Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mahmoud Esmat, convened a meeting with the ministry’s crisis management committee to review operational plans aimed at safeguarding the unified power grid and ensuring the stability and continuity of electricity supply. Senior officials attended the meeting, including heads of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, the strategic planning sector, and the electricity regulatory authority. Talks centred on government efforts to rationalise electricity consumption, improve energy efficiency, and maximise output per unit of fuel. The minister also reviewed fuel reserves at power generation plants and stressed the need to adhere to newly adopted operating patterns in coordination with the National Energy Control Center. Esmat reaffirmed that Egypt’s national electricity grid remains robust across generation, transmission and distribution, assuring that power supply is stable, reliable and capable of meeting demand with high quality and continuity.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 25, 2026 19:35 UTC