The head of the Supreme Committee for Rationalization of Consumption and Network Stability at the General Electricity Company, Samir Salem Al-Usta, informed the Attorney General, Counselor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, “of the possibility of a shortage in the supply of liquid fuel, whether natural gas or diesel fuel, in a number of power generation stations, stressing that the deficit will constitute a major technical problem for the public network and will lead to the loss of large amounts of electrical energy.”
According to the Libyan News Agency, Al-Usta warned in a letter addressed to Counselor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, “that any shortage or delay in providing the necessary quantities of fuel will inevitably lead to a deficit in the generation capacities of the public network and will cause it to fail to cover the needs of electrical energy necessary to meet the growing demand for electricity, especially during the summer and winter peak periods.”
The letter stressed that “this problem will affect the company’s fulfillment of its obligations to provide electricity to consumers, especially household consumption, not to mention that this shortage may cause partial or total blackouts and will negatively affect the overall economic activity in the country and various aspects of citizens’ daily lives.”
The letter noted that “the General Electricity Company had previously warned on several occasions of the seriousness of the situation in the event of a shortage of fuel supplies by communicating and addressing both the National Oil Corporation and the Brega Oil Marketing Company, with the necessary requirements for operational fuel being referred to the generating stations in the public network.”
Al-Usta appealed to the Attorney General to “intervene urgently to ensure the continued provision of the necessary quantities of fuel to operate all production stations in the public network so that the company can maintain the safe operation of the network and fulfill its obligations to provide the needs of all consumers for electrical energy.”
The letter concluded that “the General Electricity Company does not bear responsibility for any damages that may be caused to the national economy and various consumers as a result of the continuation of this situation.”
The head of the Supreme Committee for Rationalization of Consumption and Network Stability at the General Electricity Company, Samir Salem Al-Usta, attached to his letter to Counselor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour a detailed report explaining the supply of liquid fuel of various types and natural gas to power generation stations, including the power stations of the Western Mountain Gas, South Tripoli Gas, Al-Zawiya Dual, West Tripoli, Al-Khums Gas, Al-Khums Steam, Misurata, Al-Khaleej, Al-Zweitina, North Benghazi Dual, Al-Sarir Gas, and Tobruk Gas.
It is noteworthy that the power outage returned to some Libyan cities and villages with the beginning of the summer season when temperatures rise, but it worsened to include the entire country after the crisis that hit the Central Bank of Libya following the intervention of the President of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Al-Menfi, and the decision to stop oil production.
Libya spends about $700 million annually to support electricity, but citizens and all economic and service sectors suffer from power outages for long hours, which has forced those who are able and public and private institutions to resort to using generators that run on fuel that is usually only available on the black market at double prices, according to the WAL agency.
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2024-09-11 12:47:33