Egypt could face 'dark winter' due to fuel shortage

  • Egypt: Sunday, December 30 - 2012 at 03:29

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co (EETC) has said over 15 nationwide power stations have halted electricity generation last Thursday due to shortages of fuel such as diesel, Ahram has reported. "The fuel ran dry, leading to the reduction of around 3000 megawatt of the daily electricity capacity for the first time ever," EETC said. Quoting 'sources familiar with the matter,' the report said that if the fuel production crisis does not end soon "half of Egypt's governorates will plunge into darkness."

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