soon as possible, adding that the government is currently seeking to put in place mechanisms that guarantee an end to the crisis, in coordination with the relevant ministries and agencies.
The meeting witnessed a review of a number of measures that were immediately implemented, contributing to reducing this problem and resolving it completely.