particularly emphasized minimizing the use of air conditioners, which account for approximately 70 percent of total electricity consumption, as well as turning off lights in unoccupied areas of homes and gardens. The sources highlighted the ministry’s commitment to accelerating the completion of maintenance work on existing power generation units and reintegrating them into the grid as quickly as possible, in preparation for increased demand amid rising temperatures expected in the coming weeks.

In related development, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy imported electricity worth KD4.532 million from the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) in March and April this year. The regulatory approvals for the contract of the ministry stated that the imported quantity was distributed as follows: 300 megawatt-hours at a cost of KD3.330 million in March and 140 megawatts at a cost of KD1.202 million on April 12-20. Sources indicated that the sudden rise in temperatures during the aforementioned period and the ongoing maintenance of many production units prompted the ministry to import electricity earlier than last year, when imports from the GCCIA began in June. Sources affirmed the commitment of the Production Stations Sector in the ministry to complete the maintenance works in the remaining units in record time in order to strengthen the electricity grid and prepare it for the challenges posed by the high temperatures expected in the coming months until the end of September