– Starting Sunday, Egypt will halt nationwide power cuts until the end of the summer, as announced by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly.

– The government is importing large quantities of fuel to support the plan and expects to fully resolve the power crisis by the end of the year.

– Recent heatwaves have increased electricity consumption by over 12%, leading to daily load-shedding measures, which have recently extended to three-hour outages each day.

Egypt will stop nationwide power cuts starting Sunday until the end of the summer, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced during a press conference following a Cabinet meeting.

“We are importing large quantities of fuel to implement the plan to end the power cuts,” Madbouly said.

The Egyptian government has been implementing power cuts in recent months to conserve electricity during peak summer demand. Madbouly explained that the government has recently been importing the necessary fuel for adequate power generation, adding that the power crisis is expected to be fully resolved by the end of the year.

“I promise Egyptian citizens that we will work tirelessly to completely reduce load-shedding after the summer months until the crisis is fully resolved before the year’s end,” he stated.

Madbouly noted that recent heatwaves have led to a more than 12 percent increase in electricity consumption compared to the same period last year. For the past year, Egypt has implemented daily load-shedding power cuts to ensure the safe operation of the grid and generation facilities, which have recently increased to a three-hour outage every day.

In late June, Madbouly pointed out that Egypt would need to import $1.18 billion worth of mazut and natural gas to end the power rationing.