According to the National Electric Power Company, the load on the Kingdom's power grid reached 2,660 MW of the total generating capacity in the country which stands at 3,000 MW.

Mr Amin Zaghal operations department director of NEPCO said that the Kingdom's power grid yesterday witnessed an unprecedented load that is the highest record in the history of the country. The company managed the situation without scheduled power cuts.

He said that the power grid can handle an increase in the load up to 2,800 MW explaining that the load increased by 4% this year compared to last year which amounted to 2,560 MW. Four generating units with a total capacity of 530 MW to the Samra and Qatraneh power plants helped support the power grid's capacity.

The load on the Kingdom's power grid reached 2,400 MW, the peak of a heatwave that started affecting the country on Friday and began to gradually ease off yesterday. Electricity consumption is expected to drop by 8 per cent during Ramadan which starts today as industries and institutions close down early.

(Sourced from Jordan Times)