More power use in June scorcher

14/07/2025

Electricity and Water Ministry announces potential power cuts in industrial and agricultural areas to ensure system stability.

KUWAIT CITY, July 14: The statistics issued by the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy for the month of June showed that the national electricity grid imported 612,692 megawatt-hours, with a daily average of 850 megawatts, through the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA). The newspaper obtained a copy of the statistics, indicating that the highest electrical load reached 17,520 megawatts on June 16 -- an increase of 710 megawatts or 6.6 percent compared to the highest load in the same month last year, which reached 16,810 megawatts.

The temperature at that time reached 51 degrees Celsius, compared to 50 degrees Celsius in the previous year. Meanwhile, the lowest electrical load was recorded on June 5; reaching 10,280 megawatts -- a decrease of 1,150 megawatts or 6.1 percent compared to the lowest load in June last year, which reached 11,430 megawatts. The statistics also stated that the total electrical load for new customers reached 77,822,746 kilowatts. In addition, the freshwater statistics for June showed that the maximum net daily water consumption reached 517.459 million imperial gallons on June 4; while the maximum daily storage reached 4,300.573 million imperial gallons at the end of the same month.

In a related development, the statistics revealed that the ministry supplied electricity to 627 new customers in various housing sectors within the same month -- 559 in private housing, 32 in government housing, 18 in the investment sector, nine in the agricultural sector, five in the industrial sector and four in the commercial sector. MoSA admin orders: Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) Dr. Khaled Al-Ajmi issued administrative decisions that included extending the secondment and transfer of some officials in a bid to regulate workflow and develop institutional performance.

The decisions stipulate extending the secondment and transfer of Awareness and Guidance Department Director Bader Al-Azmi to the position of Director of the Awareness and Guidance Center; as well as the transfer of Payroll Controller Abdul Mohsen Al-Makhyal to the position of Controller at the Charitable Societies and Endowments Department, Controller at the Charitable Societies and Endowments Department Asim Al-Failakawi to the position of Controller at the Development and Membership Affairs Department, Head of the Elderly Department (Women) Huda Al-Mutairi to the position of Head of the Administrative Support Department, and Head of the Mobile Services Department in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate Kholoud Al-Khalidi to the position of Head of the Elderly Department (Women).

By Mohammad Ghanem
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff