2024-07-20 14:07:44
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity stressed the need to address the recurring power outages during these days, and to develop urgent solutions to stabilize the network, in addition to working to complete the supply and installation of electricity meters with the aim of rationalizing and controlling consumption.
This came during his meeting today, Thursday, with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Electricity Company, Mohammed Al-Mashai, the acting Chairman of the National Oil Corporation, Masoud Suleiman, and the Chairman of the Libyan Iron and Steel Company, Mohammed Al-Faqi, to discuss the conditions of the electricity network and the causes of outages in a number of areas.
For his part, the Director of the Production Department at the Electricity Company explained that the production of the operating stations reaches 8,200 megawatts, considering it sufficient for the network to operate normally.
The Director of Production Department added that the shortage of natural gas supplies to a number of stations contributed to the power outage in the past few days in a number of cities, stressing that work is being done to address it in coordination with the National Oil Corporation.
The Director of Distribution Department also explained that the construction of the distribution network is proceeding according to the approved plan after many years of neglecting the distribution lines maintenance and development plan.
Al-Dabaiba directed the necessity of regulating the gas supply to power stations between the Oil Corporation and the Electricity Company, providing the necessary needs after controlling them, and activating the committee of major consumers formed between them.
Source: Government of National Unity
2024-07-20 14:07:44