Egyptian president urges development of electricity services system

CAIRO – 14 October 2020: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday urged the government to continue developing the governance of the electricity services system, in a way that ensures containing the increase in electricity consumption and improve the service provided.

Sisi’s directives come in harmony with mechanization and the use of smart and prepaid meters to improve tariffs collection mechanisms and develop services, said Presidential spokesman Bassam Radi.

The remarks came as the President met on Wednesday with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker.

The meeting reviewed the status of the national projects in the field of electricity, said the spokesman.

The President was briefed on the efforts to develop the infrastructure of the national electricity networks, including power generation and production stations, distribution networks and supplying residential units and other buildings with electricity.

The Egyptian exports of electrical energy witnessed a slight decline in July 2020, according to government data.

Egypt exported electrical energy worth $6.407 billion, compared to $8.1 billion in July 2019, marking a decline of $1.69 million.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) indicated that electrical energy exports were included in the list of Egyptian national exports, whose total value amounted to about $2.15 billion in July 2020, compared to $2.53 billion and 531 million in the same month in 2019.