Daily power cuts will no longer be scheduled between midnight and noon, an official source at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy told the state-owned news agency MENA.
According to the source, the government has started to decrease the duration of load-shedding.
Last Tuesday, the government started implementing timetables for daily power cuts across the country to citizens with advance notice of power outages.
The heat wave that began on 17 July resulted in a surge in daily electricity consumption, reaching record-breaking 34,650 megawatts (MW) during peak hours.
This hike significantly strained the natural gas network that fuels power plants.
In mid-July, the government started implementing temporary load reductions to alleviate the mounting pressure on the gas network.
The official sources said the load reduction program is expected to end by the end of August as the heat wave is expected to start subsiding.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced in a press conference that the “one or two hours” of power cuts might continue through the second or third week of September.
Madbouly indicated that the ongoing electricity load reduction program would continue if temperatures surpassed 35 degrees Celsius.
Last Monday, Egypt’s Meteorological Authority (EMA) said that the highest humidity levels this summer are expected in August and predicted average temperatures between 34 and 37 degrees Celsius. However, it said the month could see short periods of higher temperatures.
