EAC calls for energy conservation - 14/7/11

The EAC wishes to inform its customers that, due to the abnormal situation that has arisen following the well-known events at Vasilikos Power Station, it is no longer possible to provide an uninterrupted supply of electricity throughout the island.

For this reason, power cuts to different areas in turn are unavoidable. Once circumstances allow and there is enough power, a specific timetable of cuts to different areas will be implemented. At present, it is impossible for practical reasons to draw up such a timetable. The EAC is obliged to extend the period during which power cuts will take place up to 12 midnight.

We urge the public to recognise the seriousness of the situation and to take all possible measures to save energy.

The very best that the EAC can do under the present circumstances is to strictly observe the two-hour power cuts. Since insufficient power is being generated, a second two-hour cut to the electricity supply will be implemented in the same order as the first each day. 

It is currently predicted that a third power cut during the same day will not be necessary except in the case of a fault in the available Generation Units. 

To this end, the public is urged not to use airconditioning units at all and to restrict its overall electricity consumption.  We also ask every member of the public to study the leaflet published by the EAC which deals with ways of saving energy.

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Press Officer:  14 July 2011