Al-Wuzara: Load shedding comments misrepresented

The Media Center of the Council of Ministers has confirmed that the statements that circulated and were attributed to Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly regarding reducing power loads for periods of between six and eight hours daily are taken out of context and are not accurate. Madbouly clarified during his speech at a session on Egypt’s energy journey that the proposed scenarios to address rising energy prices include passing the full increase onto citizens, having the state bear the costs, or reducing supply to 50-60% of citizens' needs. This could potentially lead to power load shedding among other options. No official decision has been announced to implement load reductions; rather, various potential scenarios to cope with rising costs were discussed.