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Libya Outraged Over Power Cost Cuts
The residents of western and eastern Libya suffer from prolonged power outages, with conditions worsening due to unfair distribution of load between regions. The crisis has led to disrupted water services, with hundreds of wells going out of service, and has sparked popular protests and intensified the crisis since the beginning of summer. The causes of the crisis—including declining gas and fuel supplies, as well as security and technical damage to the grid—have resulted in the loss of approximately 1,700 megawatts of production capacity, further exacerbating citizens' suffering and prompting external interventions, such as Egypt, to restore grid stability. In recent months, the government has taken measures to address the crisis, including settling outstanding payments to Egypt and reducing water consumption to protect infrastructure, along with calls for swift action to tackle the challenges and restore sustainable electricity supplies.
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