Arab Finance: The Ministries of Electricity and Petroleum have decided to extend the duration of daily power cuts under the electricity load reduction scheme for an extra hour until the end of this week, as per a statement by Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) on June 24^th.

The move aims to keep the country’s power plants and the national natural gas grid running efficiently amid the high temperatures resulting in a surge in domestic power consumption.

The government is currently working on importing and pumping additional gas and mazut shipments to cope with the increasing local consumption, the statement read.

It was previously reported that Egypt’s daily consumption of natural gas increased by around 300 million cubic feet daily to 6.1 billion cubic feet in May.

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