Electricity Company: 700 megawatt lost from Benghazi, Zawitina, and western Sareer.
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Tripoli, 26.01.2016(Lana) Electricity Public Company
attributed power disruption and increasing distribution of load for
five hours to the loss of 700 megawatt from Benghazi, Zawitina, and
western Sareer and halting gas supplies to Rawiss power plant.
The company statement said due to grave damages to equipment and
tools of the Electricity Public Company especially power cables and
production stations due to armed clashes at the oil crescent region
and south west Tripoli power, production deficit increased and
failure in meeting demand in both the eastern and western regions.
However, the company said resumption of gas supplies to Rawiss
power plant to normal levels, and agreement of Electricity Public
Company with the Tunisian and Egyptian Electricity Companies to
import electricity into the national grid, and improved security
situation would enable mainatnce teams repair main power cables and
production units and therefore improving power output.
It also said that it agreed with some foreign companies
implementing production units to return to complete such projects as
Khomas, south of Tripoli, and Zahra projects and maintenance of West
of Tripoli station.
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