Energy and Minerals: 3,851 electrical faults during the depression, of which 98% were treated

Arab Weather - The total number of power outages in the Kingdom during the depression that has crossed the country in the past two days has reached 3,851 faults, of which 3,773 have been addressed, with a completion rate of nearly 98 percent, while the rest of the faults are being addressed.
In a press statement today, Friday, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Authority, Dr. Hussein Al-Laboun praised the performance of the technical electricity sector workshops operating in the field in dealing with power outages, stressing that the electrical system witnessed stability in the electrical loads during the depression.
In this regard, he said that the highest load of the electrical system was recorded last Wednesday at 17:53 pm and reached 3375 MW, which is within the normal range at this time of the year compared to the highest system load recorded in the same month of last year, which amounted to 3630 MW.
Regarding the details of the faults, Dr. Al-Laboon said that the Jordanian Electricity Company, which is responsible for distributing electricity in the middle of the Kingdom, dealt with 2845 faults, of which 2778 were addressed, while the Electricity Distribution Company responsible for the southern, Jordan Valley and eastern regions of the Kingdom dealt with 275 faults, of which 265 were addressed.
In the areas of the Irbid Governorate Electricity Company, which is responsible for the north of the Kingdom, the company has dealt with 731 faults, 730 faults have been dealt with, while the follow-up is underway with the companies to restore the power to the remaining outages.
According to Dr. Al-Laboun, the authority's call centers and electricity companies dealt with the calls received to these centers, most of which were concentrated in the electricity sector, urging electricity distribution companies to respond quickly to citizens' calls and restore electricity as quickly as possible.
Al-Laboun emphasized that the authority’s cadres follow around the clock the performance of the electricity companies and the efforts to restore electrical current to the areas in which there are interruptions due to weather conditions, praising the efforts of the authority’s staff that practiced their work through field teams and through the Authority’s Monitoring and Emergency Center.
He said that the authority preempted the low and instructed all electricity companies to raise the maximum readiness to face the weather conditions and their repercussions on the electrical system, and to inspect the main operations centers, emergency rooms, warehouses, main and subsidiary transmission stations, low and medium pressure networks of the electricity distribution companies and the high pressure network of the National Electricity Company to deal with any outages May occur due to strong winds.
With regard to the domestic gas sector, Dr. Al-Laboun said that preparations for the depletion began early this week. Total withdrawals from gas depots and central distribution of gas cylinders from the filling centers belonging to the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company during the period from February 13 until this morning were 958,713 cylinders and the citizens' needs were covered in All regions of the Kingdom.
Dr. Al-Laboun explained that the authority’s cadres continue around the clock to inspect the readiness of the oil derivatives sector, and before and during the depression, field trips were carried out in various governorates of the Kingdom to ensure the availability of kerosene, diesel and gasoline at the fuel stations and to ensure the continuity of their fuel supply by oil derivatives marketing companies.
He said that the Authority's Monitoring and Emergency Center continues to receive citizens' complaints and follow them up with the concerned authorities around the clock, and the authority continues its regulatory and supervisory role on the sector to ensure the continuity of the supply of electric power to all subscribers and the provision of gas cylinders and oil derivatives in all regions of the Kingdom and in coordination with the official authorities and companies Sector and ensure compliance with emergency plans, preventive and public safety measures in these circumstances in the Kingdom.
Dr. Al-Laboun called on citizens to report any fuel shortages, power outages, tampering cases, and attacks that harm the electricity network and cause mass outages, by calling the authority's 24-hour monitoring and emergency center on phone number 6/5805025, praising With the cooperation of citizens with the electricity companies and their observance of the prevailing weather conditions.
Last Tuesday, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Eng. Hala Zawati, visited the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Authority and inspected its readiness to deal with the depression that the Kingdom witnessed over the past two days, and stressed the importance of the role entrusted to the authority in ensuring the security of the energy supply and maintaining the high availability of the electrical system in the Kingdom.

Petra News Agency